The Arctic Marine Exploration Expedition (MAGE) is a Russian research and production organization that since 1972 has been providing a wide range of geological and geophysical services for the study of the structure of the shelf seas, transit and coastal zones of the Arctic and the World Ocean.
Marine Arctic Exploration Expedition (MAGE) | |
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Type of | Public corporation |
Base | 1972 |
Founders | Trubyatchinsky Nikolay Nikolaevich |
Location | Russia : Murmansk region |
Key figures | Kazanin Gennady Semenovich (General Director) |
Industry | Oil and gas prospecting , geological exploration , seismic exploration |
Number of employees | 570 (at the beginning of 2019) |
Site | mage.ru |
The company's mission is to promote scientific and technical progress and increase the welfare of society by providing geological information necessary for the reproduction of the mineral and energy resources base of the subsoil of the continental shelf.
Full name - Open Joint Stock Company "Marine Arctic Exploration Expedition" .
Company offices:
The central office is in Murmansk .
Branch of JSC "MAGE" - Moscow.
Separate division of JSC "MAGE" - St. Petersburg .
Representative office of JSC "MAGE" - Sochi.
History
Created in 1972 in Murmansk as the Integrated Marine Arctic Geological and Geophysical Expedition (KMAGE) as part of the Northern Sea Research and Production Geological and Geophysical Association (“Sevmorgeo”) of the USSR Ministry of Geology . In 1981, it was renamed the Arctic Marine Exploration Expedition (MAGE).
1972 - 1979
Since 1972, KMAGE-MAGE, under the leadership of Sevmorgeo’s general director, academician I. S. Gramberg, has participated in research in the following areas:
- oil and gas potential of the Arctic , including the land and seas of the Arctic Ocean
- The outer boundary of the continental shelf of Russia: geological and geomorphological aspects
- geology and minerageny of the World Ocean
- study of ore deposits of ferromanganese nodules , cobalt- manganese crusts, deep-water polymetallic sulphides
- submarine gas hydrates
- geoecology of the shelf and the Arctic , culture of natural resources development
- stratigraphy , lithology and sedimentary geochemistry
- Arctic paleogeography
- paleohydrochemistry and the evolution of the composition of natural waters
- sedimentary basins and the deep structure of the Arctic Ocean.
1979 - 1995
In 1979, oil and gas exploration was transferred to the USSR Ministry of Gas Industry. The main tasks of the MAGE were a geological survey of the shelf, a gravimetric survey of the Arctic seas and the World Ocean, and as a result of these works, data were obtained on the structure of the earth's crust and the mineral resources of the oceans.
From 1979 to 1995, MAGE experts studied the Spitsbergen shelf, high-latitude areas of the Barents and Kara seas, the Laptev Sea and the Gulf of Ob, as well as carry out comprehensive geological and geophysical studies on Geotraverse: Angola-Brazil, Canary Bahamas ( Atlantic Ocean ), Mascarene-Australian ( Indian Ocean ); within the ore field of iron-manganese nodules Clarion-Clipperton ( Pacific Ocean ).
In 1987–1990, the MAGE participated in the 32nd, 34th and 35th Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE) and was the first in the Soviet Union to conduct geophysical studies on the Antarctic shelf (three expeditions under the direction of G. S. Kazanin at the research vessel "Geologist Dmitry Nalivkin"). During a cruise to the Ross Sea (in 1987 and 1988) and the Weddell Sea (in 1990), deep seismic studies of the KMPW method were performed for the first time.
1995 - 2000
After the incorporation in 1995, MAGE continued to perform the following works (commissioned by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, as well as oil and gas companies):
- Seismic exploration of MOV OGT 2D
- Seismic exploration works
- 2D / 3D-4D seismic with bottom stations in the transit zone and in shallow water
- Differential hydromagnetic and surface gravimetric observations
- Engineering - geological surveys
- 2D / 3D ground seismic
- Digital data processing
- Comprehensive interpretation
- Geological mapping
In 1997–1999, MAGE conducted research in the basin of the Nile and Niger deltas, near the Canary Islands, the Faroe Islands and off the coast of Morocco.
2000 to the present
In 2002 she performed 2D seismic exploration in the Mediterranean Sea on the shelf of Libya, in the Northern and Barents Seas on the shelf of Norway.
In 2005, MAGE specialists at the R / V “Professor Kurentsov” conducted MOV OGT 2D and related gravimetric and hydromagnetic measurements on the Indian shelf in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
In 2007, MAGE conducted work on the collection and processing of seismic data in the marine zone of Myanmar.
In 2008, seismic and related gravimetric and hydromagnetic studies were carried out in the Norwegian part of the Barents Sea, as well as in the Gulf of Aden, the North Sea and the sea zones of Denmark and Canada.
In 2009, the Moscow branch of JSC "MAGE" was opened.
In 2010, MAGE performed seismic work on various blocks of the Indian Ocean again.
In the period from 2004 to 2012, by the request of the Government of Russia, MAGE performed regional geophysical studies in the amount of more than 100,000 running meters. km, including seismic exploration of MOV OGT 2D, MPV, differential hydromagnetic and surface gravimetric observations. Work on the entire water area of the Barents and Kara Seas, Laptev Sea, East Siberian and White Seas allowed us to identify new areas and objects that are promising in oil and gas bearing. Similar studies were conducted in the Black Sea in 2010.
In 2012, a shallow seismic seismic batch was created in St. Petersburg to carry out 2D / 3D ground seismic exploration.
In 2013, the company for the first time carried out a full range of geological engineering surveys at the site for the construction of a prospecting well in the Pechora Sea. Under the leadership of JSC "MAGE", the first 3D seismic survey in the Sea of Okhotsk Sea was performed. The first kilometers of land seismic exploration on Yamal have been developed. A study of the transit zones of the Kara and Barents Seas with 2D seismic survey is in progress.
In 2014, geophysical work was carried out in the polar regions of the Russian Arctic. The obtained data of seismic prospecting, gravimetry, bathymetric surveys in the amount of 10,000 km are the basis for justifying the extended borders of the continental shelf of the Russian Federation. For the first time passed a seismic profile through the North Pole. A new line of business has been mastered - the use of a remote-controlled uninhabited underwater vehicle (TNPA) for surveying targets and territory at the engineering survey stage, surveying conserved and abandoned wells.
In 2015, the company MAGE acquired the multifunctional vessel Fedor Kovrov with a dynamic positioning system. Seismic surveys were carried out in the Barents, Kara, East-Siberian, Celtic Seas and a number of projects on a full range of engineering and geological surveys at the field development sites and sites for the construction of exploration and appraisal wells in the Kara and Okhotsk seas.
In 2016, a new line of business was mastered - an integrated service of marine vessels for oil and gas projects. An office has been opened in the city of Sochi to develop projects on the Black and Caspian Seas. The complex geophysical studies were carried out in the area of the continental slope of the East Siberian Sea. The works were carried out in difficult ice conditions in the short period of the interseasonal opening and before the area was closed with ice.
In 2017, the company acquired the towing vessel (TBS) "Almaz" to ensure the operation of floating drilling rigs.
Executives
KMAGE - MAGE in different years headed:
- Trubyatchinsky, Nikolay Nikolayevich (1972–1995)
- Murzin, Rinat Raupovich (1987–1999)
- Kazanin, Gennady Semenovich (1999 to the present)
Corporate Governance
Kazanin Gennady Semenovich | CEO |
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Kazanin Alexey Gennadievich | Director of the Moscow branch, Deputy CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Hare Igor Vladimirovich | 1st Deputy General Director |
Makarov Evgeny Stanislavovich | Deputy CEO, Chief Engineer |
Sidorov Nikolai Mikhailovich | Deputy General Director for Fleet |
Astrovik Elena Anatolyevna | Deputy General Director for Economics and Finance, Chief Accountant |
Asryan Gagik Samsonovich | Deputy General Director for Human Resources and social issues |
Budagovsky Valery Stanislavovich | Deputy Director General for Government Relations |
Shkarubo Sergey Ivanovich | Chief Geologist, Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences |
Pavlov Sergey Petrovich | Chief Geophysicist, Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences |
Services
- Seismic exploration of MOV OGT 2D / 3D
- Seismic exploration works
- 2D / 3D-4D seismic with bottom stations (including in the transit zone and in shallow water)
- Differential hydromagnetic and surface gravimetric observations
- Integrated Engineering Surveys
- Environmental support of projects
- 2D / 3D ground seismic
- Integrated service of ships for oil and gas projects
- Processing and complex interpretation of data
- Geological mapping
Scientific fleet
The MAGE company has its own fleet base in the non-freezing Kola Bay with a total area of 56,000 m² near the village of Minkino. The base includes two berths - stationary and floating, with a total length of 220 m, capable of receiving vessels with a displacement of up to 10,000 tons, storage facilities and open concrete storage areas.
KMAGE-MAGE over the years owned sixteen research vessels, including the legendary icebreaker Krasin . The research vessel "Leonid Krasin" was a part of KMAGE - MAGE from 1972 to 1989, and then was transferred to the museum [1] .
Currently, research work on the shelf and offshore of the oceans is carried out on six specialized research vessels:
- NIS "Nikolai Trubyatchinsky"
- R / V “Geologist Dmitry Nalivkin”
- NIS "Geophysicist"
- NIS "Fedor Carpet"
- RV "Aquamarine"
- TBS "Almaz"
Links
- Official site of JSC "MAGE"
- Marine Arctic Exploration Expedition - 40th Anniversary
- The official website of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation
- Happy anniversary, MAGE!
- Pioneers of the Arctic Shelf
- The offshore Arctic exploration expedition proposed a plan for the exploration of the shelf (not available link)
- Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Murmansk region
- The site of the Arctic Marine Exploration Expedition
- Article "Geological-cartographic model" Regional structure and resource potential of the Barents-Kara shelf "
- Article "Tectonics of the Western Laptev Sea Shelf"
- New equipment for Arctic shelf research is being tested in Russia
- MAGE in the Laptev Sea has completed 13,300 line meters. 2 km of marine seismic exploration for Rosneft
- In the autumn of 2017, MAGE conducted test tests of Russian marine seismic survey equipment
- Murmansk enterprise "MAGE" performed seismic exploration for Rosneft
- Next to Neptune. MAGE conducted comprehensive engineering surveys in the Sea of Okhotsk for Gazpromneft-Sakhalin
- Let's go on a clean sheet
- Higher license obligations. Gazprom Neft conducted 3D-seismic on the shelf of the Pechora Sea in the amount of more than 5 thousand km2
- MAGE has completed comprehensive geophysical studies for Rosneft in the North Kara subsoil area in the Kara Sea
Notes
- ↑ http://museum-world.livejournal.com/100288.html Museums of the world. The icebreaker "Krasin"