Arctic Centre opens a new exhibition on 9th of December in the Arktikum-house, in Rovaniemi. The Arctic Black Gold exhibition tells about our current oil usage and oil consumption. It also tells about the current focus on the Arctic region as a future oil reserve and what this will mean for the northern communities.
The Arctic region is currently experiencing an increasing interest by the petroleum industry. It has been estimated that areas north of the Arctic Circle have 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil, which is technically recoverable. This represents about 13 per cent of the undiscovered oil in the world.
"We want to show the increasing importance of the Arctic region for the petroleum industry as a current and future oil reservoir", says science communicator Ari Laakso.
The exhibition shows how much oil is used per person in Europe, in the United States and in other parts of the world. In addition, it presents different products made by using oil. Oil is not used just in gasoline, diesel fuel, or plastic, but also in medicine, clothes, make-up and even in food.
"We are almost always in touch with oil", Mr. Laakso says.
The idea for exhibition was born from the Arctic Centre research carried out by Research Professor Bruce Forbes and Senior Scientist Florian Stammler. They have studied the adjustment of indigenous people to oil and gas development in North Russia.
Arctic Black Gold in Arktikum 9.12.2011–6.5.2012
Oil logistics in Alaska. Photo by Paula Kankaanpää.
For more information, please contact:
Science communicator Ari Laakso, tel. + 358 40 484 4293, ari.laakso(at)ulapland.fi
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