Arctic oil spill response (Arctic fact sheets)

IOGP Info Sheet

Recent years have seen increasing interest in offshore oil exploration in the Arctic and other frontier regions. While these activities may seem like new developments, in fact Arctic oil exploration, and in some cases production, has been going on for about half a century. Hundreds of wells have been drilled in Arctic waters without any sustained, uncontrolled release of oil or gas

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Recent years have seen increasing interest in offshore oil exploration in the Arctic and other frontier regions. While these activities may seem like new developments, in fact Arctic oil exploration, and in some cases production, has been going on for about half a century. Hundreds of wells have been drilled in Arctic waters without any sustained, uncontrolled release of oil or gas

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Topic

Arctic

Publication Date

2010