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Blog – The automation of Arctic oil: Good for companies, hard for communities

19 February 2018 Mia Bennett 0 Comments Arctic oil, Arctic oil drilling, Automation, Barents Sea, BP, Chevron, employment, Google, natural resources, Robotics, Shell, Statoil

Big Oil is often regarded as an industry of yesteryear, unwilling and slow to change with the times. In some

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Shell’s release of offshore leases permits huge Arctic marine park

8 June 201619 March 2018 Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, marine conservation, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Shell

The surrender of exploration permits covering 8,625 square kilometres will facilitate the conservation of a massive, highly sensitive marine ecosystem

Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)

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Shell isn’t the only oil company leaving Alaska’s Arctic

13 May 201613 May 2016 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, BOEM, ConocoPhillips, economy, energy, environment, Shell, Statoil

Royal Dutch Shell’s decision last fall to abandon its offshore oil exploration program in Alaska — and its recent move to

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Environmentalists want say in Arctic lease-extension

15 January 201619 January 2016 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Chukchi, courts, energy, Shell, Statoil

Environmental groups have filed motions Wednesday to intervene in support of the Interior Department’s decision to reject Royal Dutch Shell’s request to

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Alaska, COP21& the Arctic Council: 2015 Year in Review (Part 2)

8 January 201619 March 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Canada, climate, COP21, Justin Trudeau, politics, Russia, Shell

2015 has drawn to a close which means Eye on the Arctic is looking back at the year’s news and events

The Greenlandic flag in territory's capital city of Nuuk. The incumbent Siumut party narrowly won a snap election in November 2014. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Shell, governance & Arctic exceptionalism: 2015 Year in Review (Part 1)

7 January 201619 March 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Circle, Arctic Council, energy, fishing, oceans, Russia, Shell

2015 has drawn to a close which means Eye on the Arctic is looking back at this year’s news and events

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

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Statoil quits Arctic Alaska

18 November 20155 January 2016 Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Chukchi Sea, ConocoPhillips, energy, oil, Shell

Norwegian oil company Statoil has announced the closure of its Anchorage office as it withdraws from Alaska, exiting leases in

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Deep-water port in Arctic Alaska on hold

27 October 20155 January 2016 Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments economy, oil, politics, Shell, shipping

Proposed Arctic development off the coast of Alaska just suffered another hit. The Army Corps of Engineers said Monday it will put

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U.S. cancels lease sales in Arctic Alaska

19 October 201520 October 2015 Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments drilling, energy, environment, Lisa Murkowski, Shell

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department is canceling several lease sales for offshore Arctic drilling for the 2012-17 period, citing diminished interest.