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Greenpeace contre une plateforme pétrolière russe dans l’Arctique 18 Septembre 2013 Première partie : images d’une action de Greenpeace Deuxième partie : images d’une base russe en construction dans l’Arctique ReuSat 3 18/09/2013 15:28:07 RUSSAARCTIC/GREENPEACE PROTES Greenpeace activists arrested during protest at Russian Arctic oil platform Greenpeace activists arrested during protest at Russian Arctic oil platform RESENDING WITH FULL SCRIPT EDITORS, PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT IS PART MUTE Russian Coast Guard fire warning shots and arrest two Greenpeace activists during protest at Russian Arctic oil platform. SHOWS: PECHORA SEA, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 18, 2013) (MUTE) (GREENPEACE ACCESS ALL) 1. GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS IN BOAT APPROACHING PRIRAZLOMNAYA OIL RIG 2. GREENPEACE BOATS NEAR RIG 3. GREENPEACE ACTIVIST IN BOAT HOLDING ROPE 4. GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS IN BOATS NEAR RIG / ONE ACTIVIST SCALING RIG 5. VARIOUS OF GREENPEACE ACTIVIST TRYING TO SCALE SIDE OF RIG AS WATER BEING POURED ON HIM FROM RIG 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GREENPEACE ARCTIC CAMPAIGNER, FAIZA OULAHSEN, ON BOARD GREENPEACE SHIP "THE ARCTIC SUNRISE", SAYING: "We're here in the Russian Arctic taking action against the first Arctic oil platform to go into production, which pose a huge threat to the fragile environment. 7. VARIOUS OF COAST GUARD SHIP FIRING WARNING SHOTS 8. SHIP IN SEA 9: Russia Arctic base; RU;KOTELNY ISLAND;;;Audio: NATURAL;Language: RUSSIAN; 10. Servicemen with fire arms 11. Aerial shots island 12. Aerial shot ship arriving 13. Aerials battleships following an icebreaker 14. C/u armoured vehicle driving onshore out of landing craft carrier 15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ruslan Barilov, chief of Aviation commandants office of the aerodrome on the island of Kotelny: "We shall reestablish here an Air Force commandants office and the aerodrome Temp which will host transport planes." More views of the island STORY: Russian coast guards fired warning shots and arrested two Greenpeace activists on Wednesday (September 18) as they tried to scale the Prirazlomnaya Arctic oil platform in a protest over the potential threat to the environment from operations slated to start this year. Production at the rig, owned by state group Gazprom and Russia's first such project in the Barents Sea, was delayed last year after similar actions. Gazprom said the delay was down to "technical reasons".

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Greenpeace  contre  une  plateforme  pétrolière  russe  dans  l’Arctique    18  Septembre  2013    Première  partie  :  images  d’une  action  de  Greenpeace  Deuxième  partie  :  images  d’une  base  russe  en  construction  dans  l’Arctique    ReuSat  3  -­  18/09/2013  15:28:07  -­  RUSSA-­ARCTIC/GREENPEACE  PROTES      Greenpeace  activists  arrested  during  protest  at  Russian  Arctic  oil  platform      Greenpeace  activists  arrested  during  protest  at  Russian  Arctic  oil  platform      RESENDING  WITH  FULL  SCRIPT  EDITORS,  PLEASE  NOTE:  THIS  EDIT  IS  PART  MUTE  Russian  Coast  Guard  fire  warning  shots  and  arrest  two  Greenpeace  activists  during  protest  at  Russian  Arctic  oil  platform.  SHOWS:  PECHORA  SEA,  RUSSIA  (SEPTEMBER  18,  2013)  (MUTE)  (GREENPEACE  -­‐  ACCESS  ALL)  1.  GREENPEACE  ACTIVISTS  IN  BOAT  APPROACHING  PRIRAZLOMNAYA  OIL  RIG  2.  GREENPEACE  BOATS  NEAR  RIG  3.  GREENPEACE  ACTIVIST  IN  BOAT  HOLDING  ROPE  4.  GREENPEACE  ACTIVISTS  IN  BOATS  NEAR  RIG  /  ONE  ACTIVIST  SCALING  RIG  5.  VARIOUS  OF  GREENPEACE  ACTIVIST  TRYING  TO  SCALE  SIDE  OF  RIG  AS  WATER  BEING  POURED  ON  HIM  FROM  RIG  6.  (SOUNDBITE)  (English)  GREENPEACE  ARCTIC  CAMPAIGNER,  FAIZA  OULAHSEN,  ON  BOARD  GREENPEACE  SHIP  "THE  ARCTIC  SUNRISE",  SAYING:          "We're  here  in  the  Russian  Arctic  taking  action  against  the  first  Arctic  oil  platform  to  go  into  production,  which  pose  a  huge  threat  to  the  fragile  environment.    7.  VARIOUS  OF  COAST  GUARD  SHIP  FIRING  WARNING  SHOTS  8.  SHIP  IN  SEA  9:  Russia  Arctic  base;  RU;KOTELNY  ISLAND;;;Audio:  NATURAL;Language:  RUSSIAN;  10.  Servicemen  with  fire  arms  11.  Aerial  shots  island  12.  Aerial  shot  ship  arriving  13.  Aerials  battleships  following  an  ice-­‐breaker  14.  C/u  armoured  vehicle  driving  onshore  out  of  landing  craft  carrier  15.  SOUNDBITE  (Russian)  Ruslan  Barilov,  chief  of  Aviation  commandants  office  of  the  aerodrome  on  the  island  of  Kotelny:  "We  shall  re-­‐establish  here  an  Air  Force  commandants  office  and  the  aerodrome  Temp  which  will  host  transport  planes."  More  views  of  the  island    STORY:  Russian  coast  guards  fired  warning  shots  and  arrested  two  Greenpeace  activists  on  Wednesday  (September  18)  as  they  tried  to  scale  the  Prirazlomnaya  Arctic  oil  platform  in  a  protest  over  the  potential  threat  to  the  environment  from  operations  slated  to  start  this  year.            Production  at  the  rig,  owned  by  state  group  Gazprom  and  Russia's  first  such  project  in  the  Barents  Sea,  was  delayed  last  year  after  similar  actions.  Gazprom  said  the  delay  was  down  to  "technical  reasons".  

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         The  Arctic  holds  13  percent  of  the  world's  undiscovered  oil  and  30  percent  of  its  undiscovered  gas  according  to  industry  estimates.  However,  its  economic  viability,  as  well  as  its  environmental  safety  credentials,  remain  a  matter  of  debate.            The  arrested  activists  were  from  the  Greenpeace  icebreaker  Arctic  Sunrise.  After  they  scaled  the  platform,  a  coast  guard  boat  fired  the  warning  shots  to  force  the  ship  to  withdraw  from  the  base  of  the  rig.            Greenpeace  video  of  the  scene  showed  a  group  of  boats  -­‐  both  coast  guard  vessels  and  inflatables  from  the  Arctic  Sunrise  -­‐  jostling  for  position  at  the  base  of  the  rig.            "Due  to  the  refusal  of  the  Arctic  Sunrise  captain  to  halt  the  unlawful  activity,  the  administration  took  a  decision  to  stop  the  ship.  The  coast  guard  was  forced  to  fire  warning  shots  four  times  from  an  artillery  cannon  on  board  a  vessel,"  Russia's  Federal  Security  Service  said  in  a  statement.            Greenpeace  said  it  received  a  threat  that  the  ship  itself  would  be  fired  at  if  it  did  not  leave  the  area  immediately.            The  group  said  it  had  sent  five  boats  to  the  Prirazlomnaya  rig.  It  was  unclear  where  the  four  other  boats  were  located.            "We're  here  in  the  Russian  Arctic  taking  action  against  the  first  Arctic  oil  platform  to  go  into  production,  which  pose  a  huge  threat  to  the  fragile  environment.  Gazprom  is  known  for  its  poor  safety  standards  and  we've  seen  Shell  screw  up  in  the  Alaskan  Arctic  last  year,  and  now  these  two  reckless  oil  companies  are  teaming  up.  It's  a  disaster  waiting  to  happen.  We  can  see  the  Arctic  Sea  Ice  melting  in  front  of  our  own  eyes,  and  instead  of  seeing  that  as  a  huge  threat  to  mankind  and  the  planet,  oil  companies  are  rushing  into  the  Arctic  to  drill  for  the  oil  that  caused  climate  change  in  the  first  place,"  said  Greenpeace  Arctic  campaigner,  Faiza  Oulahsen,  on  board  Greenpeace  ship  "The  Arctic  Sunrise".            Onshore  drilling  is  well  established,  but  significant  offshore  work  is  in  its  infancy  despite  numerous  attempts  to  make  it  work  and  relatively  shallow  waters.            A  decade  of  high  oil  prices,  scarcity  of  opportunities  elsewhere,  relatively  low  political  risk  and  a  shrinking  ice  cap  has  led  companies  to  look  to  unexploited  parts  of  the  Arctic  in  recent  years.            Global  majors  including  ExxonMobil,  ENI  and  Statoil  have  agreed  deals  with  Russia's  state-­‐owned  Rosneft  to  enter  Russia's  Arctic  offshore  waters.            Most  of  these  projects  are  due  to  begin  extracting  in  the  2020s,  and  are  seen  as  crucial  to  maintaining  the  10  million  barrels  a  day  of  oil  flow  from  the  world  No.  1  producing  nation.            Environmental  campaigners,  worried  about  the  impact  on  a  fragile  ecosystem  and  about  how  a  spill  clean-­‐up  could  work  in  such  remote  places,  have  stepped  up  their  campaigns  to  match  the  increasing  business  interest.            There  is  now  greater  hesitation  among  companies  as  high  costs,  mishaps,  a  weaker  oil  price  outlook  and  determined  anti-­‐drilling  campaigns  take  their  toll.            Offshore  safety  concerns  have  grown  after  BP's  Deepwater  Horizon  oil  rig  exploded  in  2010,  killing  11  workers  and  spewing  millions  barrels  of  oil  into  the  Mexican  Gulf.            An  incident  at  the  end  of  last  year,  where  Royal  Dutch  Shell's  offshore  Alaska  rig  Kulluk  broke  free  in  a  storm  from  the  vessel  towing  it  and  ran  aground  became  the  latest  slip  for  its  drilling  programme  and  has  been  seen  industry  wide  as  a  turning  point  for  Arctic.            Shell  later  shelved  its  plans  for  this  year  and  looks  increasingly  unlikely  to  put  a  2014  drilling  season  in  place.  

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         Plans  are  not  entirely  on  hold  though.  As  well  as  the  Russian  projects,  in  August  Norway  invited  bids  for  licences  to  drill  in  its  eastern  Arctic  waters  after  settling  a  border  dispute  with  Russia.            Prirazlomnoye  is  the  first  Arctic  offshore  oil  deposit  to  be  developed  by  Russia  and  is  located  in  the  Pechora  Sea,  a  part  of  the  Barents  Sea,  60  km  (40  miles)  from  the  northern  coast.            Its  operations  are  slated  to  start  by  the  end  of  2013,  it's  is  expected  to  reach  peak  production  of  6  million  tonnes  per  year  (120,000  barrels  per  day)  in  2019.            Gazprom  Neft  is  expected  to  obtain  a  licence  from  Gazprom  to  develop  the  field.  It  expects  investment  in  the  project  to  be  around  200  billion  roubles  ($6  billion),  of  which  half  has  been  spent.                Meanwhile,  Russia  is  reopening  a  Soviet-­‐era  military  base  in  the  Arctic,  including  the  aerodrome  which  will  be  expanded  to  allow  heavy  cargo  planes  to  land  all  year  round.  It  is  a  part  of  a  drive  to  make  the  northern  coast  a  global  shippingroute  and  secure  the  region's  vast  energy  resources.  Two  decades  after  abandoning  it,  Russia  has  sent  10  warships  behind  four  nuclear-­‐powered  ice  breakers  to  the  base  on  the  Novosibirsk  Islands  to  resume  a  permanent  naval  presence  in  the  thawing  region.  The  flotilla  was  led  by  Russia's  flagship  nuclear-­‐powered  cruiser,  Peter  the  Great,  along  the  Northern  Sea  Route,  which  connects  Europe  to  Asia  across  Russian  waters  from  the  Kara  Gate  to  the  Bering  Strait.    Warmer  summers  have  thawed  more  of  the  frozen  waterways,  rendering  it  navigable  for  longer  periods  and  raising  hopes  the  maritime  passage  could  become  a  shorter  alternative  to  southern  routes