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Arctic Yearbook 2012
Thawing Ice and French Foreign Policy: A Preliminary Assessment
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Christophe de Margerie, recently warned against oil drilling in the Arctic, mentioning that
TNCs should not drill for crude oil in Arctic waters, as “[o]il on Greenland would be a
disaster” (Chazan, 2012).
Figure 2 Total’s Activities in Conditions of Extreme Cold, Circum-Arctic Areas
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NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC
United States - Alaska
Chuckchi Sea
Exploration 1989-1991 (4 wells; 1 gas discovery)
NPRA
Exploration 2002-2004 (operator)
White Hills
Exploration 2008-2009 (5 wells)
Beaufort Sea
Exploration 1987-1992 (6 wells)
Exploration from 2007 (operator)
Canada – Yukon/Nunavut
Mackenzie Delta Exploration 1981-1984 (6 wells)
Arctic Islands
Exploration 1970-1976 (15 wells, operator)
Labrador Sea
Exploration 1980 (1 gas discovery; operator)
Denmark
West Greenland Exploration 1977 (1 well, operator)
Labrador Shelf
Exploration 1971-1985 (25 wells, operator of 14 wells; 3 gas
discoveries)
EURASIAN ARCTIC
Norway
Spitsbergen
Exploration 1971-1974 (4 wells)
Barents Sea
Exploration 1983-1987 (2 wells)
Operator of the PL535 Norvarg licence
Partner in Snohvit LNG Production
Russia
Barents Sea
Partner in Shtokman development studies
Western Siberian Basin Partner in Termokarstovoya appraisal
Timan Pechora Basin Operator of Kharyaga production since 1999
Kazakhstan
Caspian Sea
Partner in development of Kashagan field
Russia
Total holds 25% of Gazprom’s Shtokman gas oil field project in the Barents Sea (Norway’s
StatoilHydro holds 24%) while Gazprom controls the 51% majority of this gas field that is
projected to be – when (and if) completed – the world’s largest with a capacity of 3800
billion cubic meters of gas and approximately 37 million tons of light oil. For the time being,
French expertise on oil and gas development in the Arctic is needed for Russian companies