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New law would allow only Russian-flagged ships in Russian Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015 at 13:43 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 15:39
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A new law might force shipping companies to sail in the Arctic only under Russian flag. New legislation under elaboration

Igor Sechin, the CEO of state-controlled Russian oil company Rosneft, in October 2013. (Alexei Nikolsky/Presidential Press Service/AP Photo/RIA-Novosti)

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Rosneft buys time in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2015 at 13:16 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 15:15
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The company gets a 3-year time extension in seven Arctic offshore licenses. Russian state mineral agency Rosnedra has given the

The town of Norman Wells in Canada's Northwest Territories. (Eilís Quinn / Eye on the Arctic)

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Feature Interview: Unconventional petroleum resources found in Canada’s Sahtu region…. Now what?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 19:34 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:51
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Canada’s National Energy Board and the Northwest Territories Geological Survey released a report last month that almost 200

Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksander Novak in Moscow on Aug. 29, 2014. (Ivan Sekretarev/AP)

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Seismic work continues in Arctic despite sanctions: Russia

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 20:06
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Western sanctions have made drilling in the Russian Arctic difficult, but seismic works continue and will be completed according to

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Gazprom, Lukoil in Arctic alliance

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 14:06 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 20:57
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The two companies will support each other in bids for offshore projects and together counter the power of Rosneft. A

Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Sergei Donskoi listens to proceedings during the opening of the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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No alternative to Arctic oil says Russia environment minister

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2015 at 13:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 20:26
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Low oil prices and sky-high development costs notwithstanding, Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources says works on the Arctic shelf must

Kayaktivists Jordan Van Voast and Martin Adams hold a sign in protest of the arrival of Shell's Arctic drilling vessel the Noble Discoverer as it came into Everett, Wash. on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (Daniella Beccaria/seattlepi.com via AP)

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Blog: Shell wins approval to continue the ‘depletion business’ of the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 13:11
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This week, the Obama administration conditionally approved Shell’s exploration plans this summer in the Chukchi Sea, off Alaska. The Bureau of

Limits have been but on Shell's Arctic drilling season this year, including measures to protect walrus in the region. (Karen Bleier/ AFP)

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With new purchase, Shell may be less keen on Arctic

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2015 at 19:09 — Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 20:20
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Royal Dutch Shell announced this week a plan to purchase a major British LNG company, and statements by top executives

Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)

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Alaska House leaders take shot at Washington state over Arctic development

Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2015 at 18:48 — Last Updated: Friday, April 10, 2015 at 21:54
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JUNEAU — After sending salvos at President Barack Obama and federal government bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., top Republicans in the

The tugs Aiviq and Nanuq tow the mobile drilling unit Kulluk 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska on Dec. 29, 2012. (Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis / United States Coast Guard / AP)

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Obama, oil drilling and injustice in Canada’s North: Arctic Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 30, 2015 at 21:32 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:59
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

Greenpeace activist dressed like a polar bear in Prague, Czech Republic on October 13, 2014. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)

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Blog: #SavetheArctic… from Greenpeace

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, January 19, 2015 at 19:02 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 22:44
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I take a deep and annoyed breathe every time I see a Greenpeace #SavetheArctic tweet, video, or article. Not because

The Greenlandic flag in territory's capital city of Nuuk. The incumbent Siumut party narrowly won a snap election in November 2014. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Russia, shipping and political crisis in Greenland: 2014 Year in Review (Part 3)

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 17:45 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 13:52
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Today is the last instalment of the Eye on the Arctic Year in Review where we checked in with our

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Norwegian oil drillers seek way around sanctions against Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 27, 2014 at 14:52 — Last Updated: Monday, December 1, 2014 at 21:18
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The North Atlantic Drilling Ltd is requesting permission for a continued cooperation with Rosneft. The Norwegian company, a subsidiary of Seadrill,

(Harald Pettersen / Statoil via Scanpix Norway /AP)

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Statoil ends disappointing Arctic campaign

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 at 14:04 — Last Updated: Monday, November 10, 2014 at 19:17
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Statoil has completed its extensive 2013-2014 exploration program in the Barents Sea, with fewer commercial discoveries than the company had

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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/10/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2014 at 20:54 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:03
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this