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The headquarters of Total, in La Defense business district, near Paris. (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images)
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France’s Total buys stake in major gas project in Russian Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:58
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French Oil company Total obtains 10 percent of Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2, the major project in the remote Gydan Peninsula,

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Novatek creates shipping company to export Arctic gas under Russian flag

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 11:07
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Russia’s next major liquified natural gas project is likely to be served by a fleet of domestically built vessels sailing

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Old Russian Navy base to become Arctic natural gas terminal in Pacific

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 18, 2018 at 12:11 — Last Updated: Friday, May 18, 2018 at 12:23
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The base, which previously housed 12 submarines from the powerful Pacific Fleet, will soon become a terminal for Novatek’s Arctic

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Russian Arctic natural gas comes to India

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 07:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 10:24
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The first shipment of LNG from Yamal has been delivered to the South Asian country. It was the first ever

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Putin wants a bigger, stronger, wealthier Russian Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 10:08 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 10:09
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Delivering his state-of-the-nation speech to the parliament on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted the importance of speeding up the

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Russia’s unique drilling ship gets overhaul, will be sent to Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 12, 2018 at 10:08
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The «Bavenit» will become one of the world’s best equipped ships of its kind, capable of exploring the outer parts

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2017, a year of ups and downs for Russian Arctic oil

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 29, 2018 at 15:38
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Russian Arctic oil is on the rise. But several regions experience a decline in output. It is the Yamal-Nenets region

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As ice layers get thinner, ship sets another Arctic speed record in Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 11:57
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It was a year with remarkable growth in Russian Arctic shipping. In the course of 2017, as much as 9,737

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An international collaboration behind Russia’s second Arctic LNG project

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 14:07 — Last Updated: Friday, January 12, 2018 at 15:09
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Engineers from Italy, France, Germany and Norway are crucial for Novatek and its development of the Arctic LNG 2. It

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Foreign shipments of oil, natural gas and coal banned along Russia’s Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 14:06
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The amendment in the federal shipping code comes after Putin in mid-November announced that all shipments of oil and natural

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Blog: As Yamal LNG launches in Arctic, both Russia and China try to claim success

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, December 15, 2017 at 11:29 — Last Updated: Friday, December 15, 2017 at 14:05
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Last Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin descended on the frigid Yamal Peninsula to participate in the opening ceremony for a

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Foreign flagged tankers chart course for Russia’s new Arctic LNG plant in conflict with Kremlin policy

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 10:47
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There was great festivity in Sabetta as President Putin on Friday arrived on site to officially mark the first out-shipment

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Russia mulls two additional nuclear icebreakers

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 15:55 — Last Updated: Friday, December 8, 2017 at 08:44
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With Novatek’s second Arctic LGN-plant in plans, Rosatomflot Director Vyacheslav Ruksha says the Northern Sea Route «simply requires more icebreakers.»

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Novatek’s LNG project now operational in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 10:42
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As Novatek officially pushes the button and starts production of LNG in its huge Yamal project the big question is

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French company Total will play important role in Arctic Russia LNG project

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 19:08
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Company Total likely to play crucial role in Arctic LNG-2, the grand project planned on the remote Arctic coast of

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