US plans to allow companies to exploration and production in the Arctic
April 01, 2015
Cabinet US is now considering the possibility of mining companies the right to begin drilling in the Arctic - in areas of Alaska and in the North Atlantic. As the text developed by the Department of the Interior resolution in the years 2017-2022 is expected to pay to rent a number of corporations engaged in the production of hydrocarbon resources, 10 sites in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, 3, located on the Arctic shelf of Alaska and 1 - in the North Atlantic. Suitable applications for the right to operate these sites were made up to 30 March.
Official statistics of the United States notes that at present hydrocarbon production in the country is growing at a record pace. However, there was last year shale boom, predict analysts from the National Council of oil at US Department of Energy can not last more than 10 years. Approximately the same amount of time it would take to conduct exploration, production organization and supply adjustment extracted hydrocarbons to the world market from offshore fields. Experts strongly advise the federal government to hurry up with the discovery of Alaska for mining companies.
It should be noted that last year the British-Dutch oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell filed a proposal to the US government. She presented a plan for the organization of production of hydrocarbons in the Chukchi Sea using two drilling platforms with over 400 thousand barrels per day. However, such plans against mining companies active advocate of nature protection.
April 1, 2015
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