gas – Eye on the Arctic

Blog – Geoengineering climate fixes popular at Arctic Circle assembly

15 October 2019 14 h 53 min — 16 October 2019 9 h 32 min Mia Bennett 0 Comments Arctic Circle, carbon capture, climate change, energy, fossil fuels, gas, oil, Reykjavik, Rick Perry, technology

At Arctic Circle 2019, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, it seemed, had not gotten the memo: Oil is out,

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Putin wants to boost Russia’s Arctic gas exports to China

11 September 2019 16 h 08 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, energy, gas, Gazprom, pipelines, Yamal peninsula

Russian President Vladimir Putin requests state natural gas company Gazprom to find the necessary resources in Yamal. Only a few

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Companies building Russia’s Arctic mega-projects expect major tax breaks: reports

29 August 2019 11 h 20 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, gas, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, oil, pipelines, Rosneft

Natural gas company Novatek gets 40 billion rubles tax deductions for the building of a grand port terminal in the

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MLAs in Canada’s Northwest Territories approve updates to decades-old oil ans gas laws

15 August 2019 11 h 03 min — 15 August 2019 13 h 39 min Alex Brockman, CBC News 0 Comments energy, gas, legislation, Northwest Territories, NWT, oil

MLAs in the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, have passed two pieces of oil and gas legislation, replacing decades-old legislation.

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Putin’s Arctic shipping goals mobilizing officials, industry

8 August 2019 10 h 03 min — 8 August 2019 10 h 05 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, gas, LNG, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping

How much goods can be shipped along Russia’s Arctic route between Europe and Asia? The Ministry of Transport believes shipments

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LNG-reloading operations end in Norway’s Arctic waters

8 July 2019 14 h 36 min — 8 July 2019 14 h 39 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, gas, Honningsvåg, LNG, Novatek, shipping

Several million tons of liquified natural gas were reloaded in course of few months in the waters outside Honningsvåg, northern

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LNG tanker breaking through thick ice in Russia’s eastern Arctic

5 July 2019 16 h 29 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, gas, icebreakers, LNG, Northern Sea Route, sea ice, shipping

The Vladimir Rusanov is breaking its way from Sabetta to Korea through Russia’s Arctic route. The ship left Sabetta, the

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Chinese drilling rig returns to Arctic Russia

5 July 2019 14 h 47 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, China, energy, gas, Kara Sea, LNG, oil

It is the third year in a row that drilling rig Nan Hai 8 arrives in Murmansk to prepare for

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Japanese companies buy stake in Russian Arctic LNG project

2 July 2019 16 h 28 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic LNG-2, energy, gas, Japan, LNG

Companies Mitsui and JOGMEC acquire a 10 percent share in Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2. The deal gives the two Japanese

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Video – Inside Russia’s rapid Arctic expansion

20 June 2019 9 h 46 min — 21 June 2019 10 h 19 min CBC News 0 Comments defence, energy, gas, icebreakers, indigenous, Infrastructure, LNG, military, Murmansk, Nenets, Nikel, reindeer, Sami, Yamal peninsula

Russia is rapidly expanding its economic and military presence in the Arctic. The country’s ambitions are bringing changes to the

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Russia’s Gazprom cuts spending, creates subsidiary focused on geological survey

14 June 2019 10 h 00 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, gas, Gazprom, Gazprom Nedra, geology, LNG

The Russian natural gas company cuts investments in mineral exploration by 10 billion rubles and announces the establishment of a

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Russia unveils major seaport project for Arctic LNG

12 June 2019 10 h 04 min — 12 June 2019 14 h 51 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic LNG-2, energy, gas, Gydan Peninsula, LNG, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, shipping, Utrennoye

On the desolate shores on peninsula Gydan comes the terminal that is to serve one of Russia’s biggest ever Arctic

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Inuit in northwestern Canada warn new law could entrench federal authority of Beaufort Sea

3 June 2019 11 h 25 min — 3 June 2019 14 h 07 min Randi Beers, CBC News 0 Comments Beaufort Sea, energy, gas, indigenous, Inuit, Inuvialuit, legislation, NWT, oil

As the federal government enters negotiations on how to co-manage oil and gas development in the Beaufort Sea, the Inuvialuit

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Chinese rig makes massive gas discovery in Arctic Russia

21 May 2019 10 h 13 min — 21 May 2019 15 h 37 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, China, energy, gas, Gazprom, Kara Sea, oil

The Nan Hai Ba Hao platform has found more than a trillion cubic meters of natural gas in the Kara

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Russia’s new energy security doctrine focuses on global threats and challenges

15 May 2019 13 h 32 min — 16 May 2019 11 h 30 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments climate change, energy, energy security doctrine, gas, national security, oil, Vladimir Putin

Western sanctions, armed conflicts and cyber-attacks against energy infrastructure, moving of the centre of global economic gravity towards the Asia-Pacific

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