Environmental Challenges in Russia

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Environmental Challenges in Russia

• John G. Aronson
• AATA International, Inc.
• Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

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Meeting Environmental Challenges in Russia An
Update
CIS and Eastern Europe Business Forum The
University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona, USA
John G. Aronson, President AATA International,
Inc.
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St. Basils Cathedral, Moscow
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Oil and Gas Projects of RFE

• Sakhalin I ExxonMobil/SMNG-Rosneft
• Sakhalin II Sakhalin Energy Investment Company
  (Shell)
• Sakhalin IV-V BP-TNK/SMNG-Rosneft
• Kovykta BP-TNK and Partners
• Magadan Shelf Project
• Khanty-Mansiysk Oil Company
• ConocoPhillips/Lukoil Northern Territories
• Infrastructure and Downstream Projects
  Refineries, Petrochemical Plants, Pipelines,
  Ports, Facilities

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Strategic Equity Alliance

• Investment of US2B to acquire 7.6
• Expansion of Polar Lights/Nenets Region
• Northern/Arctic Export Possibility
• Large increases in oil and gas reserves
• Fundamental international confidence
• Excellent relationships with Kremlin
• Modern environmental approaches being implemented

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Satellite Imagery Analysis
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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Far East
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Sakhalin State
Safronov
Kavtaradze
Aronson
Misikov
Vasielevsky
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Sakhalin Centre, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
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Sakhalin II Reports at Shelf Department
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Environmental Protection

• Physical, Chemical, Biological, Social
• Fisheries
• Stream Crossings during Pipeline Construction
• Oil Spill Contingency Planning
• Marine Birds and Mammals
• Coastal Zone Protection
• Soil Conservation and Erosion Control
• Influx of 16000 workers social concerns
• Coordinated Clean Up and Waste Management

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Sakhalin environments are diverse and dynamic
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Stone pine (Pinus pumila) burns extremely hot
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Fire Historical and Contemporaneous
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Pyroclastic Soils - extended fire impacts
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Long-term impacts of fires over large areas
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Spill, Prevention, Control, and
Countermeasures Port Coastal Pollution
Abatement Programs
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Gray Whale Life History/Behaviour/Requirements
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Coastal Bird Surveys
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Sakhalin Taimen Hucho perryi
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Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
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Fisheries/Aquatic Ecology Research Team
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Stream Crossing Environmental Management and
Mitigation
Electrofishing Technology Transfer Training
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Dr. Mikhail Zamoshch, VNII-1, AATA Associate
since 1992, Russian Far East
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Portable turbidimetry training program
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Historic and Contemporaneous Oil Industry Impacts
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Korsakov South Landfill
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Nogliki Landfill
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Buddhist Temple of Buryatia
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AATA - Always At The Airport Nizhne Angarsk,
Lake Baikal, Buryatia
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Downstream monitoring control point Samarta
River - Holbinsky
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OK, so lets work together on this capitalism
thing!
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AATA International, Inc.

• AATA Global Headquarters
• 300 Boardwalk Drive, 4-A
• Fort Collins, Colorado, USA 80525
• 1-970-223-1333 phone
• 1-970-223-9115 fax
• 1-970-214-7897 GSM
• www.aata.info ltjga_at_aata.comgt