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Publish date: September 12, 2006
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Experts from the MS Tekhnologii company believe the terminal could have an annual capacity of 1 million ton and cost about 500,000 million USD. А feasibility study of the terminal project has already been made by MS Tekhnologii on request from the Murmansk Sea Port, BarentsObserver reports.
According to the head of the MS Tekhnologii, Sergey Semyonov, the first part of the terminal could be completed already within 2-3 years. This part of the terminal, which will have an estimated capacity of 300,000 ton per year, can be used for the equipment import for the development of offshore oil and gas fields.
Implementation of the second part of the project will require extra 6 years of construction. This second part will facilitate shipping of goods from Far Eastern countries to the US.
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.
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.