Rosneft announces big oil finding in icy Pechora Sea
The Russian state-run oil company estimates the deposit to contain 82 million tons of oil. The discovery is made in
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Pechora Sea
Oil majors feud over shipping from Arctic Russian terminal
Russia’s two biggest oil producers are at odds over out-shipments from the Arctic terminal of Varandey. The partnership between Rosneft
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Densely-packed ice makes navigation difficult in Russian Arctic
At this time of year, there has never before been such a complicated ice condition around Russia’s offshore Arctic oil
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Russia’s Arctic platform to double oil production
By the year 2020, the Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea will boost annual oil production to five million tons. It
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New terminal tanker arrives in Russian Kola Bay
The tanker named «Kola» found its permanent location near Cape Filinsky on December 17th, a site few kilometres from the
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Oil tankers threaten walrus in Arctic Russia
In summertime, up to 2,000 animals assemble on the coasts of Matveev Island in the Pechora Sea. They constitute one
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Big increase in Russia’s Nenets oil production
Up 11 percent from the same period last year Figures from oil producing companies in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug show
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China to provide parts for Russian offshore projects
Chinese companies will provide a lion’s share of the technology needed for Russian offshore energy projects, the government plans. In
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Russia has to pay for Greenpeace arrest
The detention of the “Arctic Sunrise” and the arrest of 30 eco-activists following the Greenpeace campaign in the Pechora Sea was illegal
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