Monday, October 8, 2007

A Quest for Energy in the Globe’s Remote Places (NYT, October 9, 2007)

"The gas field, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle beneath a stretch of ocean more commonly known as the Barents Sea, is called Snow White — Snohvit in Norwegian.... The field is so large that it could eventually supply nearly 10 percent of the demand for natural gas demand in eastern states of the United States. Dominion, an energy company, has expanded a gas import terminal at Cove Point, Md., to accommodate the Arctic gas...."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/business/worldbusiness/09polar.html?pagewanted=all

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