Protected Carbon in Russia

Affected Areas

These protected areas in Russia contain current or planned fossil fuel projects. Oil, gas, and coal extraction in protected areas harms their natural value while contributing to climate change.

  • Fossil Fuel Type
  • Affected Area
  • Oil & Gas
  • Agryzskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Area between the Pura & Mokoritto rivers
  • Oil & Gas
  • Argunskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Askinskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Asly-Kul`
  • Oil & Gas
  • Balka Kladovaya
  • Oil & Gas
  • Bogdanovskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Bol`shoe Kayukovo
  • Oil & Gas
  • Bragunskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Brekhovsky Islands in the Yenisei estuary
  • Oil & Gas
  • Buzulukskij bor
  • Oil & Gas
  • CHekerovskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • CHeremshanskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Chernyje Zemli
  • Oil & Gas
  • Donskoj
  • Oil & Gas
  • Dubovaya gora
  • Oil & Gas
  • Genkovskaya lesopolosa kv. 75 - 80
  • Oil & Gas
  • Gora Kopejka
  • Oil & Gas
  • Gromovskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Gryadina
  • Oil & Gas
  • Harbinskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Hotogo
  • Oil & Gas
  • Islands in Ob Estuary, Kara Sea
  • Oil & Gas
  • Istoki reki Karalyk
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kayakentskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kejikte
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kepskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kerch peninsula
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kondinskie ozera
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kondurchinskaya lesostep`
  • Oil & Gas
  • Koshkinskaya balka
  • Oil & Gas
  • Krasnoarmejskij sosnyak
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kremen`el`skij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Krymskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kuban Delta: Group of limans between rivers Kuban & Protoka
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kuedinskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Lower Dvuobje
  • Oil & Gas
  • Lyuksini
  • Oil & Gas
  • Malinovyj Hutor
  • Oil & Gas
  • Martyushevskoe
  • Oil & Gas
  • Mekletinskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Middle Volga
  • Oil & Gas
  • Nebesanyur (Nebesa-Nyur)
  • Oil & Gas
  • Neneckij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Nizhnevisherskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Nizhnyaya Kama
  • Oil & Gas
  • Noglikskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Novo-Berezanskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Numto
  • Oil & Gas
  • Oblastnovskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Oktyabr`skij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Ozero YAickoe
  • Oil & Gas
  • Poteryannyj klyuch
  • Oil & Gas
  • Pribajkal`skaya nastoyashhaya step`
  • Oil & Gas
  • Reka Bol`shaya Sul`cha
  • Oil & Gas
  • Reka Bol`shoj CHeremshan
  • Oil & Gas
  • Reka Tojma
  • Oil & Gas
  • Reki YAman'elga i Sarva i ih okrestnosti
  • Oil & Gas
  • Saratovskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sarpinskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • SHarkan
  • Oil & Gas
  • Siine (Sinyaya)
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sostinskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Stepnoj
  • Oil & Gas
  • Surgutskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sylvenskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Syninskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Terpej-Tumus
  • Oil & Gas
  • Terpej-Tumus (bufer)
  • Oil & Gas
  • Uinskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Untorskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Upper Dvuobje
  • Oil & Gas
  • Urochishhe Bogatyr`
  • Oil & Gas
  • Urochishhe Il`men`
  • Oil & Gas
  • Usen`-Ivanovskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Ust`e reki CHapaevki
  • Oil & Gas
  • Vashutkinskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Verhne-Kondinskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Verhne-Kurpskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Volga Delta
  • Oil & Gas
  • Vostochnyj
  • Oil & Gas
  • Vyatkinskij
  • Oil & Gas
  • YAmal`skij
  • Oil & Gas
  • Zelenaya zona goroda Groznogo

Extraction Data

This table shows a summary of potential emissions from fossil fuel extraction projects in protected areas in Russia (including projects that are currently extracting, planned or idled).

  • Fossil Fuel Type
  • Fossil Fuel Quantity
  • CO2 Quantity (MT CO2e)
  • Oil & Gas
  • 10,986.97 MMBOE
  • 4,599.16
  • Coal
  • 0.00
  • 0.00
  • Combined
  • 4,599.16

Deposits Data

This table shows a summary of potential emissions from fossil fuel deposits under protected areas in Russia. Many of these are not yet the target of any industry activities and could more easily become part of a non-extraction policy.

  • Fossil Fuel Type
  • CO2 Quantity (MT CO2e)
  • Oil & Gas
  • 49,817.15
  • Coal
  • 100,000.00
  • Combined
  • 100,000.00

Early Warnings

This table shows untouched protected areas that have planned carbon extraction projects, along with their respective startup dates.

  • Affected Area
  • Startup Date
  • CHekerovskij
  • 2026
  • Agryzskij
  • 2028
  • Lyuksini
  • 2030
  • Saratovskij
  • 2030
  • Harbinskij
  • 2032
  • Gryadina
  • 2035
  • Volga Delta
  • 2035
  • Brekhovsky Islands in the Yenisei estuary
  • 2036
  • Gromovskij
  • 2036
  • Reka Bol`shoj CHeremshan
  • 2037
  • Noglikskij
  • 2038
  • Genkovskaya lesopolosa kv. 75 - 80
  • 2039
  • Pribajkal`skaya nastoyashhaya step`
  • 2040
  • Surgutskij
  • 2040
  • Bogdanovskij
  • 2041
  • Krasnoarmejskij sosnyak
  • 2041
  • Neneckij
  • 2041
  • Oblastnovskij
  • 2041
  • Siine (Sinyaya)
  • 2041
  • Malinovyj Hutor
  • 2042
  • Urochishhe Bogatyr`
  • 2042
  • Vashutkinskij
  • 2042
  • Islands in Ob Estuary, Kara Sea
  • 2043
  • Kejikte
  • 2043
  • Terpej-Tumus
  • 2043
  • Sostinskij
  • 2044
  • Stepnoj
  • 2044
  • Ust`e reki CHapaevki
  • 2044
  • Donskoj
  • 2045
  • Syninskij
  • 2045
  • Untorskij
  • 2047
  • Sarpinskij
  • 2053
  • Area between the Pura & Mokoritto rivers
  • 2060
  • Ozero YAickoe
  • 2062
  • Terpej-Tumus (bufer)
  • 2065
  • Vyatkinskij
  • 2065
  • Sylvenskij
  • 2068
  • Dubovaya gora
  • 2073
  • Koshkinskaya balka
  • 2100
  • Kremen`el`skij
  • 2100
  • Krymskij
  • 2100
  • Mekletinskij
  • 2100
  • SHarkan
  • 2100
  • Reki YAman'elga i Sarva i ih okrestnosti
  • 2109
  • Kepskij
  • 2111
  • Balka Kladovaya
  • 2112
  • Istoki reki Karalyk
  • 2112

Profiting Companies

  • Fossil Fuel Type
  • Profiting Company
  • Oil & Gas
  • Bashneft
  • Oil & Gas
  • BP
  • Oil & Gas
  • Centrgeko Holding
  • Oil & Gas
  • Chechenneftekhimprom
  • Oil & Gas
  • Energia Fund
  • Oil & Gas
  • EvroSibOil
  • Oil & Gas
  • Fossil Trading
  • Oil & Gas
  • Gazprom
  • Oil & Gas
  • Gazprom Neft (Public traded part)
  • Oil & Gas
  • Geoservice LLC
  • Oil & Gas
  • GRITS
  • Oil & Gas
  • Idzhat
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kabalkneftetopprom
  • Oil & Gas
  • KhIT
  • Oil & Gas
  • KomsomolskNeft
  • Oil & Gas
  • LLC RID Oil-Perm
  • Oil & Gas
  • Lukoil
  • Oil & Gas
  • Neftisa
  • Oil & Gas
  • NNK (Independent Petroleum Company)
  • Oil & Gas
  • Nord Axis Limited
  • Oil & Gas
  • Novatek
  • Oil & Gas
  • Oil Data International
  • Oil & Gas
  • OOO Sladkovsko-Zarechnoye
  • Oil & Gas
  • Open acreage
  • Oil & Gas
  • Other partner(s)
  • Oil & Gas
  • Pioneer Exploration
  • Oil & Gas
  • Promgaz
  • Oil & Gas
  • Region-Neft
  • Oil & Gas
  • Rosgeologiya
  • Oil & Gas
  • Rosneft
  • Oil & Gas
  • Rusinvest
  • Oil & Gas
  • Ruskhim gaz
  • Oil & Gas
  • Russian Government
  • Oil & Gas
  • Russneft
  • Oil & Gas
  • Severgeofizika
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sinopec
  • Oil & Gas
  • Surgutneftegas
  • Oil & Gas
  • Tatneft
  • Oil & Gas
  • TenderResurs
  • Oil & Gas
  • TotalEnergies
  • Oil & Gas
  • UDS-Group
  • Oil & Gas
  • VolgaUralNeftegaz
  • Oil & Gas
  • VostokInvestNeft
  • Oil & Gas
  • Yakutiya-Gaz
  • Oil & Gas
  • Zoltav Resources

Map

Sources

  • Protected Areas: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas. October 2023.
  • Oil & gas extraction: Rystad Energy, U Cube Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Solution. October 2023.
  • Coal extraction: Global Energy Monitor, Global Coal Mine Tracker. October 2023.
  • CO2 equivalencies: Kühne, Kjell, Big numbers for bold activists: A quick method for estimating potential emissions of fossil fuel projects. Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 79, September 2021.
  • Reserves & resources: German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), German and Global Energy Supplies. 2021.

Disclaimer

This page was created using the best data available. Despite this, errors and omissions are likely. Please contact our team with any errors or confirmation requests you may have. Further information on sources and methodology is available on our data page.