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Canada’s Northwest Territories needs user-friendly public registry for oil and gas, says MLA

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 14:25
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‘[It’s] virtually impossible to get any coherent information on specific oil and gas holdings’ The N.W.T. government does not have

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

Norway’s Equinor to drill new Arctic well in Barents Sea

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 10:32
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The company intends to add resources to its Johan Castberg project. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has approved Equinor’s well drilling

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Business Business (Norway) General News Norway 

Norway’s Equinor will start 2019 with a new oil field near border to Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 11:05 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 13:29
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The Norwegian energy company will start the new year with drilling of two wells in the Barents Sea, only few

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Arctic Alaska oil field remains alive despite bankruptcy, isolation

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 at 13:54
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The Umiat oil field, now with a new owner after the previous one went broke, remains as promising yet as

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Alaska's coastal villages want more involvement in shipping decisions that affect waters near their communities. (iStock)
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Cleanup completed on 6 Arctic legacy wells in Alaska

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 20:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 20:00
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Cleanup is done on six legacy wells that are relics of early North Slope oil exploration, the Bureau of Land Management

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Alaska's coastal villages want more involvement in shipping decisions that affect waters near their communities. (iStock)
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Alaska: Cleanup for 6 Arctic legacy wells

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 14:11 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 16:47
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Cleanup work is scheduled to start this week on six of the legacy oil wells that were drilled and abandoned decades ago

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Helsinki's Vuosaari export harbour. (Yle)
Business Russia 

Russia-Ukraine tensions may impact Finnish economy

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 3, 2014 at 17:43
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A weaker rouble could reduce the total level of Finnish exports to Russia, while Russian tourists may have less valuable

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Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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