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US takes aim at some Trump offshore safety rule rollbacks

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 15:48
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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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Russia taking over ownership stakes in Arctic oil field

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 13:48
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Russia announced further moves Tuesday to take over foreign ownership stakes in energy projects, saying it would acquire the stock

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Canadian Gwich’in leaders and conservationists suing U.S. over leasing program for Arctic wildlife refuge

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2020 at 18:35
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A Gwich’in organization created to protect nearly 20 million acres of sacred, traditional land in Alaska, along with 12 other

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Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Trump Administration approves oil, gas leasing plan for Alaska Wildlife refuge

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 12:34
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The Trump administration on Monday took another step to opening Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling for oil and

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Deutsche Bank won’t finance any new Arctic oil and gas projects

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 12:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 13:13
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The Frankfurt-based bank adopted its new Fossil Fuels Policy on Monday with strict limitations on future involvement in coal, oil and gas.

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Over 100 million cubic meters of sea bottom removed for natural gas project in Russian Arctic bay

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 12:51
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Never before has the Arctic seen an industrial expansion of this magnitude. In only few years, volumes of extracted hydrocarbons

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Blog – 2018: Recapping the year in the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, January 7, 2019 at 11:17
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Planet Earth has completed another rotation around the sun, which has now set on the Arctic for the next three

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Regional government to undertake big cleanup before gas drilling in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 14:12 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 14:18
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Regional authorities will spend 100 million rubles on environmental upgrades of tundra lands as Gazprom starts development of its new

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Ottawa signals it’s open to talks on offshore Arctic oil and gas development

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 17:01
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The Canadian government says it is open to talks with territorial governments, industry, and Indigenous governments and communities on the

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Traffic on Northern Sea Route surging 80 %, says Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 10:41 — Last Updated: Friday, August 31, 2018 at 14:53
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A total of 9,95 million tons of goods have so far this year been shipped to and from ports on

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Russia’s Gazprom wants to build manmade islands for Arctic drilling, but will it clean up when it’s done?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 24, 2018 at 14:37 — Last Updated: Friday, August 24, 2018 at 14:42
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Gazprom wants to build islands on shallow Arctic waters for well drilling, but argues that it will be too difficult

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Norway and EU clash over rights to resource-rich waters around Svalbard

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 15:09
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The dispute over rights to snow crab fishing steps up as the Committee on Fisheries says the European Commission’s diplomatic

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Chinese drilling platform back in Russian Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 29, 2018 at 12:27 — Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2018 at 12:29
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Drilling rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” arrives in the far northern Russian city of Murmansk as Chinese oilmen get ready

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Beauty spot in Arctic Norway set to become Barents oil terminal

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 4, 2018 at 09:50 — Last Updated: Monday, June 4, 2018 at 09:55
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Majority in Norway’s Standing Committee on Energy and Environment rules in favour developing the Johan Castberg oil field in the

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First Arctic well in 4 years draws no oil for Norway’s Aker BP

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 09:48 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 09:52
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Aker BP made only a minor discovery of natural gas at the Svanefjell prospect in the Barents Sea. It was

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