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Arctic Projects 2015: the forum discusses the morport and discusses energy transition and digital
prospects for the Pavlovsky polymetal mine in Nova- technologies for the Arkhangelsk transport hub. One
ya Zemlya; construction of the Northern Latitudinal satellite event is international awareness seminar
Railway and the Kamennomysskoye-More project in “Norway’s Oil and Gas Agenda and Energy Transi-
Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug; and the progress tion Plan”, organized in partnership with the Norwe-
with Sabetta, a port of year-round transportation. gian association Petro Arctic.
Arctic Projects 2016: General Director at Kola
Shipyard (Kolskaya Verf) presents a project to cre- Regional agenda
ate a Center for Construction of High-Tonnage Off-
shore Structures in the Murmansk Oblast. Acting as Not all the projects discussed by Arctic Projects
its subcontractors are the companies of Arkhangelsk Forum became a reality. Some ended up suspended,
and Severodvinsk. others took a new course. Importantly, the forum
Arctic Projects 2017: the delegation of Novatek re- has at all times been in line with vital events, trends,
ports on progress with Arctic LNG 2. The forum hosts and approaches to the Arctic development. Present-
the meeting of “Industry and Technology Develop- ing alongside ministries, departments and the largest
ment” Working Group under the National Commis- players in the industry are the local companies – sup-
sion for Arctic Development, chaired by Vasily Os- pliers and contractors who now are indispensable to
makov Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry Arctic projects. The course towards production and
of the Russian Federation. service localization, first presented a decade ago, had
Arctic Projects 2018: the forum hosts the head of been proved right and led to the emergence of new in-
newly created Arctic Transport and Industrial Hub – dustrial facilities, transport terminals, and upgraded
Arkhangelsk, JSC. It discusses the port facilities that infrastructure.
are required for Novatek’s LNG logistics purposes; nu- Sergey Smirnov:
clear-powered icebreakers to assist in the largest Arctic “Over the past years, the major Arctic projects
projects (Atomflot); and construction progress with ice- such as Yamal LNG, Arctic LNG, Center for High-
breakers and auxiliary fleet for the needs of the Arctic Tonnage Offshore Structure Engineering, Kamenno-
development (United Shipbuilding Corporation). Dmi- mysskoye-More field, and Timan-Pechora oil and gas
try Purim, Chairman of Sovfracht Board of Directors, province, have had as their suppliers and contractors
presents the concept for the Arctic situation center. more than two hundred local companies – shipyards,
Arctic Projects 2019: the forum presents Arkhan- mechanical engineering plants, stevedores, transport
gelsk Oblast’s Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering and logistics companies, construction and installa-
Cluster. Zvyozdochka Ship Repair Center presents its tion organizations, material suppliers, schools and re-
design proposal for LSP “A” platform for operation search institutions. The experience has convincingly
at Kamennomysskoye-More field sea deposit, and shown that the large-scale Arctic projects involve not
the Northern (Arctic) Federal University reports on only larger players, there is work for small and medi-
progress with Research and Training Center “Rus- um-sized businesses.”
sian Arctic: New Materials, Technologies and Re- As the forum evolved, the number of its topics
search Methods”. and participants had grown to a level that gave birth
Arctic Projects 2020: the forum has as its key topic to two sub-forums – Arctic Shipbuilding (started in
the new measures of support for companies operat- 2018) and Arctic Ports (started in 2020). For many,
ing in the Arctic Zone. Speakers include Sergey Ska- trips to the hospitable Arkhangelsk have become a
liy, Head of Resident Policy at Far East Development regular and important part of their work; many have
Corporation (presentation titled “State Support for found here friends and business partners. It is with
Businesses: Preferential Schemes in Russian Far East warmth and respect that we remember those of our
and Arctic”); and Yulia Zvorykina, Assistant Director participants who are no longer with us and who had SOZVEZDYE #40
at VneshEconombank Institute for Research and Ex- been enriching us with new concepts and research-
pertise (presentation titled “Green Financing of Arc- based knowledge for the benefit of local industries:
tic Projects”). Important inputs were made by Kirill in particular, Professor Anatoly Zolotukhin of Gub- партнерство
Klimenko, Lead Engineer for floating nuclear CHP kin University; Victor Vasiliev, Commercial Director partnership
at Rosenergoatom Concern; Irina Agarkova, Logis- of Rosantikor. Their memory will live as long as our
tics Manager at SIBUR; Yan Antonov, Gazprom Neft’s common cause survives.
Energy Tech Hub Petersburg Project Office Manager. Ten years is a long time in terms of human lifespan
Arctic Projects 2021: Gazprom Invest reports on and short in terms of history. No one knows what the
progress with Severo-Kamennomysskoye field devel- future holds for us or where we’ll be in ten years’ time,
opment. The forum features a pilot project on self- but as long as Arctic has a job for us, there should be 37
sufficient navigation systems, co-organized by Ros- a forum to discuss what’s next. Let’s work together.