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The European Maritime Safety Agency

Накратко 01-07-2015

As one of the EU's decentralised bodies, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) was set up in 2003 to perform specific tasks under EU law. Based in Lisbon, the Agency helps to enforce EU maritime regulations and provides technical and scientific assistance to ensure high, uniform and effective levels of maritime safety and security. EMSA also works to prevent pollution and responds to pollution caused by ships or oil and gas installations. Its maritime surveillance expertise serves purposes as ...

Russia's Prirazlomnaya oil rig in the Arctic

Накратко 03-07-2014

Annual production from the Prirazlomnaya offshore oil field is estimated to amount to 6.6 million tonnes per year. Russia's Arctic policy strongly supports further such developments, but environmental NGOs fear the result will be an ecological catastrophe from an oil spill.

Accidents occurring offshore in relation to the Oil and Gas (O&G) industry may produce significant damaging effects on the marine environment, and particularly on the fishing and aquaculture industries. The economic cost of the impact that major offshore accidents have on fisheries is most frequently assessed with the Social Cost method, accepted by the current international compensation framework. The cost of the impact of minor incidents is evaluated by the Compensation mechanism, and therefore ...

Negative impacts of the oil industry are a major concern in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), threatening not only the health of local communities, but also the livelihoods they depend on. The following study examines the impacts of the oil industry in sub-Saharan Africa and current measures to mitigate these impacts. It offers possible solutions that could be put forward by different stakeholders, including the EU and the European Parliament in particular, to reduce the negative impacts and enhance the ...