Foreign shipments of oil, natural gas and coal banned along Russia’s Northern Sea Route
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
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
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
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
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
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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Chinese mega-deals in Yamal LNG
Novatek lands historic $12 billion credit deals with Chinese banks. Project operator Novatek in March made clear that «several big
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Arctic train line in Nordics would open up polar potential
A railway line from northern Finland to the Norwegian Arctic coast will open a new base for industrial development in
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Russian crisis money for Novatek’s Yamal LNG project
As national economy slides towards the abyss, Russia grants 150 billion roubles from its National Wealth Fund to gas company
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