Expert: Russia on the eve of the Russian-Japanese war for oil

Resursy08-07-2008 Judge: Russia on the eve of the Russian-Japanese War for Oil Southern and Middle Kuril Islands may be rich in hydrocarbon deposits. This good news shared by the representatives of a group of scientists of the Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics (IMGG) FED RAS. For oil from the Kuril Islands Russia will have war with Japan, confident, independent experts. As the leading researcher IMGG Alexander Il'ev in the early 80's near the east coast of Hokkaido found industrial oil and gas fields. In this regard, scientists do not exclude a high probability of presence of hydrocarbon deposits on the shelf of the Kuril Islands, as well as themselves Kurile Islands. "In Sredinokurilskom trough may be large oil and gas reserves. The evidence of this - more power precipitation, conditions of sedimentation, which contribute to the formation of hydrocarbons. Discovered hydrocarbon fields in Hokkaido - circumstantial evidence of our assumptions ", - A. Il'ev in an interview with Interfax-Far East". According to him, during the Soviet era, when IMGG had its own dedicated fleet, scientists of the Institute held a series of studies. In the future, with the beginning of perestroika in the country, prospecting in the area at the government level, in general forgotten. Scientists estimate that projected resources Sredinokurilskogo deflection - 1,2-1,6 billion tons of standard fuel, and Kunashirskoy Depression - 56-60 million