Billions are invested in the Zvezda yard outside Vladivostok to make it capable of meeting Russia’s growing demand for ice-protected ships and platforms.
The Goliat oil rig will be the world’s largest of its kind when it is finished. Recently the housing module was lifted on to the main rig. See time lapse video of the spectacular lift.
Now you can access information regarding fields, production licenses, companies, production and active exploration wells on the Norwegian shelf using an app on your smart phone.
Royal Dutch Shell says it will pause its exploration drilling for 2013 off the coast of Alaska after last year’s drilling rig accidents. Environmentalists now call for a similar “time-out” from oil drillers in the Barents Sea.
The Norwegian government’s readiness to drill in the formerly disputed waters in the Barents Sea opens not only a new petroleum province, but possibly also a new phase in relations with Russia.
