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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Record oil volumes shipped out of Russian Arctic, says company

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 14:49
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Twenty million tons of crude oil has been shipped out of the Russian Arctic in the last six months, shipping

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The oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer in a dock in Seattle in May 2015. The rig is the first of two drilling rigs Royal Dutch Shell has outfitting for Arctic oil exploration. (Elaine Thompson/File/AP)
Business Business (USA) General USA 

Alaska Native corporation plans to explore for oil in Arctic Ocean, where Shell failed

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 10, 2017 at 14:09
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A subsidiary of Alaska’s wealthiest regional Native corporation is moving ahead with plans to follow in the footsteps of Shell and

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U.S. Interior secretary’s new order aims to speed Alaska’s oil and gas permit process

Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 7, 2017 at 13:30 — Last Updated: Friday, July 7, 2017 at 14:32
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WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order Thursday that he said would help speed the permitting process for onshore drilling

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Trump administration launches plan to boost offshore oil development in Arctic and elsewhere

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 30, 2017 at 14:21 — Last Updated: Friday, June 30, 2017 at 14:25
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Less than two years after Royal Dutch Shell abandoned its offshore Arctic oil exploration program and triggered an exodus of other

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Statoil’s new Arctic project needs $30 a barrel oil prices to be profitable

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 15:15
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The Johan Castberg will come on stream in year 2022 and prepare the way for the development of more northern

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Hilcorp makes oil industry’s first move in decades into federal waters of Alaska’s Cook Inlet

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 23, 2017 at 14:36
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For the first time in decades, an oil company has put significant money into leases in federal waters of Southcentral

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Norway offers oil companies 93 new blocks in Arctic waters

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 13:09 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 19:56
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New exploration acreage is vital for our jobs and economy, the country’s oil minister highlights as he invites the oil

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Gas company Novatek to build four artificial islands in Russian Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 19, 2017 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, June 19, 2017 at 14:53
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Prime Minister Medvedev gives thumbs up for gas company Novatek’s grand plans off the coast of Murmansk. A government decree

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Company delays drilling at Smith Bay, leaving a big Alaska energy prospect unconfirmed

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 08:30
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Awaiting payment of at least $75 million in state tax credits and facing a long-term downturn in oil prices, an

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

New wind and solar power station next to Russian Arctic oil field

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 18:42
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Gazprom Neft starts testing of two wind power generators and 30 solar panels at its new Novy Port field. The

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Conservation groups girding for battle over National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, June 12, 2017 at 15:48
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Oil industry boosters and Alaska politicians are joining President Donald Trump’s administration to push for more development in an area

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Putin sees new big Arctic projects coming

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 5, 2017 at 14:42 — Last Updated: Monday, June 5, 2017 at 14:56
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They should be developed in cooperation with the French, Chinese and other foreign partners, the President said at the name

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Trump’s Interior secretary vows to reinvigorate Alaska oil industry

Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 13:48
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President Donald Trump’s Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, drew cheers from some industrial-minded Alaskans on Wednesday when he pledged to pave

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russian company Gazprom prepares for Arctic drilling in new Yamal Peninsula projects

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 26, 2017 at 17:11 — Last Updated: Friday, May 26, 2017 at 17:13
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More than 9 thousand tons of equipment is shipped to Sabetta as the company gets ready for well drilling in

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Alaska Governor touts U.S.-China deal as helping LNG project, but analysts are doubtful

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, May 26, 2017 at 15:28
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While some analysts are skeptical that the new trade agreement between the United States and China will help Alaska’s gas export project, a state

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