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Human activities/impacts
Maritime transport. Impacts from emissions to air
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:59 )
Read more...Maritime transport. Impact from operational discharge (oil, contaminated water, ballast water)
As described in chapter General background description of the ecosystem - Ecosystem interactions - Human impact, no major impacts have been registered from operational discharges of oil and chemicals from anti fouling systems from ship transport.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:56 )
Read more...Oil and gas activities. Expected situation in the near future (5 years)
It is expected that two new wells will be drilled in the Norwegian and Russian sectors of the Barents Sea in 2009.
For the period up to 2010, Russian authorities plan to award 20 prospective areas in the Barents and Pechora seas. There are distributed over six tenders who are located in the areas with the proven deposits of hydrocarbons.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:55 )
Read more...Oil and gas activities. Emission to air
Offshore oil and gas production will contribute to emission to air of CO2, NOx, non-methan volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), methane, and SO2. Emission to air from petroleum production occurs from energy production, flaring of gas from well testing and from venting (release of unburned gas from pipes and valves in the processes during normal operations or safety reasons). Flaring of associated ...
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:52 )
Read more...Oil and gas activities. Physical disturbance of the sea bed- habitat reduction
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:48 )
Status Report. The authors
More than 100 experts from a total of 9 Russian and 20 Norwegian institutions have participated in the preparation of the report, and the work has been organized in 13 expert groups. The work has been led by Sevmorgeo and PINRO on Russian side and on Norwegian side by the Institute of Marine Research and the Norwegian Polar Institute..
Find author name here...The Russian - Norwegian cooperation
BarentsPortal is a project developed under the Joint Russian - Norwegian Commission on Environmental Cooperation. The joint environmental report is a co-operation project between the Joint Russian - Norwegian Commission on Environmental Cooperation and the Joint Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission
