Sakhalin

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The President of Ultra Services, John Dawkins, and Greg Manelick (Ryan Manelick's father), chief of security for ExxonMobil in Russia, first met while working in Russia.

Dawkins' bio at Ultra Services states he "lobbied for and managed the permitting process for the $22 billion Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia."

The Sakhalin-1 Project is located on Sakhalin Island in Far East Russia, just north of Japan. Since the signing of Production Sharing Agreements in the mid 1990's, Sakhalin has become a significant attraction to international oil and gas development.

ExxonMobil Neftegas Limited is a participant in the international consortium of the Sakhalin-1 Project.