Possible Indicators for Assessing Geo-Environmental Risk in Polar Ecosystems of the Yamal Peninsula in Relation to Pollutant Emission During Gas Production

Author(s):  
Vladimir N. Bashkin ◽  
Irina V. Priputina ◽  
Arina V. Tankanag
Author(s):  
Maria Bulakh ◽  
Anatoly B. Zolotukhin ◽  
Ove T. Gudmestad

Huge reserves of hydrocarbons on the shelf of the Kara Sea, adjacent to the west coast of the Yamal Peninsula are to be developed in the XXI century. This large oil and gas area in northern West Siberia has prospective resources of 56 trillion barrels of oil equivalents (boe). The Russia Federation has no other regions with similar concentrations of undeveloped hydrocarbons. Creating this unique Kara Sea gas production centre could provide in the years 2015–2030 a production of at least 800 billion Sm3 of gas per year providing both domestic and external demand with this fuel, and supply it to the external market, (http://oilgasindustry.ru).


Author(s):  
Dmitry V. Arzyutov

This article deals with the ethnographic analysis of the history and social life of electricity among Nenets in the Yamal Peninsula. Based on historical documents and field data the author reconstructs a history of the electrification of the northern part of the peninsula. This work also includes the reflections on social and cultural meanings of electricity among Nenets in and out the tundra. Through these historical and current dynamics, the author suggests analysing the life of electricity in off-the-grid settings through the lens of transnational technological entanglements in the Arctic


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