World resources of hydrocarbons and demand of new technologies for their extraction
Coal, oil and gas, being the general sources of satisfying mankind’s demand for power resources and making 89 % of total consumption of primary power resources nowadays, are predicted to remain the basic ones in a long-term perspective. It is noted that demand for new efficient and profitable technologies, decrease of losses and increase of power efficiency as well as usage of some non-traditional resources of hydrocarbons, the volume of which is immense, while the territories of their occurrence aren’t practically explored refer to unsolved global problems in the field of natural resources production. The Arctic Region, mainly the Russian arctic shelf with its huge hydrocarbon potential, is destined to become such a territory. Exploration of arctic oil and gas resources will demand enormous investments, so the main problem of the state is to provide conditions allowing investors, including foreign ones, to join the project.