For the period of 1981 -2008, on the shelf of Arctic and the Baltic Sea, 29 structures were entered into drilling, 58 wells were spudded, 50 wells were completed, 45 wells were tested.

• 33 wells are in the Barents Sea:
  • 22 wells from the drilling ships at the sea depths from 100 m up to 338 m and drilling depth up to  4524 m;
  • 9 wells from the semi-submersible vessels at the sea depths from 119 m up to 216 m and drilling depth up to 4075 m;
  • 2 wells from the jack up at the sea depths up to 90 m and drilling depth up to 3150   m;
• 19 wells were drilled in the Pechora Sea (the south-east part of the Barents Sea); including as  follows:
  • 17 wells from the jack up at the sea depths from 14 m up to 40 m and drilling depth  up to  4417 m;
  • 2 wells from board an experimental drilling rig «Sevastopol» at the sea depths 6,0 m and drilling depth up to 4236 m;
• 2 wells in the Gulf of Ob; the wells were drilled from the jack-up at the sea depths within 10 - 12 m and drilling depth up to 1275 m;
• 4 wells in the Kara Sea; all the wells were drilled from the drilling ships at the sea depths from 71 m up to 133 m and drilling depth up to 2550 m;
• 1 well in the Baltic Sea (Semi-submersible) at the sea depth of 156 m and drilling depth up to 1835 m;

As of 01.11.2009, the volume of exploration drilling has amounted to 165,3 thousand m.

In September 2009, the Jack up «Murmanskay» started drilling offshore the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.