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Chinese drilling platform back in Russian Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 29, 2018 at 12:27 — Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2018 at 12:29
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Drilling rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” arrives in the far northern Russian city of Murmansk as Chinese oilmen get ready

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Densely-packed ice makes navigation difficult in Russian Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 16:12 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 16:15
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At this time of year, there has never before been such a complicated ice condition around Russia’s offshore Arctic oil

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Sweden reluctantly greenlights construction of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, June 11, 2018 at 11:06
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Sweden gave the go ahead to the controversial construction of an underwater natural gas pipeline between Russia and Europe. But

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Two more Russian rigs deployed for Arctic gas drilling

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 11:28 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 11:41
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 16:20
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, April 27, 2018 at 12:08
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 13:48 — Last Updated: Friday, April 13, 2018 at 15:05
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 14:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 14:19
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 23, 2018 at 11:04
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 16, 2018 at 08:45
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 12, 2018 at 10:08
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 13, 2017 at 11:12
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 18:04
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 17:53 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 18:32
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 13:27
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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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