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Norway’s Equinor will start 2019 with a new oil field near border to Russia

27 December 201810 January 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, drilling, energy, Equinor, natural resources, oil, petroleum

The Norwegian energy company will start the new year with drilling of two wells in the Barents Sea, only few

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Norway’s Equinor to drill for oil near Russian Barents

6 December 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, drilling, energy, Equinor, natural resources, oil

The Norwegian company did not find oil on 74 degrees north. Now, hopes are high for the upcoming well located

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Dry well for DEA Norge in Norway’s Arctic waters

2 October 20182 October 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, DEA Norge, drilling, Mikhail Fridman, natural resources, oil, Wintershall

DEA Norge, the company controlled by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, did not find oil in the license area which it

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U.S. bill would give Alaska Native corporations share of ANWR oil revenue

12 June 201812 June 2018 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, ANWR, Arctic drilling, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, conservation, Don Young, drilling, indigenous, natural resources, oil, Tom Cole

At the request of Alaska Congressman Don Young, a bill pending in the U.S. House would reduce Alaska’s share of

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Two more Russian rigs deployed for Arctic gas drilling

5 June 20185 June 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Amazon, Arctic drilling, Arcticheskaya, drilling, gas, Gazprom, Gulf of Ob, Kara Sea, Leningradskoye, natural resources, Novatek, Severo-Obskoye field

Jackup rig “Arcticheskaya” has arrived in Murmansk (Northwestern Russia) after 5 months of repair in Singapore, and sister rig “Amazon”

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Seeking a greener image, Norway’s Statoil rebrands itself as Equinor

16 May 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments branding, business, drilling, energy, Equinor, Greenpeace, natural resources, Norway, oil and gas, Statoil

Norwegian oil major Statoil drops “oil” from its name, argues responsibility, better balance to effectively fight climate change. Greenwashing says

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Norway expands Arctic drilling, environmentalists worried

9 May 201811 May 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, atmosphere, Barents, CO2, conservation, drilling, energy, environment, Greenpeace, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, natural resources, Nature and Youth, Norway, oil and gas, oil industry, oil platform, pollution, sea ice, Terje Søviknes

Strongly criticized by environmental groups, Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announces 56 new blocks in the Barents Sea. “Awarding

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Oil companies turned off by Siberia’s Taymyr peninsula

8 May 20188 May 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, drilling, Lukoil, natural resources, oil, oil and gas, Rosneft, Russia, Siberia, Taymyr

Lukoil drills dry and Rosneft decides to postpone further developments in the area. The two oil majors in 2015 and

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Washington urged to cancel offshore plans in Arctic

25 April 201827 April 2018 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic drilling, Beaufort, Beaufort Sea, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, drilling, natural resources, offshore, offshore drilling, offshore oil, oil industry, politics, United States

Democrats in Congress are sounding the alarm about the Interior Department’s efforts to hold an offshore oil lease sale in

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Drilling in Norwegian Barents postponed due to dangerous gas

24 April 201811 May 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Aker BP, Arctic drilling, Barents Sea, drilling, natural resources, oil, oil industry, Rosneft, safety, Stangnestind, Statoil

No drilling in 2018 as risk of toxic and flammable hydrogen sulfide in the ground needs to be checked out.

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Cooperation, conciliation & Trudeau’s lashing by the NWT : 2017 Arctic year in review

22 December 201722 December 2017 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Council, Arctic Policy Framework, drilling, environment, fishing, media, news, NWT, Trudeau, Trump

The end of the year is often a time to take stock. And here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re

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“Northerners’ dreams are dying,” says premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories as he issues “red alert”

1 November 20171 November 2017 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Bob McLeod, colonialism, drilling, ECONOMICS, energy, indigenous, NWT, resources

Canada’s decision to halt offshore oil and gas exploration in the Arctic is akin to the re-emergence of colonialism, says

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New bill aims to reverse Obama restrictions on Arctic offshore drilling

12 October 2017 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments drilling, natural resources, politics

A U.S. House panel took up a bill Wednesday that would, among other things, block new environmental and safety standards

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Alaska is trying to slice some land out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

23 February 2017 Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments drilling, fossil fuels, land dispute, North Slope

The state’s current dispute over the boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a place believed to have huge oil

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Here are a few things some Alaskans are hoping to get out of President-elect Trump

12 November 201610 November 2016 Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments ANWR, drilling, economy, energy, environment, King Cove

Alaskans excited about a Donald Trump presidency have much of their wish list ready to go, even if his win

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