Our Arctic Neighbors: Russia expands reach of Arctic mapping - August 10, 2008

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryAugust 2008

Vol. 13, No. 32

Week of August 10, 2008

Our Arctic Neighbors: Russia expands reach of Arctic mapping

Russia will conduct geological mapping in a number of new sites in the Arctic next year, the Federal Agency of Subsoil Resources, Rosnedra, announced in early August. The government plans to spend 2.6 billion rubles ($111 million) on the program on the country’s continental shelf, an increase of 160 percent from this year.

A total of 34 areas will be mapped in the Barents Sea, the Kara Sea and the Pechora Sea. Russia will also study the waters west of the Spitsbergen archipelago, an area where sovereignty is disputed with Norway.

—Sarah Hurst

Petroleum News - Phone: 1-907 522-9469 - Fax: 1-907 522-9583
[email protected] --- http://www.petroleumnews.com ---
S U B S C R I B E

Copyright Petroleum Newspapers of Alaska, LLC (Petroleum News)(PNA)©2013 All rights reserved. The content of this article and web site may not be copied, replaced, distributed, published, displayed or transferred in any form or by any means except with the prior written permission of Petroleum Newspapers of Alaska, LLC (Petroleum News)(PNA). Copyright infringement is a violation of federal law subject to criminal and civil penalties.