Feds extend restrictions on Arctic offshore drilling
A federal suspension of Arctic oil and gas work was set to lift in 2023, but the government of Canada
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US takes aim at some Trump offshore safety rule rollbacks
The U.S. Department of the Interior said Monday that it wants to reverse some Trump administration rollbacks of offshore safety
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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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U.S. Interior Dept. delays offshore drilling plan: report
The Trump administration’s plan to expand offshore drilling in the Arctic and throughout U.S. coastal waters is on indefinite hold.
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Report blasts Norway’s oil regulator for poor safety on Norwegian shelf
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority gets serious criticism for its followup of security in Norwegian waters. A new report (in
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Fifty years after striking oil, Norway presses on with offshore drilling
“It is time for reflections about what we have achieved in these years,” the country’s oil minister said as he
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Norway ramps up oil and gas production in Arctic despite looming climate crisis
More fields are coming into production and peak oil is expected in year 2023. Arctic waters are priority No 1,
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Russia’s Gazprom wants to build manmade islands for Arctic drilling, but will it clean up when it’s done?
Gazprom wants to build islands on shallow Arctic waters for well drilling, but argues that it will be too difficult
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Norwegian supply ships support drilling activities in Russian Arctic
The drilling of two wells in remote Arctic waters is basis for an international meeting of oilmen. When the Chinese
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Chinese drilling platform back in Russian Arctic
Drilling rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” arrives in the far northern Russian city of Murmansk as Chinese oilmen get ready
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Washington urged to cancel offshore plans in Arctic
Democrats in Congress are sounding the alarm about the Interior Department’s efforts to hold an offshore oil lease sale in
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Bad prospects may slow down Statoil in Norway’s Barents
Two of the planned exploration wells are located near Norway’s maritime border to Russia, but Statoil can’t say if both
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Large gas platform being shipped off Arctic Norway shores
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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Washington wants input on offshore drilling in Arctic, environmentalists cry foul
The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is beginning work on a lease sale next year in Arctic
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Arctic offshore drilling too dangerous: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his government’s ban on Arctic drilling for the next five years, saying it simply couldn’t
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