The Arctic as a resource base
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
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Publish date: November 14, 2005
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According to the chief of Statoil Russia, Kristoffer Marø, Statoil could extract as much as 200,000 tons oil in Russia by 2020. We believe Russia will become one of the most important production areas outside Norway, Marø stresses. Marø spoke at a conference in London this week. He refused to name potential partners, but said good relations had been developed with Russian state-owned oil leader Rosneft and with gas leader Gazprom, RusEnergy informs.
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
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