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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Alaska rejects ExxonMobil plan to expand oil production in Arctic
On Tuesday, the Walker administration denied a proposal by ExxonMobil Corp. to expand oil production at the Point Thomson field,
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‘We will come back’, Statoil says after disappointing results in Barents Sea
Failing to find oil at the Korpfjell prospect doesn’t make Norway’s oil major give up. We will come back next
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Norwegian leaders believe in Arctic oil despite Statoil’s unsuccessful drilling
«It is like a football match; you do not always strike a goal in the first attack», says Mayor of
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Massive let down for Statoil as Arctic well comes up short
The Norwegian oil company had great expectations to its northernmost ever well. But the Korpfjell turned out to be a
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UNESCO mission visits protected island in Arctic Russia
Expanding oil industry and military activities could harm the UNESCO-protected island, experts say. The mission headed by Francesco Bandarin, the
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