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The headquarters of Total, in La Defense business district, near Paris. (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russia wants Total out of Arctic project

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 21:30 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 21:48
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The Kharyaga oil project should be taken over by a Russian company, the country’s Ministry of Energy argues. Total has failed

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Business General Norway Special Reports (Norway) 

Oil prices dive, Arctic projects could be at risk

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 13:57 — Last Updated: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 18:56
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North Sea crude trading prices are now the lowest since June 2012. On Monday morning the price had reached USD

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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)
Business General Norway Special Reports (Norway) 

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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An oil tanker in the Beaufort Sea. (iStock)
Business USA 

Study: Port Clarence development not economically feasible without offshore oil drilling

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, June 12, 2014 at 14:56
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Development of a deepwater port along the Bering Strait is economically feasible in the coming decade only if oil development

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Oil field at sunset in Kazakhstan. (iStock)
Blog Business Russia 

Blog: Extractive frontiers – The Arctic and Central Asia

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 15:05
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At first glance, it might seem odd to compare the Arctic and Central Asia – two regions whose physical geographies

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(Igor Gedilaghine, AFP)
Business Norway 

Norway gives 29 companies oil and gas licenses, mostly in Arctic region

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 12:21
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OSLO, Norway — Norway has given companies new licenses to explore and drill for oil and gas off its coast,

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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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