Russia’s Rosneft demands tax breaks to build pipeline to Arctic shipping lane: report
Rosneft makes clear that it can build a 600 km long pipeline to the Arctic Ocean and export millions of
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Chinese drilling rig returns to Arctic Russia
It is the third year in a row that drilling rig Nan Hai 8 arrives in Murmansk to prepare for
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Small town in Arctic Russia to become Northern Sea Route shipping hub
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signs the decree that is to turn the remote Arctic settlement of Dikson, in the
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Another dry well for Norway’s Equinor in promising Arctic area
Equinor drills its second dry well in the license area located on 74 degrees North, near the border to Russia.
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Northern Canada: Rail link downed by Alberta wildfire won’t raise fuel prices in Northwest Territories, minister says
The added expense of trucking fuel north from Edmonton, Alberta for the annual barge resupply won’t be passed along to
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Moscow’s new energy doctrine warns against green shift
International efforts against climate change are alright, but only as long as they do not encroach on the country’s oil
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Inuit in northwestern Canada warn new law could entrench federal authority of Beaufort Sea
As the federal government enters negotiations on how to co-manage oil and gas development in the Beaufort Sea, the Inuvialuit
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Unfazed by youth climate protests, Norwegian gov expands Arctic drilling
Environmentalists say the Norwegian government neglects not only the young protesters, but also professional advice of leading experts. Forty thousand
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Democrats continue fight against drilling in Arctic wildlife refuge in U.S. Congress
Democrats in Washington, D.C. are still hoping to block drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The latest attempt
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Chinese rig makes massive gas discovery in Arctic Russia
The Nan Hai Ba Hao platform has found more than a trillion cubic meters of natural gas in the Kara
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Russia’s new energy security doctrine focuses on global threats and challenges
Western sanctions, armed conflicts and cyber-attacks against energy infrastructure, moving of the centre of global economic gravity towards the Asia-Pacific
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Arсtic oil field could be Russia’s biggest discovery in 30 years
A major oil development project could soon unfold in the Yenisey River delta, Russia. Near the area where the river
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Bill to protect ANWR passes early hurdle in Washington
Indigenous Gwich’in leaders say they’re hopeful after a U.S. bill to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), located in
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Russia, China step up talks over Arctic shipping
Russian president Vladimir Putin aims for more Chinese investments in Arctic LNG and growth in trans-shipments on the Northern Sea
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PMs from Canada’s central, eastern Arctic share conservative counterparts’ frustration with Ottawa
Two of Canada’s territorial premiers say they share the frustrations of the growing consensus of conservative premiers who oppose Prime
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