Energy Report Questions

Introduction: What is the background to the issues? Russia’s role as a key oil and gas exporter and Europe’s, China’s and Japan’s thirst for energy.


Russia and Europe
• What were geopolitical causes of tension between Russia and Ukraine?
• What happened during the crisis (2006, 2009 and 2007 in Belarus)
• Why is it predicted that it will never become a ‘full blown’ crisis?
• What is Europe doing to try and not be so reliant on Russia?


Russia, China and Japan (ESPO oil pipeline)
• Why are China and Japan so concerned about the ESPO oil pipeline? Why do they need this pipeline to succeed?
• Why did Russia agree to continue it to the Pacific Coast? What has Russia done to keep China on side? Why did they think this was important to do?


Conclusion: is Russia producing a more energy insecure world?

Russia and Energy Security

http://www.allbusiness.com/government/elections-politics-campaigns-elections/11509006-1.html
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090217/120190194.html
http://csis.org/files/media/csis/events/080226_ruseura_itohppt.pdf

Energy Questions for Homework

The questions are below - treat each of them like a 5 or 6 mark question.
1) What happened to the amount of energy demanded by China and India? What is projected to happen to demand in the next 50 years?
2) Why, at present, is China demanding more energy?
3) How is China fulfiling it's demand for energy? Why can India not follow in it's footsteps?
4) What are the possible energy futures for each country?

Some links which might help:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4715980.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4716528.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7189539.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/world/asia/02india.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=thirsting%20for%20energy%20in%20indias%20boomtowns%20and%20beyond&st=cse
http://www.energybusinessreports.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=1398&affillink=ebd

Year 13 Alaska

Pipeline; how the challenges of permafrost are overcome.
http://pipelinesinternational.com/news/trans_alaska_pipeline_system/041523/
http://www.propertiesofmatter.si.edu/pipeline.html
http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/pipelinefacts/permafrost.html

Challenges of Melting Permafrost
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4120755.stm
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/nacc/education/alaska/ak-edu-3.htm

13 D Cold Environments Work for Monday's lesson

Hi all,
while I am away on Monday please could you complete the following. Our case study is Alaska and one of the challenges/ opportunities is the drilling for oil. We are going to look a great deal of detail about ANWR in the north but today I want you to examine the risk of oil spills as a consequence of transporting oil in this part of the world.
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill - answer the questions below (bullet points are fine)
1) When did the spillage take place?
2) Why did the spillage happen?
3) What was the environmental cost of the spill?
4) How much oil leaked from the tanker?
5) How does the Exxon accident compare with other spills?
6) How big an area was affected?
7) Why was the spillage so difficult to clear up?
8) What methods were used to clean up the spill?
9) What were the estimated costs of the spill?

These websites might help:
http://www.solcomhouse.com/valdez.htm
http://www.eoearth.org/article/exxon_valdez_oil_spill
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/jas2001/feature_jas01.htm
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/
The last website has an excellent video which lasts about 20 mins.