The Sakhalin oil boom part 2: prejudice versus profit: Sakhalin's enormous potential could help save energy-strapped Japan. But can Japan deal with the Russians?

Japan Inc. | July 1, 2003| | Copyright

ZIPPING INTO MY RUBBERY survival suit in case the Russian Mil-M80 helicopter I'm about to board crashes into the frigid waters of the northeastern Pacific, I can't help but think of the two oil rig workers who'd just been joking about imminent death. A plunge into a pile of late-winter sea ice would surely shatter the body. The yellow suits, they'd said, are just meant to keep all your parts together in a conveniently retrievable package.

A few moments later the rotors begin spinning and we lift off from Chayvo. Outside, sand blows over a cold and uninviting ...

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