First plane lands in Novatek’s new airport in Arctic Russia
The 1,550 meter long runway is now ready to operate round-the-year as part of the company’s Arctic LNG 2 project.
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Soaring price of lumber puts squeeze on builders in Yukon, Canada
‘There are some substantial challenges in even acquiring the materials,’ says one Whitehorse contractor A year ago, you could buy
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Rigs sail north for drilling in Russian Arctic
Wells will this summer be drilled in the the Kara Sea and the Gulf of Ob. Jackup rig Perro Negro 8 this
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Ships set out on trans-Arctic voyage as spring comes to Northern Sea Route
Accompanied by nuclear powered icebreaker Yamal, LNG carrier Nikolay Urvantsev moves eastwards in this year’s first transit shipment on the
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Cruise ship docks in Skagway, Alaska for the first time in 21 months
Cruise ship a welcome sign for hard hit tourism town: mayor For the first time in nearly two years, a cruise
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Moscow wants new connection to Arctic coast, revives plans for a railway to Sabetta
Following Putin’s highlighting of the Northern Latitudinal Passage in his recent address to the nation, the major railway project might
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World’s northernmost railway in Russia to carry 52 million tons of petro products
Gazprom Neft, the oil subsidiary of Gazprom, has struck a deal with the Russian Railways over massive deliveries of liquified
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Natural gas from Barents Sea could find a future in ammonia
A Norwegian company intends to build a plant for large-scale blue ammonia production on the Barents Sea coast. Company Horisont
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Gov’t of Canada’s Northwest Territories tables economic recovery plan, offering little in new support for business
40-page ‘Emerging Stronger’ document mostly details past interventions and failures The government of the Northwest Territories has unveiled its plan
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Norwegian oil company Aker BP to drill along border with Russia
Warnings from climate experts notwithstanding, oil and gas exploration continues in the Barents Sea. Aker BP now prepares to drill
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Northern Sweden expects population boom from green investments
Green investments are expected to attract about 100,000 people to Sweden’s far north in the next 15 years, meaning frantic
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Here comes Russia’s biggest Arctic oil terminal
There is still a thick layer of sea-ice in the Yenisey Bay. But ships have still made their way to the
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Lapland Regional Council in Finland rejects Arctic railway
There will not be an Arctic railway linking northern Finland with the Norwegian Barents Sea harbor in Kirkenes. The Regional
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Russian oil races against time in Arctic
“Extract as much as you can,” the country’s top energy legislator says. But time might be about to run out
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Murmansk railway line must be completed, say Russian officials
As construction of the Murmansk Transport Hub had come to a full halt, top federal officials assembled for a talk
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