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Novatek gets 150 billion roubles from the Russian National Wealth Fund for its Yamal LNG project. A major share of that money might melt away with plummeting rouble rates. (Novatek.ru)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia Special Features 

Russian crisis money for Novatek’s Yamal LNG project

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2015 at 13:52 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 22:25
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As national economy slides towards the abyss, Russia grants 150 billion roubles from its National Wealth Fund to gas company

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Offshore oil platform. (iStock)
Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Norwegian oil drillers seek way around sanctions against Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 27, 2014 at 14:52 — Last Updated: Monday, December 1, 2014 at 21:18
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The North Atlantic Drilling Ltd is requesting permission for a continued cooperation with Rosneft. The Norwegian company, a subsidiary of Seadrill,

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia Special Features 

The Arctic dimension of the Russia-China alliance

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 14, 2014 at 13:58
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Moscow is getting ready to fuel China’s energy-hungry economy and is using Arctic assets in its bargain. Not only will

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CEO of state-controlled Statoil, Helge Lund, speaks at a news conference in Oslo, Norway in 2009. (Lise Aserud/Scanpix/AP)
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Disappointing result in Rosneft’s first Norwegian well

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 15:27 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 20:01
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The drilling of the Pingvin well in the Barents Sea did not prove suffient hydrocarbons for further field development. The

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The West Alpha rig. (Rosneft)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia Special Features 

Kara Sea oil discovered a week before sanctions hit

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 29, 2014 at 13:35 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 17:45
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Exxon and Rosneft have found oil at the first well drilled, but the unanswered question is how to exploit it

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and CEO of state-controlled Russian oil company Rosneft Igor Sechin, at a signing ceremony in 2013. (Maxim Shemetov/ AP)
Business Business (Russia) Russia Special Features 

Russia: $600 million Kara Sea drilling could be shut down

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 15:29 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 20:43
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The United States new round of sanctions on Russia could force Exxon to alter its ongoing drilling in the Kara

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Map of the four areas Rigzone identifies as important areas of Arctic oil and gas investment. Norway, Russian Arctic shelf, sub-Arctic Russia, and northeastern Canada.
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Blog: Oil companies push ahead with plans in Russia and Canada while sidelined in the U.S.

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, February 21, 2014 at 13:53
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Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that more crude oil is being sent by sea and inland waterways

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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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