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Publish date: November 14, 2006
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According to the Barents secretariat, a big group of representatives of the Russian Government, oil companies, oil terminals, ports and scientists, working in the field of Norwegian industry management will participate in the conference.
This conference is the first big meeting after Gazprom has announced that no foreign company would be a partner of Shtokman field development, B-port reports. The main subject of the conference is demands to the Russian oil and gas industry on logistics and fields development in Arctic Seas, and the tasks for Russian and Norwegian shippers.
This conference is a part of the European project “The Northern Marine Corridor”, which includes seven European countries. The project is being carried out since 2002. It is directed on more effective development of marine navigation conception in the Northern, The Norwegian and the Barents Seas.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.