Greenpeace Assails Oil Rig in Russian Arctic
Greenpeace activists have launched an attempt to board a Russian oil platform and prevent it drilling in the Arctic. The group released pictures of two activists scaling the side of the giant Prirazlomnaya platform, and of security forces boarding one of its boats. The project, run by oil monopoly Gazprom, is Russia’s …
RAO / CIS Offshore 2013 is coming soon in St. Petersburg, Russia
International Conference and Exhibition RAO / CIS Offshore 2013 dedicated to the offshore development of the Russian Arctic and continental shelf will start in a few days in St. Petersburg The key companies of the Russian and world oil and gas industry: Gazprom, Rosneft, Lukoil, Total, Wintershall, Halliburton, Schlumberger, FMC …
How can we explore the Russian Arctic Shelf?
David Bamford – david@windwardexploration.com Western oil & gas technical journals as well as ordinary newspapers wax lyrical over the hydrocarbon resources of the Arctic, typically referring to it as the next global frontier. Huge resource estimates are bandied about – the USGS has suggested as much as 400 billion barrels …
Rosneft: The Final Frontier, Hydrocarbon Potential in the Eastern Arctic
N. A. Malyshev, Dr. of Geology and Mineralogy, V.V. Obmetko, PhD Geology and Mineralogy, A.A.Borodulin (Rosneft) Introduction Today, Rosneft’s activities cover most of the hydrocarbon producing regions of Russia: the Timano-Pechora oil and gas basin, the Volga territory, Northern Caucasus, East and West Siberia and the Far East. Along the …
BP Remains Committed to Partner with Russia
BP announced today that an arbitral tribunal has ruled that the interim injunction issued to prevent BP’s proposed transaction with Rosneft, which includes Arctic exploration and a share swap transaction, from proceeding should continue. BP will now apply for a determination whether the share swap may proceed on its own. …