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Blog – 2018: Recapping the year in the Arctic

7 January 2019 11 h 17 min Mia Bennett 0 Comments Alaska, ANWR, Arctic Council, China, climate change, energy, food, global warming, Greenland, indigenous, Inuit, journalism, media, mining, Northern Sea Route, Nunavut, oil and gas, pollution

Planet Earth has completed another rotation around the sun, which has now set on the Arctic for the next three

BUSINESS Business Countries Featured General Highlights Russia

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

28 November 2018 14 h 12 min — 28 November 2018 14 h 18 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, energy, gas, Gazprom, Kharasaveyskoye, natural resources, oil and gas, Yamal peninsula

Regional authorities will spend 100 million rubles on environmental upgrades of tundra lands as Gazprom starts development of its new

Canada Countries Featured General Highlights Politics POLITICS

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

5 October 2018 17 h 01 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic drilling, energy, indigenous, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, oil and gas, Yukon

The Canadian government says it is open to talks with territorial governments, industry, and Indigenous governments and communities on the

BUSINESS Business Cyber-2 Featured General Highlights Russia

Traffic on Northern Sea Route surging 80 %, says Russia

28 August 2018 10 h 41 min — 31 August 2018 14 h 53 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments LNG, natural resources, Northern Sea Route, Novy Port, oil and gas, shipping, transport, Yamal peninsula

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

24 August 2018 14 h 37 min — 24 August 2018 14 h 42 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, Gazprom, Kara Sea, natural resources, offshore drilling, oil and gas, Yamal peninsula

Gazprom wants to build islands on shallow Arctic waters for well drilling, but argues that it will be too difficult

Featured General Geopolitics Highlights Norway POLITICS

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

18 July 2018 15 h 09 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, crab fishing, European Commission, European Union, fishing, natural resources, oil and gas, Svalbard, Svalbard Treaty

The dispute over rights to snow crab fishing steps up as the Committee on Fisheries says the European Commission’s diplomatic

BUSINESS Business Featured General Highlights Russia

Chinese drilling platform back in Russian Arctic

29 June 2018 12 h 27 min — 29 June 2018 12 h 29 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment China, Gazprom, Kara Sea, Kola Bay, Leningradskoye, Murmansk, natural resources, offshore drilling, oil and gas, Rosmorport, Yamal peninsula

Drilling rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” arrives in the far northern Russian city of Murmansk as Chinese oilmen get ready

ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Norway

Beauty spot in Arctic Norway set to become Barents oil terminal

4 June 2018 9 h 50 min — 4 June 2018 9 h 55 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, Barents Sea, employment, Equinor, Finnmark, jobs, Johan Castberg oil field, natural resources, Nordkapp, Norway, oil and gas, politics, Standing Committee on Energy and Environment, Statoil, Veidnes, work

Majority in Norway’s Standing Committee on Energy and Environment rules in favour developing the Johan Castberg oil field in the

BUSINESS Business Featured General Highlights Norway

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

31 May 2018 9 h 48 min — 31 May 2018 9 h 52 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Aker BP, Arctic drilling, natural resources, Norway, Norwegian continental shelf, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, oil and gas, prospecting, Svanefjell

Aker BP made only a minor discovery of natural gas at the Svanefjell prospect in the Barents Sea. It was

Featured General Highlights POLITICS Politics Russia

Russia names new acting Governor of resource-rich Arctic region

30 May 2018 11 h 00 min — 30 May 2018 11 h 12 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Dmitry Artyukhov, oil and gas, politics, Russia, Siberia, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Dmitry Artyukhov was this week appointed acting Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Artyukhov officially took over the reigns of

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Ice-Blog – Former UN climate chief speaks out against Arctic drilling

22 May 2018 13 h 45 min — 12 October 2018 9 h 50 min Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Arctic drilling, Christiana Figueres, climate change, fossil fuels, global warming, nature, oil and gas, UNFCCC, United Nations

One good thing about people no longer being in office is they are freer to come out with their own

BUSINESS Business Featured General Highlights Norway

Seeking a greener image, Norway’s Statoil rebrands itself as Equinor

16 May 2018 10 h 13 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments branding, business, drilling, energy, Equinor, Greenpeace, natural resources, Norway, oil and gas, Statoil

Norwegian oil major Statoil drops “oil” from its name, argues responsibility, better balance to effectively fight climate change. Greenwashing says

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Russia’s Putin to turn Northern Sea Route into global shipping artery

15 May 2018 9 h 43 min — 18 May 2018 11 h 11 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments economy, Infrastructure, LNG, natural resources, Northern Sea Route, oil and gas, POLICY, Russia, sea ice, shipping, transport, Vladimir Putin

President Putin presents his policy priorities for the next 6 years. As he last week entered into his fourth term

Cyber-1 ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Norway

Norway expands Arctic drilling, environmentalists worried

9 May 2018 10 h 04 min — 11 May 2018 15 h 57 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, atmosphere, Barents, CO2, conservation, drilling, energy, environment, Greenpeace, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, natural resources, Nature and Youth, Norway, oil and gas, oil industry, oil platform, pollution, sea ice, Terje Søviknes

Strongly criticized by environmental groups, Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announces 56 new blocks in the Barents Sea. “Awarding

BUSINESS Business Featured General Highlights Russia

Oil companies turned off by Siberia’s Taymyr peninsula

8 May 2018 10 h 47 min — 8 May 2018 10 h 55 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, drilling, Lukoil, natural resources, oil, oil and gas, Rosneft, Russia, Siberia, Taymyr

Lukoil drills dry and Rosneft decides to postpone further developments in the area. The two oil majors in 2015 and

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