A new look at the arctic resources

... amounting to 45% of the basic rate for the crude oil export [3] . The license for the exploration of Prirazlomnoye field is held by “Gazprom” daughter company “Gazprom Neft Shelf”. In August 2011 an ice-resistant platform “Prirazlomnaya” was set in the field to drill 40 directional wells. It is expected that the extraction of oil at Prirazlomnoey field will start as early as 2012 (). So it will become the first commercial oil-producing hydrocarbon field in the Arctic shelf. Corporate alliances – with foreigners and name them… Another important novelty of 2012 was a decision to allow private companies to participate in offshore projects. In February 2012 this initiative was put forward by Prime-Minister ...