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Gazprom Neft said the trucks will service the
Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye oilfield in the Gydan peninsula. They
will deliver cargoes across the 140-km (87 miles) route, which
connects the field with the Tazovsky settlement.
"The use of unmanned vehicles will increase the efficiency of
the logistics of the company's northern fields and increase the
volume of supplies of the necessary equipment and materials,"
Gazprom Neft said.
It also said the trucks are fitted with satellite navigation
systems and may recognise obstacles on the road within 200
metres. The vehicles are using Russian software.
Companies across the globe have poured billions of dollars into
developing the driverless technology they say will increase road
safety and alleviate truck driver shortages.
Testing has taken place in a number of markets, but the
technology has faced setbacks due to regulatory concerns on
safety.
While the self-driving truck industry remains nascent in Russia,
in the United States it is expected to rapidly grow over the
next decade, with analysts estimating its size at between $250
billion and $400 billion by 2030.
Gazprom Neft is one of Russia's leading oil producers in terms
of use of advanced technologies, including in tapping
hard-to-recover oil.
Kamaz also plans to use driverless trucks along the busy road
between Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia's two largest cities.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Conor Humphries)
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