Drilling in Norwegian Barents postponed due to dangerous gas
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
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”
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
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
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
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: Trump’s election a cold reality check for Arctic
Today, half of America woke up feeling overjoyed that finally, their voices had been heard. The other half felt sickened,
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Big Barents Oil making headway
Developments in the Barents Sea take a leap forward as Statoil buys new license stakes and OMV signals its preferred
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Oil minister Lien invites bids for more Arctic blocks
Additional blocks will be made ready for oil drilling in the Barents Sea as the Norwegian government on Monday announced
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Shell gives up on all but one Chukchi Sea lease
Royal Dutch Shell has decided to give up all but one of its federal offshore leases in the Chukchi Sea,
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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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Norwegian opening for Russia’s Gazprom
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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Critics call feds’ new ‘mitigation’ a coerced fee
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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Meet President Obama’s point man for Alaska
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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Blog: What sidelined Shell’s offshore Alaska plans
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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