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Russian Arctic LNG advances in European market

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 09:17
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While deliveries of pipeline gas are dwindling, shipments of liquified natural gas from Russia’s far northern Yamal Peninsula to Europe

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Sanctions are biting on Russian icebreaker builders

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 10:25
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Companies Nornickel and Rosneft have scrapped plans for the building of high-tech icebreakers fuelled by LNG. The vessels will instead

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Japan government bank extends freeze of loan to Arctic LNG 2

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 10, 2022 at 10:48 — Last Updated: Friday, June 10, 2022 at 10:53
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The loan agreement signed last November between the Russian natural gas project and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

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Novatek CEO admits Arctic development projects “strained”

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 25, 2022 at 16:00
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Company CEO Leonid Mikhelson admits that the development of far northern projects is “strained.” The natural gas producer declines to

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Transportation crisis looms in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, April 22, 2022 at 12:14
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International sanctions threaten the country’s supply chains. Nuclear-powered container ship “Sevmorput” will this year play key role in supplying goods

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Arctic Economic Council switching to online meeting amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 15:35
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Amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) annual general meeting in St-Petersburg will go from a hybrid,

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Russia’s Arctic LNG project might come to halt

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 4, 2022 at 09:20
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Novatek will not get needed financing for its development of the Arctic LNG 2. Following Western sanctions against Russian banks, the

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Russia’s new Arctic LNG project will be built with western tech

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 08:05
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Company Novatek decides to develop the Ob LNG on the basis of a floating gravity-based structure. The next liquified natural

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Radar stations are under construction in the Russian district of Vorkuta and in the Arctic Murmansk region. (iStock)
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A 12,000-ton gas plant module shipped on Northern Sea Route from China to Murmansk

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 21, 2022 at 10:05
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The successful shipment shows that year-round deliveries can be made on the Northern Sea Route, company Novatek argues after heavy

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Putin says gas from Arctic Russia can provide long-term energy security for Europe and Asia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 13:44
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We have more than 50 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves alone in the Yamal region, the President underlined

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Novatek’s new Arctic license areas located in protected nature reserve

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 10, 2021 at 14:16
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The natural gas company was awarded the controversial licenses after it sent a letter to the Kremlin. Company leader Leonid

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Big oil, gas and coal making headway on Russian Arctic coast

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 10:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 10:48
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Hundreds of ships loaded with construction materials shuttle to the sites of new nonrenewable energy projects. Over the past year,

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Shipping, climate & business opportunities in the North: Q&A with the Arctic Economic Council

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, July 5, 2021 at 15:20
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Russia took over the rotating two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) in May. Shipping and maritime safety are

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First plane lands in Novatek’s new airport in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 18, 2021 at 10:45
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The 1,550 meter long runway is now ready to operate round-the-year as part of the company’s Arctic LNG 2 project.

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Rigs sail north for drilling in Russian Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 09:15
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Wells will this summer be drilled in the the Kara Sea and the Gulf of Ob. Jackup rig Perro Negro 8 this

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