Two more Russian rigs deployed for Arctic gas drilling
Jackup rig “Arcticheskaya” has arrived in Murmansk (Northwestern Russia) after 5 months of repair in Singapore, and sister rig “Amazon”
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Russia’s Gazprom orders LNG-propelled trains for Arctic railway
They will be environmentally friendly and far cheaper to use, the company says. It is the Sinara Transport Machines, a
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Russia’s pipeline grid inching closer to Finnish border
The Russian natural gas company Gazprom will stretch its national pipeline grid to several Karelian towns located along the border
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Arctic infrastructure: Moscow runs dry, companies step in
New Russian railway lines leading to the Arctic Ocean will heavily depend on private investments. The 707 km long Northern
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Russia’s Arctic platform to double oil production
By the year 2020, the Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea will boost annual oil production to five million tons. It
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Gazprom’s exports from Arctic reach record-high numbers
As Gazprom this months celebrates its 25-years anniversary, it can record a historical high in natural gas exports. In a
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Russian Duma tries to avoid Gazprom-Rosneft rumble over LNG
The Energy Committee in the lower house of the Russian parliament has concluded that Rosneft should not be allowed to
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Russia’s unique drilling ship gets overhaul, will be sent to Arctic
The «Bavenit» will become one of the world’s best equipped ships of its kind, capable of exploring the outer parts
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New locomotives for world’s northernmost railway will run on liquefied natural gas
The climate is ice cold and the region super-rich on natural gas. Russia’s far northern Yamal Peninsula could soon get
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Plenty of gas in new Arctic field, says Russia’s minister of natural resources
Drilling results from the Kruzenshternskoye field in Yamal are very prospective, natural resource Minister Sergey Donskoy reveals in an interview.
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Rare birds around Russian Arctic oil field not a problem, company financed study says
Unique populations of birds nicely nest alongside the new Novy Port oil project, researchers hired by company Gazprom Neft say.
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No more licenses on Russian shelf
Enough is enough, the country’s Ministry of Natural Resources hints as license holders fail to meet obligations. In a letter
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Big increase in Russia’s Nenets oil production
Up 11 percent from the same period last year Figures from oil producing companies in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug show
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Gazprom withdraws from Barents Sea
Its drilling program in the area is far too ambitious, the company admits. Gazprom, Russia’s monopoly gas exporter, was originally to
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Norwegian opening for Russia’s Gazprom
Gazprom, Russia’s oil and gas giant, has swapped assets with Austrian energy firm OMV in a deal announced Friday. While
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