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Radar stations are under construction in the Russian district of Vorkuta and in the Arctic Murmansk region. (iStock)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Shell teams up with Gazprom Neft in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 7, 2020 at 07:55
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The two companies are jointly to develop license areas in Russia’s far northern Gydan Peninsula. A joint venture established on

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Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Gazprom to build new pipelines between Arctic Russia and China

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 12:19
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Russia’s natural gas company Gazprom says it intends to build pipelines from Yamal to Far Eastern Russian regions and China.

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Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Moscow outlines €210 billion plan for Arctic oil

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 12:53
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A new tax regime for the Russian Arctic is to provide for an unprecedented wave of investments in icy drilling.

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Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Russian company Gazprom finds more gas than expected in future Arctic field

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 11:44
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The Kruzenshternskoye field holds up to 2 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, the company says. The field that is

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Russian climate report stresses adaptation but no reduction in fossil fuel extraction

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 09:12 — Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2020 at 17:18
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The country’s new climate adaption plan includes no intent to stagger the major production growth of coal, oil and natural

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 8, 2019 at 13:33
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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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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 15:40
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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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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Boom times for Russia’s Arctic ports

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 11:57 — Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 12:59
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Goods volumes in Sabetta increased by more than 130 percent and Murmansk had its best year ever. Goods volumes across

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Fossil fuels drive shipping boom along Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 10:54 — Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2018 at 13:20
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Despite complicated ice conditions, more than 18 million tons of goods have been shipped along the Northern Sea Route in

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Russia’s Gazprom Neft launches flagship icebreaker

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 15:45
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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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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia plans fenced parks to confine reindeer herding in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 10:19 — Last Updated: Friday, May 4, 2018 at 09:50
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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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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russian Arctic natural gas comes to India

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 07:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 10:24
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The first shipment of LNG from Yamal has been delivered to the South Asian country. It was the first ever

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Putin wants a bigger, stronger, wealthier Russian Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 10:08 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 10:09
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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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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russian Duma tries to avoid Gazprom-Rosneft rumble over LNG

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 16, 2018 at 08:45
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The Energy Committee in the lower house of the Russian parliament has concluded that Rosneft should not be allowed to

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Business (Russia) General News Politics Russia Special Features 

Steady traffic at Russia’s new Arctic LNG terminal

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 15, 2018 at 09:02
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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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