Total buys stake in Murmansk LNG terminal in Arctic Russia
The French company acquires 10 percent of Arkticheskaya Perevalka, the subsidiary company of Novatek that will operate a natural gas
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Arctic in spotlight as Moscow pushes for global lead in LNG
Russia’s new government Program on Liquified Natural Gas includes a series of new Arctic projects, among them possibly the Shtokman
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In Russian Arctic energy shift, Novatek might turn from LNG to ammonia
The natural gas company intended to produce up to 5 million tons of LNG in its Ob project. It might
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Construction of new icebreaking tanker fleet underway amid looming crisis in Arctic LNG project
The Zvezda yard in Vladivostok will have plenty of complex Arctic shipbuilding to do over the next years. Not only
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Over 100 million cubic meters of sea bottom removed for natural gas project in Russian Arctic bay
Never before has the Arctic seen an industrial expansion of this magnitude. In only few years, volumes of extracted hydrocarbons
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Almost 2,000 workers have contracted COVID-19 at this Russian Arctic construction site
A big cruise vessel has anchored up along the banks of the Kola Bay as the number of infected workers
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Risking death for Arctic gas? Northern Russia construction site becomes COVID-19 hotbed
Dramatic increase with 192 new cases confirmed on Friday and another 105 on Saturday in the district of Novatek’s construction
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Novatek construction site faces fastest growing coronavirus outbreak in northern Russia
Work continues at Novatek’s construction site north of Murmansk where thousands of fly-in, fly-out employees share cramped space in barracks.
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As LNG prices hit historical low, Russia decides not to fund new Arctic projects
Natural gas company Novatek might not get the state support it needs for new major infrastructure projects in the Arctic.
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Drilling rigs end activities in Russia’s Arctic waters as winter nears
Three drilling rigs have this year spud wells in the Kara Sea and the Gulf of Ob, in Arctic Russia.
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Novatek touts Arctic LNG projects at Norwegian conference, declines media questions
A top company leader speaks warmly about international energy cooperation in the Arctic, but keeps journalists in the cold. Bjørn
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LNG terminal in northwest Russia to be built with Japanese funds
Companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) strike deal with Novatek over a LNG reloading
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Putin, Modi work on Arctic cooperation during Russia meeting
Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s visit to the Russian far east this week included focus on Arctic LNG, the Northern
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Companies building Russia’s Arctic mega-projects expect major tax breaks: reports
Natural gas company Novatek gets 40 billion rubles tax deductions for the building of a grand port terminal in the
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Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site
A fleet of supply ships surround the Chinese rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” as it gets ready to spud a
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