This means that settlements for
Russian oil deliveries to China, which have reached 60 million tons per year, can be done without using the dollar.
UAF has worked extensively with both institutional and commercial partners in Alaska and in recent years, using drones to monitor sea lion populations in the Aleutian Islands, conduct ice flow and environmental surveying missions for NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, inspect pipelines for
oil and gas giant BP and assist a
Russian tanker during a dangerous late - season fuel
delivery to the remote Alaskan outpost of Nome.