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Navigation

• Chapter 1: Oil and gas resources on the Arctic Con
• 1.1. Russia’s oil and gas industry - a historical
• 1.2. Oil and gas raw material base on the Russia’s
• 1.3. Strategy for developing the oil and gas poten
• 1.4. Oil resources on Russia’s Euro-Arctic shelf
• 1.5. Gas resources on Russia’s Euro-Arctic shelf
• 1.6. Development of offshore oil and gas reserves
• 1.7. Subsoil regulation in Russia
• 1.8. Companies operating on the Arctic shelf
• Appendix I - I
• Appendix I - II
• Appendix I – III
• Appendix I – IV
• Appendix I - V
• Appendix I - VI
• Appendix I - VII
• Chapter 2: Transporting oil and gas in Northwest R
• 2.1. State regulations and strategies
• 2.2. Existing transport systems in Northwest Russi
• 2.3 Navigation
• 2.4. Future plans for oil and gas transport in Nor
• Chapter 3. Environmental risks when extracting an
• 3.1. Environmental risk when carrying out geologic
• 3.2. Environmental risks when exploiting oil and g
• 3.3. The Environmental risk when transporting oil
• 3.4. The state of the environment in the Pechora,
• Appendix III - I
• Appendix III - II
• Chapter 4. Oil and gas accidents – prevention and
• 4.1. Accidents and incidents: causes and consequen
• 4.2. Oil spill classification and responsibilities
• 4.3. Drafting plans for eliminating accidental oil
• 4.4. Eliminating spills
• 4.5 The Barents Sea’s Emergency Rescue Organizatio
• 4.6. Assessing damage and fines
• 4.7. The role of public organisations
• Appendix IV - I
• Appendix IV - II
• Appendix IV - III
• Chapter 5. Environmental impact of oil and gas ac
• 5.1. The Barents Sea
• 5.2. Environmental impact of oil and petroleum pro
• 5.3. The key areas for preserving bioresources in
• Appendix V - I
• Appendix V - II
• Appendix V - III
• Conclusion
• Appendix VI. The future of the northern regions

Chapter 1: Oil and gas resources on the Arctic Continental shelf in Russia

This Chapter gives a general overview of Russia’s oil and gas industry on the Continental shelves of the Barents, Pechora and Kara seas. The chapter is informational in form and seeks to provide information on oil and gas fields, plans for their development, their infrastructure, and the companies operating on the shelves of these northern seas. The chapter also, to a certain extent discusses Russia’s strategic plans for development of offshore fields in the Russian Arctic, and the development of subsoil regulations in Russia.

This chapter does not account for the environmental impact or risk such a development poses on the fragile arctic nature. For information about the consequences of oil and gas development in these seas, we recommend chapter 3 Environmental risks when extracting and transporting oil and gas and chapter 5 Environmental Impact of oil and gas projects in the Arctic of this report. Furthermore, chapter 4 about accidents and incidents in the Arctic should be of substantial interest for the observant reader. Chapter two will account for transport of oil and gas, as well as future plans for transport of oil and gas from the region. The Chapter contains comments from specialists and legal experts, basic definitions of oil and gas objects, and illustrations.