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Author(s) -
D D Goering
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1947.tb04044.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , library science
Transneft, Russia’s state-owned pipeline system, wants to extend its network to the port of Indiga in Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The Arctic export terminal would go online in 2009 with a 400km connection to Kharyaga. Indiga port would serve the growing crude output from Timan-Pechora in Russia’s Northwest. Transneft has overlooked the high costs of marine transportation in the Arctic, as well as environmental factors. For 6-9 months of the year, the southern coast of the Barents Sea is locked in ice of up to 80cm. Diesel-powered icebreakers are limited by size and endurance, making nuclear-powered vessels the only alternative. The Murmansk Shipping Company currently has 4 atomic icebreakers in operation. No further construction has been budgeted by the Russian Federation for 2005. Limits to dead weight tonnage are also problematic because the piloting icebreakers are only 30m wide. Tankers of even 150,000 deadweight tons (dwt) would face difficulties serving Indiga for more than 3 months a year. The cost structure will thwart plans to increase energy cooperation with the U.S., a political objective in Moscow. How do ice conditions at Indiga impact export costs? How does the Barents Sea compare to the Baltic Sea? What are some of the environmental hazards?