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Business Business (Norway) General News Norway 

Drilling in Norwegian Barents postponed due to dangerous gas

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 11:07 — Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 15:14
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No drilling in 2018 as risk of toxic and flammable hydrogen sulfide in the ground needs to be checked out.

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, December 22, 2017 at 09:00 — Last Updated: Friday, December 22, 2017 at 09:20
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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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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 15:04 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 15:08
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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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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

New bill aims to reverse Obama restrictions on Arctic offshore drilling

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 13:40
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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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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

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

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 16:30
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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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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

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

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 03:10
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Alaskans excited about a Donald Trump presidency have much of their wish list ready to go, even if his win

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Blog General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Blog: Trump’s election a cold reality check for Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 16:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 16:21
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Today, half of America woke up feeling overjoyed that finally, their voices had been heard. The other half felt sickened,

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Business (Norway) Norway 

Big Barents Oil making headway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 16:45
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Developments in the Barents Sea take a leap forward as Statoil buys new license stakes and OMV signals its preferred

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Business Business (Norway) Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Oil minister Lien invites bids for more Arctic blocks

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 29, 2016 at 18:46
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Additional blocks will be made ready for oil drilling in the Barents Sea as the Norwegian government on Monday announced

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View of the Chukchi Sea seen through a whalebone arch in the Arctic city of Barrow, Alaska. (Nicole Klauss/Kodiak Daily Mirror/AP Photo)
Business Business (USA) General USA 

Shell gives up on all but one Chukchi Sea lease

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 14:40
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Royal Dutch Shell has decided to give up all but one of its federal offshore leases in the Chukchi Sea,

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Business Business (Norway) Environment (Norway) Norway 

OMV finds more oil in Barents Sea

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 15:13
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This is an important milestone towards a future development of the area, the Austrian company says about its Wisting Central

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

Norwegian opening for Russia’s Gazprom

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 4, 2016 at 14:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 14:43
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Gazprom, Russia’s oil and gas giant, has swapped assets with Austrian energy firm OMV in a deal announced Friday. While

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Blog General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Critics call feds’ new ‘mitigation’ a coerced fee

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 15:33
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The concept of “mitigation” comes up a lot in stories about development in Alaska. Typically, it’s compensation a company has

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Meet President Obama’s point man for Alaska

Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, February 1, 2016 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 21:28
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WASHINGTON — Alaska leaders have been making use of a new Washington connection lately: the man in charge of President Barack Obama’s

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
Blog Business Business (USA) General USA 

Blog: What sidelined Shell’s offshore Alaska plans

Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, December 11, 2015 at 15:31 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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Fresh assertions that the Obama administration smothered Shell’s Arctic dreams followed the news that Statoil gave up on its leases, the second company

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