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quantitative risk assessment and management. It brings this expertise to bear on the unique problems of oil and gas development in arctic and subarctic regions.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)The Department of Energy is responsible for Federal energy-related technologies including petroleum, renewable energy,
nuclear energy, energy efficiency, and national energy policy. The
Department supports the efficient and environmentally sensitive development of natural gas and oil domestically and on a global basis.
State Committee on Environmental Protection (SCoEP)The SCoEP is the Russian agency charged with enforcing the environmental laws of
Russia and suggesting new ones. The SCoEP is interested in ensuring environmentally safe practices in the new oil fields under development in Russia. For example, the SCoEP is actively engaged in improving environmental protection after the initial licensing of oil production facilities.
U.S. Intelligence CommunityThe U.S. intelligence community has been monitoring the Russian
military, economy, and infrastructure with a variety of NSS, including
space-based imaging systems, for decades. The intelligence community has worked out policies, procedures, and methodologies whereby unclassified environmental information can be extracted from otherwise classified data. This data is the cornerstone of the EWG analysis structure.
Russian Intelligence CommunityThe Russian intelligence community has been monitoring the U.S. military, economy, and infrastructure as well. It is reasonable to believe that its NSS imagery record of the United States is more extensive than the U.S. intelligence community’s record of the United States, and vice versa. The projects under the EWG have been designed to maximize the use of otherwise unavailable data for the benefit of each country.
Petroleum Advisory Forum (PAF)/AmocoThe PAF is a Moscow-based industry association comprised of the western oil companies doing business in Russia. Amoco is involved in the PAF and it has its own environmental department focused on improving industry standards for environmentally responsible oil development, and it is interested in promoting such practices in Russia. The PAF and Amoco see possibilities for GIS methodology and NSS data to improve measurement
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field conditions and planning for rapid response to emergencies. Amoco offered to help support the activities of this group at a site at which it is cooperating with YUKOS, but Amoco formally works with this EWG project as the chairperson of the PAF Health, Safety,
and EnvironmentCommittee.
Joint-Stock Oil Company “YUKOS”Joint-Stock Oil Company “YUKOS,” the Russian oil industry participant, is interested in maintaining the environmental integrity of its existing and newly developed oil fields.
