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• 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 3. Environmental risks when extracting and exporting oil and gas

This chapter presents the environmental risks connected with conducting oil and gas activities in Northwest Russia. The chapter raises the question of environmental risks when exploring, developing and transporting oil and gas on the Arctic shelf. The emissions by the industry are described, and the chapter also includes a section on the concentration of petroleum products in the Pechora, Barents and White Sea. Some statistical data relating to accidents caused by oil spills or gas leaks during transport are also presented. For further information about petroleum accidents in the Arctic, we recommend chapter 4 of this report Oil and gas accidents and incidents – prevention and liquidation.

A substantial part of the research referred to is taken by “Sevmorgeo”, a Federal State unitary scientific and production enterprise. The data on the content of petroleum products in the waters of the Pechora, Barents and White Seas are also from the “Sevmorgeo” enterprise.

For further reading we recommend the appendixes of this chapter; III-I Climate Change, and III-ii The Greenhouse Effect, together with chapter 5 Environmental impact of oil and gas activity in the Arctic. We also recommend as complementary reading appendix IV-i Consequences of a large oil spill in the Arctic,

All the information presented in this chapter is accompanied by reference data, opinions from specialists, legal notes and illustrations.