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Arctic LNG shipments: Russia’s Deputy PM supports exemptions for Novatek

8 February 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, LNG, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, Sabetta, shipping, transport, Yamal, Yuri Trutnev

Novatek must be allowed to continue LNG shipping with foreign-built tankers, Yuri Trutnev says. Natural gas company Novatek is calling

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Longread — Russia’s quest for Arctic resources unhindered by climate crisis

25 January 201925 January 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, energy, global warming, indigenous, LNG, Nenets, reindeer herding, Sabetta, Yamal, Yamal-Nenets

Regional authorities in the Yamal-Nenets region, in Arctic Russia, are aware of the potential devastating consequences of climate change, but

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Boom times for Russia’s Arctic ports

25 January 201925 January 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arkhangelsk, coal, energy, gas, LNG, Murmansk, oil, ports, Sabetta, shipping, transport, Varandey, Yamal

Goods volumes in Sabetta increased by more than 130 percent and Murmansk had its best year ever. Goods volumes across

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Fossil fuels drive shipping boom along Northern Sea Route

5 December 20187 December 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, fossil fuels, LNG, Northern Sea Route, oil, Rosatom, shipping, Yamal

Despite complicated ice conditions, more than 18 million tons of goods have been shipped along the Northern Sea Route in

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Russia’s Gazprom Neft launches flagship icebreaker

3 July 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Aker Arctic, Arctic gate, Gazprom Neft, icebreakers, Northern Sea Route, Novy Port, oil, Vyborg, Yamal

Icebreaker “Aleksandr Sannikov” will open the way to the company’s oil terminal in the Gulf of Ob (Russian Arctic). It

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Russia plans fenced parks to confine reindeer herding in Arctic

2 May 20184 May 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments animals, autonomous regions, business, environment, government, husbandry, natural resources, oil and gas, politics, regions, reindeer, Yamal, Yamal-Nenets

The region that holds the world’s biggest number of reindeer wants to restrict animal migration and establish fenced “reindeer parks”.

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Russian Arctic natural gas comes to India

2 April 20183 April 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments India, LNG, Novatek, Yamal, Yamal LNG

The first shipment of LNG from Yamal has been delivered to the South Asian country. It was the first ever

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Putin wants a bigger, stronger, wealthier Russian Arctic

1 March 20181 March 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Dudinka, economy, Kara Sea, Murmansk, natural resources, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, Rosatom, Rosatomflot, State Nuclear Energy Corporation, Taymyr peninsula, transportation, Yamal, Yamal LNG

Delivering his state-of-the-nation speech to the parliament on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted the importance of speeding up the

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Russian Duma tries to avoid Gazprom-Rosneft rumble over LNG

16 February 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Alltech, Gazprom, LNG, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Pechora, Rosneft, State Duma, Yamal

The Energy Committee in the lower house of the Russian parliament has concluded that Rosneft should not be allowed to

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Steady traffic at Russia’s new Arctic LNG terminal

15 January 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments ECONOMICS, energy, LNG, NSR, Sabetta, shipping, tanker, technology, Yamal

The «Eduard Toll» is the fourth ship now shuttling to and from Russia’s new natural gas terminal in the Arctic.

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Russia’s grand LNG project takes its toll on Arctic environment

8 January 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments business, energy, fish, Gulf of Ob, Novy Port, Sabetta, shipping, Yamal

The developers of the Yamal LNG seek to overcome damage caused by the removal of 70 million tons of seabed

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Novatek’s LNG project now operational in Arctic Russia

6 December 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Christophe de Margerie, natural resources, Novatek, Yamal

As Novatek officially pushes the button and starts production of LNG in its huge Yamal project the big question is

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Emergency rescue in Northern Sea Route as oil tanker gets stuck in ice

4 December 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Chukotka, Chukotka Trading Company, Northern Sea Route, Rosatom, Sannikov Strait, Yamal

The 35 year old vessel «Chukotka+» carried several thousand tons of oil and independently tried, and failed, to make it

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More Arctic gas for Europe as Russia opens new pipeline

18 January 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Baydarata Bay, Bovanenkovo, gas, pipeline, Ukhta, Vladimir Putin, Yamal

Gazprom’s new Bovanenkovo-Ukhta 2 pipeline will boost daily deliveries from the Yamal Peninsula to 264 million cubic meters. The 1,265

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Climate change could jeopardize Yamal gas development, the Kremlin fears

15 September 2016 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, climate change, oil and gas, Russia, Yamal

“We have 20 trillion cubic meters of Arctic natural gas available, let’s get it developed before it is too late.”

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