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Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site

16 July 201917 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, energy, Gazprom, Kara Sea, Murmansk, Novatek, offshore drilling, oil, Rosneft, Russia

A fleet of supply ships surround the Chinese rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” as it gets ready to spud a

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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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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 Rosneft considering pipeline to boost shipping on Northern Sea Route

28 February 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, Kara Sea, Northern Sea Route, oil, pipelines, Rosneft, shipping, Vankor

In a sign of support for growing shipping on the Northern Sea Route, Rosneft mulls building of a 600-km-long pipeline

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Russia funds research to improve Arctic weather forecasts

27 February 20191 March 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, global warming, Kara Sea, meteorology, Northern Sea Route, Roshydromet

The money is allocated from the government’s reserve fund and is to strengthen Arctic weather forecasting. The Russian government this

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December sea ice levels in Arctic Europe at record low

10 December 201814 December 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment Barents Sea, climate change, COP24, emissions, global warming, Greenland, Kara Sea, Katowice, Novaya Zemlya, Poland, sea ice, Svalbard

It is December and European Arctic waters are free of ice way north of Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya. Norwegian Ice Service,

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Snow crabs invading Russia’s Arctic nuclear waste dump

26 November 201830 November 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, crab, fishing, invasive species, Kara Sea, nuclear, nuclear waste, snow crab, wildlife

Researchers find a huge influx of snow crabs in areas with dumped radioactive waste in the Kara Sea, in Arctic

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Russia loosens ice-class requirements for Arctic shipping

6 November 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Chukchi Sea, Kara Sea, Northern Sea Route, sea ice, shipping, ships, transport

With thinner Arctic ice comes softer regulations for vessels operating on the Northern Sea Route. The Russian Transport Ministry aims

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Climate change is driving micro-algae blooms into High Arctic and may affect food chains, says study

15 October 201819 October 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Barents Sea, environment, Kara Sea, Laval University, Norway, oceans, phytoplankton, Russia, Science

Micro-algae blooms at the base of marine food chains are heading north at a rate of one degree of latitude

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Arctic coastal town of Dikson is fastest-warming place in Russia

3 October 20183 October 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, Dikson, global warming, Infrastructure, Kara Sea, permafrost, Taymyr peninsula

The town of Dikson and the surrounding Taymyr Peninsula, in Russia’s central Arctic, has the most rapid temperature increase in

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Venta Maersk container ship successfully breaks through ice on Northern Sea Route

12 September 201812 September 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Cosco, East Siberian Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Maersk, Northern Sea Route, shipping, Venta Maersk

With a speed of 11 knots the Venta Maersk sailed through the most difficult part of the Northern Sea Route,

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Russia’s Gazprom wants to build manmade islands for Arctic drilling, but will it clean up when it’s done?

24 August 201824 August 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, Gazprom, Kara Sea, natural resources, offshore drilling, oil and gas, Yamal peninsula

Gazprom wants to build islands on shallow Arctic waters for well drilling, but argues that it will be too difficult

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Norwegian supply ships support drilling activities in Russian Arctic

16 August 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Gazprom, Kara Sea, Nanhai 8, natural resources, offshore drilling, oil, shipping, Yamal peninsula

The drilling of two wells in remote Arctic waters is basis for an international meeting of oilmen. When the Chinese

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Chinese drilling platform back in Russian Arctic

29 June 201829 June 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment China, Gazprom, Kara Sea, Kola Bay, Leningradskoye, Murmansk, natural resources, offshore drilling, oil and gas, Rosmorport, Yamal peninsula

Drilling rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” arrives in the far northern Russian city of Murmansk as Chinese oilmen get ready

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Powerful LNG tankers head for China through thick Arctic ice

29 June 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, gas, Gulf of Ob, Kara Sea, Leptev Sea, LNG, natural resources, Northern Sea Route, sea ice, shipping, Yamal LNG

Two powerful tankers are on their way from Sabetta in this year’s first eastbound voyages through the Northern Sea Route.

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