Arctic Oil and Gas

Arctic Oil and Gas PDF

Author: Roman Shumenko

Publisher: Nova Science Pub Incorporated

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781613248621

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This book provides an overview of the many issues relevant to offshore oil and gas development in the Arctic. Topics covered in this book include a brief historical background of Arctic oil and gas development; a discussion of the economic importance of oil in Alaska; challenges of Arctic oil spill response; Arctic subsistence resource issues; an overview of important ecological resources in the Arctic; data gaps relevant to future oil and gas decision-making; an analysis of crude oil production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and potential impacts of proposed oil and gas development on the Arctic Refuge's coastal plain.