PROSPECTS SLATED FOR ASSESSMENT ON SAKHALIN ISLAND

A 10 month study of onshore prospectivity of Sakhalin Island is to begin next month by Intera Information Technologies, Henley-on-Thames, U.K., in collaboration with regional authorities. Russian partners will be Sakhalin Island companies Sakhalinmorneftegas and Sakhalingeophysrazvedka, both based in Okha, and Vostokgeology of Yuzhno Sakhalinsk. The project will focus on generative potential of Sakhalin's sedimentary basins and their exploration possibilities. The island, 950 km long and