Industry and Energy
The semi-submersible «Nanhai VIII» will soon head to the Leningradskoye field off the coast of Yamal on a drilling mission for Gazprom Neft.
«This will truly be a unique oil field», Rosneft leader Igor Sechin says as he gives the president a core sample from the ongoing Arctic drilling operation.
Prime Minister Medvedev gives thumbs up for gas company Novatek’s grand plans off the coast of Murmansk.
New exploration acreage is vital for our jobs and economy, the country’s oil minister highlights as he invites the oil industry into the most pristine part of the Norwegian shelf.
The Italian power generator wins a Russian government tender on the construction of a 201 MW capacity park in the Russian Arctic region.
Drilling in the Gulf of Khatanga by the Laptev Sea indicates significant resources, the state oil company says.
A joint Russian-Saudi investment fund is in the making. Novatek’s projected Arctic LNG could be the first to get funding.
Gazprom Neft starts testing of two wind power generators and 30 solar panels at its new Novy Port field.
Bulldozers and excavators are shipped from Yamal to Murmansk where the gas company is getting ready for its next mega-project.
Profits are mounting, but Russia’s biggest producer of phosphate-based fertilizers still decides to move the registration of its key asset away from the Murmansk region.
Unclear what will happen at the former busy facilities of Reinertsen Northwest Russia.
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They should be developed in cooperation with the French, Chinese and other foreign partners, the President said at the name ceremony of Russia’s first ice-class LNG carrier «Christophe de Margerie».
The building of the Kola Yard is «extremely important» for the development of LNG projects in the Arctic, the gas company
says.
More than 9 thousand tons of equipment is shipped to Sabetta as the company gets ready for well drilling in its Tambey fields and the Kruzenshternskoye license.
The area, parts of which are located in ice-covered waters, could hold more than 2 billion standard cubic meters of oil equivalents, a new report says.
A year and a half into Alaska’s recession, in which thousands of jobs have been lost statewide, Alaskans are looking for salvation. Some see it in a sound fiscal plan, with the definition of “sound” being up for debate, others in a natural gas pipeline that will cost the state billions of dollars. And some are content to simply wait for the price of oil to bounce back, as it’s always done before.
The joint venture between Eni and Rosneft in the Barents Sea remains intact, the company leaders underline.
The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority STUK will not deliver a safety assessment and related building permit for the Fennovoima nuclear project slated for Pyhäjoki in northwest Finland this year. According to the daily Kaleva, the nuclear watchdog has said that the evaluation and permit will be delayed by one year to the end of 2018.
As Norway’s oil industry moves further north, further east, the Russian state oil giant confirms its continued interest in the Barents Sea.
The company is seeking a 5.86 billion rubles (€92.4 million) loan.
A Russian court demands more than 9 million of euros for the release of «Remøy». But the sum could have been far higher.
Novatek strengthens its position along the Gulf of Ob as it ensures license rights over another major Arctic gas field.
It could lead to the expansion of the Esrange Space Center, the rocket launch site in northern Sweden.
All through winter, tankers loaded with Arctic oil have made their way to a floating terminal facility in the Kola Bay.
The Tambey fields hold an estimated 6,7 trillion cubic meters of natural gas and could be developed by a joint venture, Gazprom leader Aleksey Miller tells Vladimir Putin.
More than 80 million tons of goods will by year 2020 flow through the port of Murmansk, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev declares. However, his cash-strapped treasury threatens to put the project in stalemate.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev orders a report on a possible gasification of the Russian Arctic region. New industrial projects will need more energy, the government argues.
Strong growth in both mining and manufacturing on the Kola Peninsula.
The company is ready to launch project development, regional Governor Marina Kovtun says.
Taymyr is the place. Both Rosneft and Lukoil this week spudded wells in the pristine and northernmost part of Russian mainland.
The Prirazlomnaya platform marks 4 million tons of tapped oil as it prepares for a 3-month production halt.
A memorandum signed by the companies includes an ambition to take joint activities in Arctic waters.
Lundin says the resource estimate for the Gohta discovery will be reduced after drilling of an appraisal well showed poor reservoir quality.
ENI admits that first year of production at Goliat was challenging. The oil pumps will be shut down for a period in September.
Europe’s largest battery factory for electric cars could be built in northern Sweden.