Assessment of Effects from Arctic Oil and Gas Activities

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Assessment of Effects from Arctic Oil and Gas
Activities

• Short Progress Report
• March 2005

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The Assessment
Eight Chapters
1 Introduction 2 Oil and gas activities in the
Arctic 3 Social and economic effects of oil and
gas activities in the Arctic 4 Sources and inputs
of petroleum hydrocarbons, PAHs, and other
relevant contaminants in the Arctic 5
Concentrations and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons
and PAHs and other relevant contaminants in the
Arctic 6 Effects of pollutants and disturbance on
organisms (individual level) and effects of
pollutants on human health 7 Environmental status
and impacts on populations, habitats and
ecosystems in the Arctic 8 Conclusions and
recommendations
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• December 2004 First Draft Submitted for Internal
  Review
• February 16-18 Drafting Meeting of Authors in
  Helsinki
• March 15-16 Meeting of Chapter 3 authors from
  Canada, Norway and the USA in Anchorage

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Helsinki Meeting

• All six chapters were drafted and submitted in
  various stages of completeness
• Chapter 2 on Activities includes a large amount
  of information and will additionally need to
  cover all countries regulatory regimes
• Chapter 3 is being done as Case Studies from
  Canada, U.S., Norway, Greenland/Faroes, and
  Russia.

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Helsinki Meeting (cont)

• The chapters on Sources and Inputs (Chapter 4)
  and Concentrations (Chapter 5) are going to be
  combined
• Chapter 6s treatment of Human Health effects is
  going to be led by Canada

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Helsinki Meeting (cont)

• Indigenous participation
• Russian Participation
• Other Working Groups Contributions

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Lead Authors

• Chapter 2         Robert Crandall (USA) and
  Alexander Solovianov (Russia)
• Chapter 3         Michael Baffrey (USA)
• Chapter 45    Salve Dahle (Norway), Jarle
  Klungsøyr (Norway), Alexander Solovianov
  (Russia)
• Chapter 6         Colin Macdonald (Canada), Lyle
  Lockhart (Canada), and Andy Gilman (Canada)
• Chapter 7         Hein Rune Skjoldal (Norway)
  and Tom Van Pelt (USA)

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NEXT STEPS

• Second draft is due May 1st
• Another working meeting in Washington DC June
  22nd to 24th.
• The Oil and Gas Symposium in St. Petersburg.  In
  affiliation with the Offshore Oil and Gas
  Conference for CIS. Scheduled for September
  14-15. Call for Papersdue April 20th.