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Publish date: October 24, 2005
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Covering petroleum development perspectives in these waters, this document predicts the pipeline system could tie into new supplies in both Norwegian and Russian sectors of the Barents Sea, the Barents Observer newspaper reported. The oil report also identified a number of potential development projects in the far north over the next 15 to 20 years.
In addition to extending the Norwegian transport network with a spur into the northern Barents Sea, these development projects include bringing gas ashore in Northern Norway, and a new processing plant there. The gas could then be piped south along the Norwegian coast. A new plant to produce liquefied natural gas for export by ship could also be in the offing, the report said.
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.