Igor Sechin, chief executive officer of OAO Rosneft, right, returns to the polar research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov carrying a sample of oil from the West Alpha rig following the announcement of a new crude strike in the Kara Sea, Russia, on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Sechin, a long-time ally of President Vladimir Putin, spent two days traveling by plane, ship and helicopter last week to announce a billion-barrel crude strike in the iceberg-prone Kara Sea region of Russias Arctic Ocean. Photographer: Ilya Arkhipov/Bloomberg via Getty Images
