Preparing the ground for Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant
In early October, regional authorities together with nuclear power company Rosatom officially plugged the first pile to become part of
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Gazprom sends rig from Black Sea to new Arctic drill site
The «Amazon» makes it from the Turkish port of Tuzla to Gulf of Ob as owner Gazprom gets ready for
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Barents bishops ask Arctic Council to promote fossil-free future
«Nature and people in the Arctic region are vulnerable,» reads a letter to Finland’s Foreign Minister, currently the chair of
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Another disappointment in Barents Sea exploratory drilling
Drilling season 2017 has so far been a huge disappointment in Norway’s Arctic waters with one dry well following the
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Monchegorsk has now the world’s largest nickel refining facility
Kola GMK has boosted its nickel output by 50% after refining was moved from Norilsk in Siberia. «A large-scale upgrade
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Environmentalists sound the alarm on ANWR
Environmentalists are warning that the Republican plan to cut taxes could include a move that would open the Arctic National
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Italian oil company ENI drills dry in the Barents Sea
ENI Norge is now plugging the well that was drilled about 10 kilometers southwest of the Goliat field off Norway’s
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Russia draws another railway line on Arctic map
Grand new infrastructure initiatives come one after another as northern Russian governors seek a role for their regions in the
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Nord Stream 2 applies for Finnish building permit to build gas pipeline
Gas pipeline company Nord Stream 2 AG has sent its application to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment for
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In the Barents and Kara seas for 40 days, learning to move icebergs
With funding from oil company Rosneft, a group of researchers spend 40 days in the northern parts of the Barents
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Murmansk windmills could be produced in Russia
Moscow wants the big international wind power companies to develop capacities in Russia. In last week’s meeting with companies Enel
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Seismic work in Alaska’s ANWR: Can they do that?
The Interior Department, as the Washington Post reported last week, is trying to let industry into the Arctic National Wildlife
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Norway’s oil fund reaches $1 trillion
«I don’t think anyone expected the fund to ever reach 1 trillion dollars when the first transfer of oil revenue
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No building permit for northern Finland nuclear project Fennovoima before 2019
The Russian-Finnish nuclear project at Pyhäjoki, northern Finland, will not get a building permit before 2019, according to the company’s
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Oil field data worth millions of dollars is about to be made public by Alaska
The state is planning to release a trove of seismic data from oil exploration surveys as early as mid-September that cost
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