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Oil from the Bazhenov and Achimov Shales
December 13, 2012 | The Moscow Times

Exxon and Rosneft have entered into a partnership to assess the potential of commercial production from the Bazhenov and Achimov Shales. These are tight rock units in western Siberia that are thought to contain billions of barrels of oil.


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