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Norilsk fuel storage subsidence could be thaw-induced, experts say Scientists discovered that near notorious tank No. 5 there was a gutter, along which meltwater was leaking, according to the report MOSCOW, December 21. /TASS/. Basement piles of the storage in Norilsk, where fuel spilled in May, could have subsided due to the underground waters, which had destroyed the permafrost’s layer, the Great Norilsk Expedition’s report reads. The expedition was organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian Branch. Read also “The survey has proved that there is a deep layer of meltwate...

Premium Content Russia’s Largest Oil Company Is Spinning Off Key Assets By Viktor Katona - Dec 20, 2020, 12:00 PM CST Proverbs tell us a great deal about how a views the same phenomenon. Brits would say that necessity is the mother of invention whilst many Eastern European nations would contend that it is poverty that is the mother of all arts – and both would mean more or less the same thing. What happens if those at the helm get really creative, perhaps even without an apparent need for it? Rosneft’s push to propel its Vostok Oil project into the limelight might have brough...

New scientific ecological center is to identify unstable structures near Norilsk Initial analysis of 200 key structures in the Norilsk Industrial District may be done by using satellite images, according to the researcher TASS, December 18. The first task of the Ecology Science and Research Center, which the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian Branch established in December following the Great Norilsk Expedition, will be to offer a technology to identify the structures and buildings, which may collapse in the Norilsk Industrial District due to the thawing permafrost, the center’s Dire...

Premium Content Rosneft Extremely Bullish About Arctic Oil And Gas Discoveries By Simon Watkins - Dec 17, 2020, 5:00 PM CST At the core of Russia’s hydrocarbons-related power is its Arctic oil and gas reserves, with the Russian Arctic sector comprising over 35,700 billion cubic metres of natural gas and over 2,300 million metric tons of oil and condensate, the majority of which are located in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas, lying on the south side of the Kara Sea. According to recent comments from Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, the next 10-15 years will witness a dramatic ...

FUSIONNOW 1: Russian industry from the eyes of foreign travellers In the Taimyr Museum of Local Lore, Dudinka, Russia. “I plan to create a new collection inspired by the stunning details that I saw in Norilsk. The patterns traditional for Taimyr will be combined with the spirit and materials of Egypt. To get a fusion as a result, I will use these two cultures and combine them. I plan that some of the items in the collection will be embroidered and made by the craftswomen from Taimyr, as they have the unique needlework skills. I want to crown the project with fashion shows both in Russia -...