oil industry – Eye on the Arctic

Cyber-1 ENVIRONMENT Environment Featured General Highlights Norway

Norway expands Arctic drilling, environmentalists worried

9 May 201811 May 2018 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

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BUSINESS Business Featured General Highlights Russia

Russia’s pipeline grid inching closer to Finnish border

27 April 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Finland, Gazprom, Karelia, natural resources, oil and gas, oil industry, pipelines, Russia, supply, transport

The Russian natural gas company Gazprom will stretch its national pipeline grid to several Karelian towns located along the border

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Cyber Cyber-4 Featured General Highlights POLITICS Politics USA

Washington urged to cancel offshore plans in Arctic

25 April 201827 April 2018 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic drilling, Beaufort, Beaufort Sea, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, drilling, natural resources, offshore, offshore drilling, offshore oil, oil industry, politics, United States

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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BUSINESS Business Featured General Highlights Norway

Drilling in Norwegian Barents postponed due to dangerous gas

24 April 201811 May 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Aker BP, Arctic drilling, Barents Sea, drilling, natural resources, oil, oil industry, Rosneft, safety, Stangnestind, Statoil

No drilling in 2018 as risk of toxic and flammable hydrogen sulfide in the ground needs to be checked out.

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Featured General POLITICS Politics USA

Alaska lawmakers set to end cash subsidies for oil companies

17 May 201717 May 2017 Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Arctic oil, fossil fuels, legislation, oil industry

JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate approved a House proposal Monday to repeal a cash-subsidy program for oil companies. But a

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