Oil drilling in Arctic draws activists' ire
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August 15, 2012, Wednesday
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ENVIRONMENTAL activists warned yesterday that drilling for oil in the Russian Arctic could have disastrous consequences because of the lack of technology and infrastructure to deal with a possible spill.
Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund unveiled a report assessing the risks of an oil spill in the Pechora Sea in Russia's Arctic, where state-owned Gazprom has installed a huge drilling platform.
The report concludes that a sizeable spill from the Prirazlomnaya platform could contaminate protected areas and nature reserves on the shore and islands within about 20 hours after a spill, while emergency teams would take at least three days to reach the area. The platform is about 1,000 kilometers from Murmansk, the nearest port.
The report was commissioned by the two environmental organizations and compiled by an independent Moscow-based think tank. A projected oil spill that releases 10,000 metric tons of oil over five days would contaminate half a million square kilometers of water, the report said.
Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund unveiled a report assessing the risks of an oil spill in the Pechora Sea in Russia's Arctic, where state-owned Gazprom has installed a huge drilling platform.
The report concludes that a sizeable spill from the Prirazlomnaya platform could contaminate protected areas and nature reserves on the shore and islands within about 20 hours after a spill, while emergency teams would take at least three days to reach the area. The platform is about 1,000 kilometers from Murmansk, the nearest port.
The report was commissioned by the two environmental organizations and compiled by an independent Moscow-based think tank. A projected oil spill that releases 10,000 metric tons of oil over five days would contaminate half a million square kilometers of water, the report said.
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