Seals to work on Shtokman field
Murmansk Marine Biological Institute has long experience in training seals for the navy. Now these animals can be used for peaceful purposes – deep-water diving on the Shtokman field.
Seals could be especially useful on large depths at the Shtokman field, where diving could be both dangerous and expensive. The animals being trained at Murmansk Marine Biological Institute learn to detect leakages from gas and oil pipes.
- It takes a group of 4-5 divers half a day to do the same operation as one seal can do in ten minutes, says Acting Director of Murmansk Marine Biological Institute Pavel Makarevich to TV Murman.
The institute possesses unique training facilities for marine mammals and has for many years trained gray seals and Greenland seals to protect military and nuclear facilities and objects.
