{"id":5797,"date":"2015-07-16T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/oregon-senator-hopes-obamas-potential-arctic-visit-could-spur-white-house-to-block-drilling\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:58","slug":"oregon-senator-hopes-obamas-potential-arctic-visit-could-spur-white-house-to-block-drilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/oregon-senator-hopes-obamas-potential-arctic-visit-could-spur-white-house-to-block-drilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Senador de Oreg\u00f3n espera que la posible visita de Obama al \u00c1rtico pueda incitar a la Casa Blanca a bloquear las perforaciones"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2013 La nueva presidencia estadounidense del Consejo \u00c1rtico y una posible visita del presidente Barack Obama a la zona deber\u00edan llevar a la administraci\u00f3n a bloquear las perforaciones de petr\u00f3leo y gas en aguas \u00e1rticas, dijo el jueves el senador Jeff Merkley.<\/p>\n

Merkley, dem\u00f3crata por Oregon, present\u00f3 una legislaci\u00f3n que har\u00eda precisamente eso el jueves, mientras una agencia del Departamento del Interior eval\u00faa si emitir permisos finales de perforaci\u00f3n a Shell Oil Co. para los pozos planificados en el mar de Chukchi, al noroeste de Alaska.<\/p>\n

Si bien las oportunidades de Merkley para impulsar la medida en el Senado controlado por los republicanos son limitadas, espera que el compromiso de Estados Unidos en las cuestiones del \u00c1rtico proporcione cierto impulso.<\/p>\n

"El propio presidente ha hablado de ir al \u00c1rtico a finales de este verano", se\u00f1al\u00f3 Merkley. "As\u00ed que espero que el presidente pueda aprovechar este momento para reflexionar sobre el tipo de destrucci\u00f3n del que estoy hablando y llegar a apoyar que el \u00c1rtico deber\u00eda estar absolutamente fuera de los l\u00edmites".<\/p>\n

Estados Unidos acaba de asumir la presidencia durante dos a\u00f1os del Consejo \u00c1rtico, un grupo internacional que representa a ocho naciones que tienen territorio al norte del C\u00edrculo Polar \u00c1rtico.<\/p>\n

Y se espera que un evento ministerial sobre el \u00c1rtico en Alaska el pr\u00f3ximo mes atraiga a funcionarios de alto nivel de Estados Unidos y de todo el mundo, y posiblemente el Secretario de Estado John Kerry y Obama visiten el estado.<\/p>\n

La Casa Blanca no ha anunciado un viaje, pero Ret. El almirante de la Guardia Costera, Robert Papp, hizo referencia a la pr\u00f3xima cumbre al margen de una conferencia sobre el \u00c1rtico en Washington, DC a principios de esta semana. Y en febrero, la senadora Lisa Murkowski, republicana por Alaska, dijo que se espera que Obama visite Alaska en agosto.<\/p>\n

De ser as\u00ed, la visita podr\u00eda tener lugar justo cuando Shell est\u00e1 perforando el fondo del mar de Chukchi.<\/p>\n

La compa\u00f1\u00eda espera perforar al menos un pozo en su prospecto Burger, a unas 70 millas de la costa de Alaska, antes de que el empeoramiento de las condiciones clim\u00e1ticas y un decreto regulatorio la obliguen a detener la actividad el 24 de septiembre.<\/p>\n

El trabajo de Shell est\u00e1 lejos de estar garantizado. La compa\u00f1\u00eda todav\u00eda est\u00e1 buscando los permisos de perforaci\u00f3n y reparaciones necesarios para un rompehielos contratado que se supone ayudar\u00e1 a salvaguardar las operaciones este verano.<\/p>\n

Ese rompehielos, el MSV Fennica, propiedad de Arctia Offshore, se env\u00eda a Portland, Oregon, para reparaciones.<\/a> eso podr\u00eda mantenerlo alejado del mar de Chukchi hasta principios de agosto.<\/p>\n

Y no est\u00e1 claro cu\u00e1nto trabajo (en caso negativo) permitir\u00e1 que el Departamento del Interior realice a Shell sin el Fennica cerca.<\/p>\n

Las protecciones de la vida silvestre tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1n restringiendo algunas de las operaciones planificadas de Shell. Una zona de amortiguamiento de 15 millas requerida entre actividades de perforaci\u00f3n simult\u00e1neas significa que Shell no puede perforar ambos pozos planificados al mismo tiempo, ya que est\u00e1n a s\u00f3lo 8,9 millas de distancia.<\/p>\n

Y esas mismas reglas, dise\u00f1adas para proteger a los mam\u00edferos marinos, podr\u00edan impedir que Shell use sus rompehielos en el cercano Hanna Shoal durante julio y agosto, ya que el \u00e1rea es una zona de alimentaci\u00f3n privilegiada para las morsas.<\/p>\n

Incluso con esas restricciones, dijo Merkley, la perforaci\u00f3n en el \u00c1rtico es simplemente demasiado arriesgada.<\/p>\n

"El \u00c1rtico es demasiado remoto, demasiado fr\u00e1gil y demasiado duro para perforar o realizar una operaci\u00f3n de limpieza de forma segura, en caso de que ocurriera un desastre", dijo Merkley. "Perforar en esas aguas ser\u00eda realmente un crimen contra el medio ambiente".<\/p>\n

Su nueva legislaci\u00f3n, que cuenta con cinco copatrocinadores originales, incluido el senador Martin Heinrich, DN.M. y Ed Markey, dem\u00f3crata por Massachusetts, prohibir\u00edan nuevos arrendamientos de petr\u00f3leo y gas en aguas \u00e1rticas estadounidenses. Tambi\u00e9n impedir\u00eda que el secretario del Interior renueve los arrendamientos existentes o autorice cualquier exploraci\u00f3n, desarrollo o producci\u00f3n en el territorio.<\/p>\n

De hecho, el \u00e1rea es remota (a unas 1.000 millas de la estaci\u00f3n de la Guardia Costera m\u00e1s cercana) y est\u00e1 envuelta en oscuridad parte del a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n

Debido a que la infraestructura es escasa, Shell ha acumulado una armada de embarcaciones para su campa\u00f1a de perforaci\u00f3n en el \u00c1rtico, incluidos barcos de respuesta a derrames de petr\u00f3leo que llevan skimmers, barreras y otros equipos para combatir un derrame. Tambi\u00e9n se colocar\u00eda un domo de contenci\u00f3n especializado en Kotzebue Sound, a unos 10 d\u00edas de distancia, para ser utilizado sobre un pozo petrolero da\u00f1ado.<\/p>\n

La compa\u00f1\u00eda tambi\u00e9n se\u00f1ala precauciones, incluido el uso de arietes de corte dobles en un dispositivo de emergencia conocido como preventor de reventones para duplicar las posibilidades de cortar la tuber\u00eda de perforaci\u00f3n y los escombros para poder sellar un pozo abierto.<\/p>\n

Los enemigos de las perforaciones en el \u00c1rtico dicen que esas medidas no son suficientes para garantizar que el petr\u00f3leo derramado no da\u00f1e el medio ambiente, incluidas las morsas, las ballenas y otras especies marinas que viven en el mar de Chukchi o migran a trav\u00e9s de \u00e9l.<\/p>\n

"El tipo de destrucci\u00f3n que ocurrir\u00eda" por un derrame en el \u00c1rtico es mucho peor que eventos similares en el Golfo de M\u00e9xico, dijo Merkley, porque los organismos \u00e1rticos no se han adaptado a una fuga natural de petr\u00f3leo desde el fondo del oc\u00e9ano y porque el crudo derramado se descompondr\u00eda mucho m\u00e1s lentamente en el agua fr\u00eda.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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