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Arctic – Russia’s perspective Grigory Zasypkin Deputy Head of Economic Office Embassy of the Russian Federation Arctic for Russia • • • • • • • 43% of the area of the Arctic region belongs to the Russian sector. Approximately 9 mln sq.metres. More than 2.5 million people, 2% of the country’s population , 40% of the population of the entire Arctic. The Russian Arctic, occupies 30% of the country’s territory, generates up to 12% of the GDP, around 30 % of all exports 85% of the production of natural gas in Russia and 20% of its global production takes place in the Yamalo‐Nenets Autonomous Region. The Yamalo‐Nenets Autonomous Region has 234 hydrocarbon deposits, 66 under commercial development. The largest gas condensate field in the Yamal Peninsula, Bovanekovo. Russia is the first and the only country to use drifting polar stations in order to study the Arctic. These stations have only stopped working on two occasions: during the Second World War and from 1991 to 2003. The reserves of gas in the Arctic may supply 40‐55% of the global consumption of gas by 2050. 22% of the global reserves of oil and natural gas are found in the Arctic territories of Russia, Norway, Greenland, USA and Canada. Monitoring New Tiksi observatory Samoylov Island Observatory Information system “The north” Northern Latitudinal Route railway ‐ expanded access for Russian regions to the NSR Yamal‐Nenets Autonomous Region Novatek Yamal LNG‐Terminal (16,5 mln tons), phase I to be launched late 2016 Port of Sabetta‐construction started in 2012 Next goal: Port of Sabetta as a major transportation hub for the Arctic Northern Sea Route • The Northern Sea Route (NSR) Administration was restored in March 2013 with headquarters in Moscow • In 2013 – the best year ‐ 635 approved applications for navigation through the NSR 127 vessels under foreign flag • Rotterdam – Dalian NSR – 35 days Suez – 48 days • Goal – 63 mln tons by 2021 New icebreaker LK‐60 Project 22220 – variable water draft both for high seas and shallow waters (the first vessel to be built late 2017) New Nuclear ice breaker is now been designed – LK‐110 Passability up to 3,7 m. of ice Nuclear‐powered container vessel “Sevmorput’” (1328 TEU) to be modernized – not for scrap Thank You for Your kind attention! Grigory Zasypkin Deputy Head of Economic Office Embassy of the Russian Federation to the United States [email protected] Tel.(202) 298‐5741 Fax (202) 298‐5735
