The areas being developed by Shell and its partners - Japanese firms Mitsui and Mitsubishi - have reserves of about one billion barrels of oil and 500 billion cubic metres of gas.
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Russia's Environmentalists to Shut Shell's Gas Project
Russian regulators are trying to block a $20bn foreign energy project of Sakhalin
Russian regulators are trying to block a $20bn foreign-financed energy project on the Pacific island of Sakhalin, led by Royal Dutch Shell.
An environmental watchdog will attempt to have approval for the huge project - the world's largest integrated oil and natural gas scheme - revoked.
The Federal Service for the Supervision of Natural Resources said environmental recommendations had been "unfulfilled".
The areas being developed by Shell and its partners - Japanese firms Mitsui and Mitsubishi - have reserves of about one billion barrels of oil and 500 billion cubic metres of gas.
The areas being developed by Shell and its partners - Japanese firms Mitsui and Mitsubishi - have reserves of about one billion barrels of oil and 500 billion cubic metres of gas.
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