LNG – Eye on the Arctic

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Putin’s Arctic shipping goals mobilizing officials, industry

8 August 20198 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, gas, LNG, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping

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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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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Moscow’s new energy doctrine warns against green shift

5 June 20196 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, energy, global warming, LNG, oil, POLICY

International efforts against climate change are alright, but only as long as they do not encroach on the country’s oil

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New Russian icebreaker will boost year-round shipping on Northern Sea Route

27 May 201927 May 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, icebreakers, LNG, Northern Sea Route, shipping, transport

With two powerful nuclear reactors, Rosatomflot’s third LK-60Ya icebreaker will help Russia export even more gas to Asia by 2022.

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Novatek announces third LNG project in Arctic Russia

23 May 201924 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, LNG, Novatek, Ob LNG, Sabetta, Yamal LNG

The Ob LNG will be developed exclusively with Russian technology. As if in a great rush to develop its Arctic

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Saudi Arabia is the dark horse in race for Arctic natural gas riches

13 May 201914 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic LNG-2, energy, LNG, Novatek, Saudi Aramco

Saudi Arabia is facing intense competition in an international race to secure a stake in Russia’s multibillion effort to become

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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 is building a new Arctic with private investments

23 April 201926 April 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, fossil fuels, gas, LNG, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, transport

A system with major tax breaks is to make private investors place billions in Russia’s new regional infrastructure. “We have

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LNG could fuel towns in Arctic Russia

3 April 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, fuel, gas, LNG, Novatek, Yamal peninsula

Local authorities along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) are starting to plan for deliveries of a new energy source. The

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