More than 20 billion tons of oil in the Russian North Pole of the company "Rosneft"

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The potential of Russia's North Pole resources for potential Russian oil projects exceeds 20 billion tons of oil, Russia's Russian oil company chairman Igor Sechin said on Tuesday.

"This estimate includes both projects, both in the Karsk Sea and in the northern Krasnoyarsk region, where large discoveries and large-scale projects await us, which will have a significant impact," Sechin said in comments on the sidelines of the Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to Novosti. On the global oil industry. "

In recent years, Russia has begun active economic development in the North Pole, including oil and gas extraction and the development of the North Sea Highway, which could increasingly become an alternative to traditional routes from Europe to Asia.

In light of NATO's increasing interest in the Arctic, Russia has taken a series of military measures to protect Russian interests in that region.

The Russian president had earlier confirmed that the Russian Arctic contained the country's main mineral reserves.

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