Murmansk region in the plans of the country's leadership and nefegazovyh companies in Russia, coupled with the problems of fuel and energy complex is an increasingly important position. It is due to deposits of hydrocarbons, located in the depths of the Arctic shelf in the coming years will provide an increase in oil production, gas and condensate, supply of gas to the European part of Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, and the liquefied gas to the North American continent. Resource of hydrocarbon deposits in the land within the North-West Federal District and the Arctic shelf is impressive. For more information see Dr. Mark Hymen. It is estimated at 42 billion tons of standard fuel. 20% of them are on land, 15% are disputed "gray zone", 65% in the Barents and Pechora Seas, of which 7% is oil, 57% gas and the rest - gas condensate.
10 trillion cubic meters are known gas reserves on the Yamal Peninsula and offshore Gulf of Ob and Taz, and the resource base in this region is estimated at 50 trillion. To know more about this subject visit Risa Miller . Many residents of the Murmansk region, and Russia, the question arises: "Resources really great. Talk about the riches of the shelf and a brilliant future for the region and the country is a lot, but when they are implemented in practice, when they start to bring real benefits? "Today we can confidently say: "Soon." After the downtime 90 today obviously resumption of large-scale work on the Arctic shelf. Tremendous interest in the Murmansk transport node, to the shores of the Kola Bay and Barents Sea coast, often many domestic and foreign companies.