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US study says most natural gas Arctic is Russian
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 28 - 05 - 2009


Nearly one-third of the natural gas yet
to be discovered in the world is north of the Arctic
Circle, and most of it is in Russian territory, according
to an analysis led by researchers at the U.S. Geological
Survey, according to AP.
«These findings suggest that in the future the ...
pre-eminence of Russian strategic control of gas resources
in particular is likely to be accentuated and extended,»
said Donald L. Gautier, lead author of the study published
in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
Russia already is the world's leading natural gas
producer, noted Gautier, of the Geological Survey's office
in Menlo Park, California.
The report, by an international scientific team, estimated
that the Arctic also contains 3 percent to 4 percent of the
world's oil resources remaining to be discovered.
Two-thirds of the undiscovered gas is in just four areas _
South Kara Sea, North Barents Basin, South Barents Basin
and the Alaska Platform _ the report said.
Indeed, the South Kara Sea off Siberia contains 39 percent
of the Arctic's undiscovered gas, the researchers said.
Russia has been active in asserting its claim to parts of
the Arctic. It first submitted a claim to the United
Nations in 2001, but was rejected for lack of evidence. The
United States, Canada, Denmark and Norway also have sought
to assert jurisdiction over parts of the Arctic.
Now, Russia is working to prove that an underwater
mountain range crossing the polar region is part of its
continental shelf. In 2007 two Russian civilian
mini-submarines descended to the seabed to collect
geological and water samples and drop a titanium canister
containing the Russian flag.
Arctic oil reserves are much smaller than those of natural
gas and are unlikely to lead to any shift in world oil
balance, Gautier said in a recorded briefing provided by
Science.
But they could be of importance locally if developed by
individual countries, he said, citing in particular the
United States and Greenland, which is governed by Denmark.
However, Gautier added, the study looked only at the
geological setting and the chance that energy resources are
present.
«If these resources were to be found they would not be
found all at once. They would be found incrementally, and
they would be produced incrementally,» he said, urging
caution about assuming that the oil might extend world
production significantly.
Gautier said the study focused on geological conditions in
the Arctic and how they compared to other parts of the
world where oil and gas have been found.
Because so much of this territory is unexplored and data
is so limited the researchers had to develop a new method
to do assessments, Gautier said.
They collected the best information they could for the
region and then subdivided it into geological areas. Those
areas were compared with other geological regions around
the world where gas or oil have been found in order to
produce their assessment of where more resources are likely
to be located.
Gas and oil tend to be found in sedimentary basins, he
said, and «each one of these basins has a story, a
geologic story.»
«As new data become available, our understanding of the
resources in the Arctic will change,» he added.


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