Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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First step towards Arctic shelf for Lukoil
The company secures additional access to the Russian Arctic coast as it wins the license to the East Taimyr oil
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Why Shell is sticking to Chukchi plans
Despite tumbling oil prices, rising costs, legal woes, heated political opposition and a series of missteps and misadventures, Royal Dutch
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Russia’s Arctic oil rig reaches 4 million barrels
Russia’s only oil drilling rig in the Arcitc, the Prirazlomnaya platform, has now produced over 4 million barrels of crude
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ConocoPhillips reports profits in Alaska, but losses elsewhere
JUNEAU — ConocoPhillips reported losing $179 million in the quarter that ended June 30, compared to profits of $2.1 billion in
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Greenpeace responds to report Canada is ill-prepared for Arctic oil disasters
A report prepared for the government on Arctic oil drilling contains some interesting revelations. Obtained under Access to Information laws,
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Oil spills in Arctic, deep water would cause challenges for government
An internal report warns the federal government isn’t fully prepared to respond in the event of an oil spill
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Blog: Back to the future – An Arctic conference in 1979
On a dusty shelf in the library at my university, I came across a volume entitled Marine Transportation and High
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Crawling robot patrols Alaska pipeline’s formerly ‘unpiggable’ pipes
In the trans-Alaska pipeline’s early days there was just a pig, a large projectile sliding through pipe with the flow of crude oil,
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Arctic Alaska coastal erosion rates among worst in U.S. : report
The shoreline along Alaska’s northern coast has eroded at some of the fastest rates in the nation, putting local communities, oil fields and
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Better technology stretches Arctic Alaska’s shrinking tundra travel season
A decade ago, oil operators on the North Slope found themselves in a climate predicament. The steady warming seen since
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New law would allow only Russian-flagged ships in Russian Arctic
A new law might force shipping companies to sail in the Arctic only under Russian flag. New legislation under elaboration
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Rosneft buys time in Arctic
The company gets a 3-year time extension in seven Arctic offshore licenses. Russian state mineral agency Rosnedra has given the
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Seismic work continues in Arctic despite sanctions: Russia
Western sanctions have made drilling in the Russian Arctic difficult, but seismic works continue and will be completed according to
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German shipping company ordered to pay $750K for dumping oily water off Alaska
A German shipping company that admitted last month to dumping oily water into the Bering Sea off the coast of
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