No more licenses on Russian shelf
Enough is enough, the country’s Ministry of Natural Resources hints as license holders fail to meet obligations. In a letter
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Barents Sea
In Russia’s warmest summer ever, Arctic ice reaches record low
Ice layers in parts of the country’s Arctic shrink to almost 70 percent below normal. Reports from leading Russian research
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Russian navy will hide entire Arctic town in giant fake fog screen
Civilians asked to stay calm for the next three days. Despite “specific smell” – the smoke is harmless to people,
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More cooperation needed with Russia on aquaculture says Norwegian minister
Norway’s Minister of Fisheries Per Sandberg calls on more cooperation in border areas after a scandalous video shows how tons
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Preparing for Arctic drilling in Kirkenes, Norway
«We have great faith in the Barents Sea», companies ASCO and Norterminal say as they announce plans for new oil
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Spectacular Barents Sea plankton bloom
The immense blooms of the alga forming the turquoise coloured belt now stretching across the Barents Sea may be linked
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Russia’s federal security service takes control of Northern Sea Route
The security service will from now on have the prerogatives for law enforcement along the Russian Arctic shipping passage. The
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Gazprom withdraws from Barents Sea
Its drilling program in the area is far too ambitious, the company admits. Gazprom, Russia’s monopoly gas exporter, was originally to
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Norway patrolling Russia’s military activity in Arctic with new intelligence vessel
“Marjata” (the forth intelligence vessel in a row with the same name) will sail northern waters to keep track of Russian
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Barents Sea drilling to trigger ‘wealth creation’
“This is the start for real repercussions in the north,” says Kjell Giæver, head of the supply network Petro Arctic.
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OMV finds more oil in Barents Sea
This is an important milestone towards a future development of the area, the Austrian company says about its Wisting Central
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Arctic sea ice hit record low for January
Sea ice extent over the Arctic last month was the lowest for any January in the satellite record, with freeze-up slowed
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New vessels for Russia’s Coast Guard
The Russian Coast Guard is renewing its fleet with new ice-going vessels and has been reorganized to meet the enhanced
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Arctic, Barents submarine patrols up 50 percent over last year
Many more nuclear powered submarines sail the Barents Sea and Arctic Oceans today than only a year ago. And more
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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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