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

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 11:03 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 13:39
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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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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Putin’s Arctic shipping goals mobilizing officials, industry

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 10:03 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 10:05
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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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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

LNG-reloading operations end in Norway’s Arctic waters

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2019 at 14:36 — Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2019 at 14:39
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Several million tons of liquified natural gas were reloaded in course of few months in the waters outside Honningsvåg, northern

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2019 at 16:29
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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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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Chinese drilling rig returns to Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2019 at 14:47
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It is the third year in a row that drilling rig Nan Hai 8 arrives in Murmansk to prepare for

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Japanese companies buy stake in Russian Arctic LNG project

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 16:28
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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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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia Video Reports 

Video – Inside Russia’s rapid Arctic expansion

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 09:46 — Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2019 at 10:19
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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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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 at 10:00
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The Russian natural gas company cuts investments in mineral exploration by 10 billion rubles and announces the establishment of a

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A file photo of liquefied natural gas reservoirs in the port of Sabetta on the Kara Sea shore line on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic circle, some 2500 km of Moscow.
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russia unveils major seaport project for Arctic LNG

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 10:04 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 14:51
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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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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

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

Randi Beers, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 3, 2019 at 11:25 — Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2019 at 14:07
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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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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Chinese rig makes massive gas discovery in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 10:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 15:37
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The Nan Hai Ba Hao platform has found more than a trillion cubic meters of natural gas in the Kara

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

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

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 13:32 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 11:30
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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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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Bill to protect ANWR passes early hurdle in Washington

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 10:21 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 10:22
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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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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Russia to spend €1 billion on Arctic gas terminal

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 10:38
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The Russian federal government intends to spend 70 billion rubles (€965 million) on the construction of a new major Arctic

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia, China step up talks over Arctic shipping

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 13:50 — Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 13:54
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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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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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