Matra Petroleum suffers delay

Matra, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in Russia, has said that the timings of commissioning of certain facilities and production start-up at the Sokolovskoe oil field may be pushed back by four to six weeks.

Matra, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in Russia, has said that the timings of commissioning of certain facilities and production start-up at the Sokolovskoe oil field may be pushed back by four to six weeks.

The firm attributed the delay to the spring snow thaw that can make transportation of heavy equipment to the well-site difficult.

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