Preliminary data indicate a new oil field has been discovered in an area said to hold at least a dozen promising reservoirs, Russian oil company Rosneft said. Rosneft said three core samples from the Tsentralno-Olginskaya-1 well in the northern Laptev Sea showed “high oil saturation.” “On the basis of primary studies already, it can be concluded that a new oil field has been discovered, the volume of the resource potential of which is increasing as the drilling continues,” the company said in a statement . The well was the first drilled into the area by Rosneft, which holds 28 licenses in the Russian Arctic. The company boasted that it’s success in the region has been “excellent” so far and said the preliminary […]