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Exploiting new energy reserves
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Where are the major Arctic oil reserves? Who are the key players?
Reserves;
- Alaskan Beaufort
- Chukchi seas
- Prudhoe Bay
- Barrow
Key Players;
- Norway
- Denmark
- Russia
- Iceland
- Canada
- USA
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What moves have there been to exploit these reserves?
Drilling offshore in Greenland
1968 ARCO and Standard Oil drilled a well in Prudhoe Bay
1997 - Hibernia fields largest offshore oil project
1977 - Trans Alaskan Pipeline
Imperial oil drilling in 1920s
Canada invested explorations
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What problems are associated with these reserves?
Oil Spills
Damages ecosystems
Compromises fishing for indigenous tribes
Health impacts - increased cancer rates
Oil wars/conflicts - Ukraine, Poland, Moscow
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- A-Level Geography (A Level Energy Security) Note on Exploiting new energy reserves, created by Caitlyn Grayston on 03/06/2017.
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