%0 Journal Article %T Shell and BP take their partners in Russian adventure %D 1997 %J First Break, %V 15 %N 12 %@ 1365-2397 %R https://doi.org/10.3997/1365-2397.15.12.26139 %I European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, %X A number of events in the last month or so have signalled what could be a significant breakthrough in the progress of international oil exploitation in Russia and other republics in the former Soviet Union, particularly in the troubled Caspian Sea area. Andrew McBarnet reports. %U https://www.earthdoc.org/content/journals/0.3997/1365-2397.15.12.26139