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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

Appendix I - VI

Norwegian oil and gas activity in the Norwegian Barents Sea:

The Snow white project is a receiving and processing plant on Melkøya Island outside Hammerfest. It is a production and landing facility of natural gas from the Snøhvit, Albatross and Askeladd fields in the Barents Sea. The fields will be produced through 20 wells. It is the Europe’s first export facility for liquefied natural gas (LNG). The gas will be exported to Europe and USA. The investmenst are expected to be between 49.3 and 51.3 billion Norwegian crownes. The operator of the project is Statoil. The field was found in 1981.

The Goliat field: was discovered in 2000. The reserves are estimated to be 250 million barrels of oil equivalents, made up of 75% oil and 25% gas. The field is 50 km southeast of the Snøhvit field. 5 wells have been drilled. The project is still in the planning. ENI Norge is the operator.

The nucola oil field is the latest discovery in the Norwegian part of the Barents Sea. Hydro will be the operator of the field. The test drilling in 2007 was of great controversy. The field is situated only 44 kilometers from land. An oil spill will reach one of Europe’s biggest bird mountains in only 30 hours. The area is also of major importance to fish eggs and larvae.