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Russian research ships have been firing sound waves at the seafloor in the Weddell Sea, a remote stretch of water off Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom. The seismic readings they gathered point to an estimated 511 billion barrels of oil, a volume that nearly doubles Saudi Arabia’s known reserves.
Britain’s House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee received that figure in evidence earlier this year, and the number has pulled a long-dormant question into open view. Russia holds no territorial claim in Antarctica. Argentina and Chile dispute Britain’s claim to the Weddell Sea. Yet Russian vessels continue surveying the seabed there, and lawmakers in London are now pressing a simple question: is this research, or is it prospecting under a scientific flag?
Original link:
https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/05/russia-oil-reserves-antarctic-treaty-surveys/
>Russian research ships have been firing sound waves at the seafloor in the Weddell Sea, a remote stretch of water off Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom. The seismic readings they gathered point to an estimated 511 billion barrels of oil, a volume that nearly doubles Saudi Arabia’s known reserves.
>Britain’s House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee received that figure in evidence earlier this year, and the number has pulled a long-dormant question into open view. Russia holds no territorial claim in Antarctica. Argentina and Chile dispute Britain’s claim to the Weddell Sea. Yet Russian vessels continue surveying the seabed there, and lawmakers in London are now pressing a simple question: is this research, or is it prospecting under a scientific flag?
Original link:
https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/05/russia-oil-reserves-antarctic-treaty-surveys/
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