Environmentalists disapprove Shtokman profile
Environmental organizations maintain that the environmental assessment report presented by the Shtokman Development AG to the public this week contains a number of weak points.
The Shtokman Development AG in two public hearings this week presented materials on its plans for the development of the offshore part of the Shtokman project as well as the project’s environmental profile.
The hearings, which was open for the public, was held in the towns of Kola, just south of Murmansk, on the 12 May, and in Teriberka on 13 May. Both representative of regional and local authorities, control agencies, research representatives, NGOs and local attended the meeting, MBnews.ru reports.
Environmentalists even before the meeting announced their criticism with the environmental profile in the project.
Leader of the Murmansk-based Nature and Youth organization, Vitaly Servetnik argues that the environmental consequence report “raises many questions, has a number of unclear points, as well as shortages”. –Without doubt, in this form the project can not be approved, he underlines to Bellona Web.
He was supported by several expert present at the hearings, Bellona.ru informs.
The organizations also argue that SDAG has failed to present a plan on climate gas emissions in the project. Coordinator at Bellona Murmansk, Nina Lesikhina, stresses that the company should come up with a way on isolating climate gas emissions from the project.
Meanwhile, the SDAG representatives at the hearings admitted that a positive image of the company and the project is of paramount importance. –It is very important for us that the company has a positive international image, and not worse than major international companies like Statoil and Total, Deputy Director at SDAG Gennady Zaitsev repeatedly said in the meeting.
