Rosneft may start complex offshore studies of the Severo-Sakhalinskiy subsoil area, located on the continental shelf of the Sea of Okhotsk, as early as this year. The materials of the company say that the company plans to study the deposits during the navigation period of 2023-2027. "Rosneft received the area without an auction from the Government of the Russian Federation in April 2021. Its prospective gas resources amount to 396 billion cubic meters, and its recoverable oil resources are about 38 million tons.