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Publish date: January 24, 2006
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Meanwhile, according to Gazprom, the Natural Resources Ministry’s State Natural Resources Commission on January 18, 2006, endorsed the revised estimate of the Shtokman field’s reserves, which was based on data obtained through seismic prospecting using 3D modeling. “The revised estimate once again confirms the high production and economic potential of the Shtokman field,” the press release of Gazprom says.
The Shtokman gas condensate field is located in the central part of the Russian shelf in the Barents Sea, 650 kilometers from Murmansk. The Shtokman gas condensate field is among the largest mineral fields in the world. It is being readied for development with an aim to export liquefied natural gas to the U.S. and other countries.
The war in Ukraine has put many things on hold. But in this feature for Bellona’s Russian-language Environment & Rights magazine, Viktoria Hubareva, a Kyiv-based journalist and ecologist, shows that Ukrainian environmentalists have their hands full.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has told the United Nations atomic energy watchdog that Russia plans to restart Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, currently occupied by Russian troops and technicians, fueling worries about a serious nuclear accident on the front lines of a grinding military conflict.