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or Rosneft, the Arctic project is about not only hydrocarbon fields development but also well-developed programme on protection of the polar ecosystems. To achieve those, scientists run a complex of biological and environmental research. The Company pays special attention to rare and protected species, including those listed in the Red Book. An entire field of research conducted by Rosneft is about studying of the polar bear and the walrus, the species indicating the sustainability of the marine ecosystems of the Russian Arctic.

To increase the accuracy of weather forecasts, Rosneft supports the governmental initiative on restoring of the weather observation network in the seas of the Russian Arctic. The Company installed eight autonomous weather stations and arranged the work of a research support base in the Arctic Region, on the coast of Khatanga Bay in the Laptev Sea.

 As for innovative solutions for safe upstream activities offshore Arctic, Russian scientists developed a unique biological preparation that can decompose oil and oil products at low temperatures (including below zero). The discovery was made within the project implemented by the Arctic Research and Design Centre and Innopraktika, based on the Faculty of Biology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. The technology is based upon application of natural psychrophiles (low-temperature bacteria) that use hydrocarbons as their feed source.

 Rosneft and Innopraktika issued a series “Marine Atlases of the Russian Arctic” featuring environmental atlases “Kara Sea”, “Laptev Sea” and “Marine Mammals of the Russian Arctic and the Far East” that encompass the research results, including those obtained during the research activities of Rosneft Oil Company in the Arctic region.