Laptev Sea Laptev Sea The Laptev Sea (; ) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, the Taimyr Peninsula, Severnaya Zemlya and the New Siberian Islands. Its northern boundary passes from the Arctic Cape to a point with co-ordinates of 79°N and 139°E, and ends at the Anisiy Cape. The Kara Sea lies to the west, the East Siberian Sea to the east. The sea is named after the Russian explorers Dmitry Laptev and Khariton Laptev; formerly, it had been known under various names, the last being Nordenskiöld Sea (), after explorer
East-Prinovozemelsky field immediately fatal for the venture, as under the terms of the agreement ExxonMobil has until 2023 to begin operations in the field. The South Kara Sea hydrocarbons basin lies on the same geological trend with the Western Siberian hydrocarbon province. The East-Prinovozemelsky area covers . According to Rosneft, the estimated oil in place is and the estimated natural gas in place is . Of this of oil and of gas lies in EPNZ-1 block, of oil and of gas in EPNZ-2, and of oil and of gas in EPNZ-3. East-Prinovozemelsky field The East-Prinovozemelsky field (also referred as Vostochno-Prinovozemelskoye structure –