Alaska: ConocoPhillips moves ahead at Kuparuk even as layoffs hit Slope contractors
ConocoPhillips Alaska on Monday said it will move ahead with a development expected to add up to 8,000 barrels of crude to the
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Yukon Zinc granted creditor protection after mine closure
Yukon Conservation Society concerned about $3 million environmental security owed by Wolverine Mine Yukon Zinc has been granted creditor protection
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Alaska’s financial dilemma: Reserve funds lately have earned more money than oil
Second of three parts For Alaska state government, the richest renewable resource is cash in the bank. A year ago,
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Alaska’s financial dilemma: The state dependence on oil begins
Oil taxes and royalties have been the source of about 90 percent of Alaska’s unrestricted general revenues, but with oil
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Supply barge adrift in the Arctic for months
A Canadian company’s supply barge which has been floating loose around the Arctic since last October, is now just off
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Peace and stability crucial for Arctic economy
The overall goal for Norwegian Arctic Policy is to ensure that the current geopolitical tensions do not spill over and
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Murmansk, Russia: Transport hub trouble, again
The development of the Murmansk Transport Hub might be in jeopardy as costs swell and a key private investor seeks
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Finland: British investor makes conditional bid for Talvivaara
A British investment company specialising in corporate restructuring cases has tabled a conditional offer to purchase the beleaguered Talvivaara mining
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Goliat’s fight against decline in Arctic oil
As the Goliat platform approaches the Barents Sea ready to start drilling, oil companies’ interest in the Arctic reaches new
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Blog: Senate energy committee hearing exposes irony of Arctic opportunities
Last week, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Arctic opportunities to assess how the country
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Russia’s northernmost coal-producing region experiences decline
Russia’s northernmost coal-producing region in 2014 experienced hardship and decline. Figures from Patchwork Barents, a regional data portal, show that coal production
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Cheaper ruble boosts Norway-Russia petrol traffic
Norwegians living in Eastern Finnmark have access to cheaper petrol than any other places in Western Europe. 36 rubel per
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Russian Arctic regions of Murmansk and Yamal widen cooperation
Two important regions in Russia’s Arctic ambitions – Murmansk and Yamalo-Nenets, have signed an agreement on cooperation. Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous
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Sanctions against Russia have cost ExxonMobil $1bn
The American oil major lost big money after cooperation with Rosneft in the Arctic, Black Sea and Western Siberia was
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Blog: China – Mining & housing in the Arctic
Last week, I reviewed China’s past year in the Arctic. In its first full year as an Arctic Council observer, a
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