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Exxon Begins Drilling Russia’s Pristine Arctic Waters
Protesters from Greenpeace in the water outside the rig yard in Ølen, western Norway. (Photo: Greenpeace)
Despite increasing western sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, Exxon Mobil has begun drilling their first well in Russia’s pristine Arctic territory on Saturday.
“Today, commercial success is driven by efficient international cooperation,” Reuters reported Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying on a video conference with Glenn Waller, ExxonMobil’s lead manager in Russia, and Igor Sechin, CEO of Exxon’s Russian partner Rosneft, which currently has sanctions imposed against it by the United States.
“Businesses, including Russian and foreign companies, perfectly realize that and despite certain current political difficulties, pragmatism and common sense prevail, and we are pleased to hear that,” Putin continued.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/08/exxon-begins-drilling-russias-pristine-arctic-waters/
