Lukoil eyes new Arctic licenses
“We will support you”, Vladimir Putin tells Lukoil leader Vagit Alekperov as the oil company bids for long-wanted access to
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Ice-Blog: Arctic oil – still in the picture
Was it too good to be true? The euphoria over the US administration’s moves to protect the Arctic National Wildlife
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Rosneft won’t resume drilling in Kara Sea in 2015
Russian oil company Rosneft will probably not be able to resume drilling in the Kara Sea this year after ExxonMobil
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Shell says it plans to drill in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015
Shell says it plans to drill in offshore waters in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015, even as it retrenches on capital
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Blog: Greenland – barrels of oil and bottles of water
In the past week, there have been two interesting stories about Greenland in the news. The first is in The Economist,entitled, “Greenland
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To drill or not to drill? ANWR vs. the Arctic Ocean
President Barack Obama’s decision to support continued exploration in the often ice-choked U.S. Arctic Ocean, while trying to lock up
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Ice-Blog: Obama stops oil in Arctic Wildlife Reserve
Back in Germany after spending a week and a half on the RV Helmer Hanssen off the coast of Spitsbergen, and
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Ice-Blog: Climate worry grows at Arctic Frontiers
I have followed the past two days, the political section of the Arctic Frontiers conference, with great interest, with the
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Russia wants Total out of Arctic project
The Kharyaga oil project should be taken over by a Russian company, the country’s Ministry of Energy argues. Total has failed
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Norway offers 34 Arctic blocks along Russian border
Oil companies will get licenses at unprecedented latitudes and along the border to Russia. More than half a year after
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Oil – a white elephant?
The conference: Arctic Frontiers has attracted a record number of participants this year and huge media interest. For the first time in
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Russia, shipping and political crisis in Greenland: 2014 Year in Review (Part 3)
Today is the last instalment of the Eye on the Arctic Year in Review where we checked in with our
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Rosneft puts Murmansk, Russia project on ice
The oil company intended to turn the Roslaykovo shipyard outside Murmansk into a major base for its Arctic operations. Now
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Politics, media misinformation and #sealfie – 2014 Arctic Year in Review (Part 2)
With the year almost over, Eye on the Arctic continues its look at back at 2014 with some of our
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Economist reflects on 100 years of shifting fortunes in Anchorage
In 2015, Anchorage will turn 100 years old. In the December issue of Alaska Economic Trends, local economist Neal Fried reflects on change in
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