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Belokamenka

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Lights are turned off in Belokamenka in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:49
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Novatek’s LNG construction center outside Murmansk is left in the dark as contractors and subcontractors abandon the plant. There used

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Doomed Arctic LNG platform arrives in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2024 at 11:08
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After three weeks of towing across rough Arctic waters, the 640,000 ton heavy production platform arrives in the remote port

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Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 

New production platform arrives in Utrenneye. It is part of Russia’s big push into Arctic LNG

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 16:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 17:15
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Accompanied by 12 tugs and support ships, the 640,000 ton heavy production unit this week docked in the Utrenneye port

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Floating LNG platform : big advance for Russia’s expansive Arctic industry

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 11:25
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It was a historical moment for Novatek and the Russian natural gas industry. Six years after construction started on the

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Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 1 Russia 

Japan government bank extends freeze of loan to Arctic LNG 2

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 10, 2022 at 10:48 — Last Updated: Friday, June 10, 2022 at 10:53
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The loan agreement signed last November between the Russian natural gas project and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

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Biggest construction sites in Arctic Russia could turn into ghost towns

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 14:35
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Thousands of jobs will vanish if projects like the Belokamenka Yard outside Murmansk come to halt. Several of Russia’s biggest

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Russia Society (Russia) 

Novatek construction site faces fastest growing coronavirus outbreak in northern Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 10:46
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Work continues at Novatek’s construction site north of Murmansk where thousands of fly-in, fly-out employees share cramped space in barracks.

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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