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Publish date: January 25, 2006
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The annual conference Oil and gas fields development in Arctic and cold climate regions is considered to be an important place for Russian and Norwegian oil and gas companies, OilCapital reported.
Norwegian oil industry has been developing technologies of management of offshore fields development in complicated geological structures and severe climate conditions for more than 30 years. One of the largest proved fields is Snøvit, operated by Statoil Company.
The most important issue is finding solutions for environmental problems in fragile Arctic. In 2005 the Norwegian government forbade discharges of oil products into the sea. Norwegian environmental rules for offshore oil production are the strictest in the world.
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Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.