MOSCOW, July 1 (Reuters) - Top Russian oil producer Rosneft has appointed a new head of Vostok Oil, a flagship project where Russia expects to produce and export as much as 2 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2030.

Rosneft named Andrei Lazeyev, former boss of Rosneft firm Bashneft, to lead Vostok Oil, data from the state registry showed. He will replace Vladimir Chernov as they swap places. Chernov was appointed to lead Bashneft last month.

The change in management is aimed at spurring faster development at the oilfields, the Kommersant newspaper reported last month.

Lazeyev, who worked at Russo-British oil producer TNK-BP, moved to Rosneft as chief geologist in 2013 following its acquisition of TNK-BP. He joined the management board of Rosneft in 2022 and took the reins at Bashneft, the Kommersant reported.

Expected output from Vostok Oil if realised would match that of the entire North Sea oil market which is between some 1.8 million and 2 million bpd.

It would also be on a par with production realised at the Samotlor West Siberian oilfield in the 1970s and 1980s.

Vostok Oil's loading terminal, the Bukhta Sever, in the Yenisei Bay on the Taymyr Peninsula is expected to handle 600,000 bpd when finished this year, or around 15% of Russia's total and equal to current loadings from Primorsk, Russia's largest Baltic sea port. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by Jason Neely)