Reindeer Blog

The two Shtokman partners to expand cooperation through a sci-tech cooperation program. Today within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2010 Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Peter Mellbye, Executive Vice President of Statoil signed an Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation. Pursuant to the Agreement, the parties will [...]

  Строительство газопровода “Бованенково-Ухта” (заказчик ЗАО “Ямалгазинвест”), начатое в 2008 году на территории Республики Коми, сопровождается грубейшими нарушениями законодательства, и не только экологическими. Такие претензии строителям газопровода выдвигает местная общественность и даже работники предприятия, сообщает БНКоми.

  (Source: BarentsObserver) Gazprom’s construction of the 1100 km long pipeline between the Bovanenkovo field in Yamal to Ukhta in the Komi Republic is violating environmental legislation, local environmentalists say. The critics are joined by several company employees, who say that the pipeline construction is harming the Arctic nature in the area, Regnum reports. Garbage is dumped [...]

The Komi Republic court has ruled that Gazprom acted illegally in taking land that had belonged to a reindeer herding group and ordered the company return the land and pay damages. Gazprom had ignored an earlier court ruling to do just that, and consequently, it is unclear whether it will obey. The reindeer herders’ case [...]

«Я не вижу альтернативы ЯНАО, который дает 87% российского и 20% мирового газа, и на 50 лет вперед Ямал будет определять развитие газовой промышленности, как нашей страны, так и мира в целом» Just in case you were in any doubt that Gazprom, its affiliates and other Russian oil and gas folks are prioritising the Yamal Peninsula, home to the largest [...]