Publication

This report examines the foreign investment project by the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company (SEIC) in Russia. The investment consortium's plans to extract oil and gas on the island of Sakhalin has given rise to a number of environmental, legal and social concerns. Issues such as oil spill preparedness, pipeline routing and river crossings, fisheries, native rights and local infrastructure have all proven to be highly contentious. The publicity they have received is largely due to a powerful NGO campaign which is assessed by the author of this report.