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LNG-reloading operations end in Norway’s Arctic waters

8 July 20198 July 2019 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 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 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 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 201921 June 2019 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 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 201912 June 2019 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 20193 June 2019 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 201921 May 2019 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 201916 May 2019 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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Bill to protect ANWR passes early hurdle in Washington

2 May 20192 May 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Alaska, ANWR, Arctic drilling, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, caribou, Congress, energy, First Nations, gas, Gwich’in, indigenous, legislation, oil

Indigenous Gwich’in leaders say they’re hopeful after a U.S. bill to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), located in

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Russia to spend €1 billion on Arctic gas terminal

1 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, gas, LNG, Novatek, shipping

The Russian federal government intends to spend 70 billion rubles (€965 million) on the construction of a new major Arctic

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Russia, China step up talks over Arctic shipping

30 April 20193 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Belt and Road Initiative, China, energy, gas, Infrastructure, Northern Sea Route, oil, Polar Silk Road, shipping, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

Russian president Vladimir Putin aims for more Chinese investments in Arctic LNG and growth in trans-shipments on the Northern Sea

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PMs from Canada’s central, eastern Arctic share conservative counterparts’ frustration with Ottawa

29 April 2019 David Thurton, CBC News 0 Comments Bob McLeod, carbon tax, Conservative Party, gas, Joe Savikataaq, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, oil, Yukon

Two of Canada’s territorial premiers say they share the frustrations of the growing consensus of conservative premiers who oppose Prime

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U.S. Interior Dept. delays offshore drilling plan: report

26 April 201926 April 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic drilling, energy, gas, offshore drilling, oil, U.S. Interior Department

The Trump administration’s plan to expand offshore drilling in the Arctic and throughout U.S. coastal waters is on indefinite hold.

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