Yastreb, Russian for hawk is the world's most powerful drill rig. It stands 230 feet (75m) high and will drill up to 20 extended-reach-drilling wells 5 to 6 miles horizontally under the Sea of Okhotsk to a depth of 8500 feet. The rig is land based and designed to withstand the earthquakes that frequent this area. The Sea of Okhotsk is frozen for 4 months of the year necessitating this land-based rig. In 2007 the project set a world record when extended-reach-drilling well Z-11 reached 11.282 meters (37.014 ft). That record was broken in early 2008 with well Z-12 reaching 11.680 meters (38.320 ft). The Chayvo field contains 17 of the world's 30 longest extended-reach-drilling wells.
Aerial view of the dredging operation
The harbour was constructed to accomodate the barges that carried the modules from South Korea to Chayvo
This photo shows the route the pipeline will follow to the DeKastri terminal for export
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