The UN has defined the attitude to the Russian application for the extension of the continental shelf in the Arctic
The UN Commission had defined its attitude to the Russian application for the extension of the continental shelf in the Arctic, the solution has the ability to be announced in the summer, said Last news 1st Deputy Minister of natural resources and ecology of Russia Denis Khramov.
According to his statement, the Russian delegation is placed in the non-stop discussion with members of the Commission of the United Nations on the limits of the continental shelf.
"We are aware of their current opinion... All good, Everything is in working order. The Commission is listening to our reasoning, lead them to a working dialogue, I think that the advice will be prepared by the Commission so that will take into account all of our work and presented us the concept of development of all the TRANS-Arctic region ", - finished Temples.
Russia in 2001, announced its claim on the rich hydrocarbon portion of the shelf, including the Lomonosov ridge and Mendeleev ridges, but its application was rejected due to lack of geological information. Fresh expedition to the North pole, geological and geophysical studies in the Arctic ocean for the study of the geological nature of the Mendeleev and Lomonosov ridge and the bathymetric survey took more than ten years.
Undiscovered potential resources of the areas under consideration - 4, 9 billion tons of conditional fuel. Under the Convention the United Nations law of the sea, to extend the shelf ought to prove the continental nature related thereto of geological structures on the ocean floor.