Seattle council votes to withhold business from oil companies that explore Arctic Refuge
The Seattle City Council voted Monday to avoid doing business with any company that that leases land in Arctic National
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Russia showing renewed interest in Svalbard’s oil potential
The well Grumantskaya-1 in Svalbard proved little or no oil and gas resources and was soon abandoned by Soviet authorities.
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Companies building Russia’s Arctic mega-projects expect major tax breaks: reports
Natural gas company Novatek gets 40 billion rubles tax deductions for the building of a grand port terminal in the
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MLAs in Canada’s Northwest Territories approve updates to decades-old oil ans gas laws
MLAs in the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, have passed two pieces of oil and gas legislation, replacing decades-old legislation.
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Putin’s Arctic shipping goals mobilizing officials, industry
How much goods can be shipped along Russia’s Arctic route between Europe and Asia? The Ministry of Transport believes shipments
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Rosneft announces more offshore drilling in Arctic Russia
Five years after it found one of the largest oil fields in Arctic waters, Rosneft makes clear that more drilling
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Russia’s Rosneft gives oil barrel-looking toys to zoo-enclosed polar bears
The plastic plaything is aimed to prevent the animals from going nuts in captivity. You might have seen one in
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Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site
A fleet of supply ships surround the Chinese rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” as it gets ready to spud a
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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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