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Energy shift coming closer in Arctic Russia

19 December 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, gas, industry, Murmansk, natural gas, Russian Parliament

In Northwestern Russia, the first two boiler houses are soon to be transformed from use of diesel and heavy oil

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Military shipyards in northern Russia want role in building Arctic LNG infrastructure

20 June 201820 June 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic LNG-2, LNG, natural gas, Novatek, Severodvinsk, Sevmash, shipbuilding, United Shipbuilding Corporation, Yamal LNG, Zvezdochka

The two major yards in Severodvinsk, northern Russia, intend to deliver key components to the country’s planned new Arctic natural

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Norway grants drilling rights closer to protected Arctic waters

18 June 201818 July 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments AkerBP, Arctic drilling, Barents Sea, Bear Island, conservation, license area, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, natural gas, Norway, Norwegian continental shelf, Norwegian Sea, offshore oil, oil, Svalbard

Norway issues several new oil licenses north of the 74th parallel. “The opening of new exploration acreage is a precondition

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Large gas platform being shipped off Arctic Norway shores

16 April 201817 April 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Aasta Hansteen, natural gas, offshore drilling, oil and gas exploration, Statoil

The world’s biggest floating installation of its kind is being tugged to the Aasta Hansteen field. Five powerful tugs on

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Gazprom’s exports from Arctic reach record-high numbers

23 February 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Gazprom, natural gas, natural resources, North Stream-2, TurkStream, Yamal peninsula

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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Environment minister proposes coal-free Finland by 2025

9 January 201812 January 2018 Yle News 0 Comments climate, CO2, coal, emissions, Kimmo Tiilikainen, LNG, natural gas, politics

Minister of the Environment, Energy and Housing Kimmo Tiilikainen has proposed that Finland should move up its ban on coal-burning

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Russian company Gazprom prepares for Arctic drilling in new Yamal Peninsula projects

26 May 201726 May 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, fossil fuels, natural gas, Sabetta

More than 9 thousand tons of equipment is shipped to Sabetta as the company gets ready for well drilling in

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Alaska Governor touts U.S.-China deal as helping LNG project, but analysts are doubtful

26 May 2017 Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Bill Walker, energy, fossil fuels, natural gas, Xi Jinping

While some analysts are skeptical that the new trade agreement between the United States and China will help Alaska’s gas export project, a state

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Alaska’s antiquated Cook Inlet pipelines causing alarm after leaks

11 April 2017 Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments conservation, energy, Hilcorp Alaska, natural gas, pipelines, resources

Growing concerns over Cook Inlet’s antiquated oil and gas facilities have prompted renewed calls for increased oversight following announcements of multiple leaks this

An oil and gas platform in Cook Inlet, Alaska. (iStock)

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Group to sue company over gas line leak in Alaska

17 February 2017 Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Cook Inlet, Cook Inletkeeper, Hilcorp, natural gas, pollution

Homer-based Cook Inletkeeper said in a statement to reporters that the leak from an 8-inch undersea pipeline owned and operated

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Big growth for Russian Arctic oil in 2016

6 February 20176 February 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments fossil fuels, Komi Republic, natural gas, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Production last year increased by more than 17 percent in the country’s three main Arctic oil regions. Data from regional

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ExxonMobil has high expectations for Point Thomson oil production in Alaskan Arctic

4 June 2014 Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch 0 Comments energy, Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, natural gas, North Slope, pipeline

FAIRBANKS — An ExxonMobil executive said Tuesday the company is on schedule to begin shipping about 10,000 barrels of oil