Industry and Energy
Natural gas company Novatek has spud its first ever offshore Arctic well on the spot where it intends to develop its third Arctic LNG project.
Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant will be thoroughly tested before towing to the north Siberian port of Pevek.
Shipping in the Gulf of Ob is paralysed and the situation complicated, icebreaker company Rosatomflot says.
Despite opening of the Northern Sea Route, large amount of Russian Arctic LNG is still reloaded in European ports on its way to Asian markets.
Among the ships involved in this year’s first west-bound voyage across the Northern Sea Route is LNG carrier «Clean Planet», which is on its maiden trip to the Arctic terminal of Sabetta.
Icebreaker «Aleksandr Sannikov» will open the way to the company’s oil terminal in the Gulf of Ob.
First two tankers with liquid natural gas from Russian Arctic via the Northern Sea Route arrives in China.
Weeks after schedule, Gazprom is getting ready to drill two wells in the Kara Sea.
More natural gas from the Yamal Peninsula will be pipelined towards European buyers as Gazprom starts the development of Kharasavey, one of the company’s biggest Arctic fields.
The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held back by sparse infrastructure. And a growing opposition from local groups.
Russia’s nuclear watchdog authorises operation until 2033, twice the originally planned lifetime. Bellona is deeply worried about safety.
Eyes on Barents
The company Elkem AS has submitted an application to the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries for expropriation of the rights it will need to launch mining operations on Nasafjäll, a mountain area on the border between Sweden and Norway. The company wants to start a quarry in order to mine for quarts on the Norwegian side of the border. In its statement, the municipality of Arjeplog, Sweden, says that the planned mining operations will have an impact on crossborder reindeer herding, calling for a thorough impact assessment.
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Drilling rig Nan Hai Ba Hao arrives in the far northern Russian city as Chinese oilmen get ready to resume exploration of Arctic waters.
Two powerful tankers are on their way from Sabetta in this year’s first eastbound voyages through the Northern Sea Route.
Four years after Northland Resources filed for bankruptcy, production of iron-ore concentrate starts at Kaunisvaara outside Pajala on July 18.
A significant green step is taken outside Luleå for an industry that accounts for about a quarter of direct CO2 emissions in global industry production.
The Russian natural gas company is squeezed over its Yamal LNG exports. The solution could lie in Norwegian Arctic fjords.
At this time of year, there has never before been such a complicated ice condition around Russia’s offshore Arctic oil platform «Prirazlomnaya».
The two major yards in Severodvinsk, northern Russia, intend to deliver key components to the country’s planned new Arctic natural gas project.
They are among the richest people on planet earth and holds an insane amount of private money. The Barents Observer gives you the overview of who owns what in the Murmansk region.
Board of Directors suggests to pay nearly $1 billion more in dividends for 2017 than the previous year.
«They are interested», says the Russian Minister of Energy.
Russia’s next major liquified natural gas project is likely to be served by a fleet of domestically built vessels sailing under Russian flag.
A total of 1,120 wagons were unloaded in one day. Most of it was coal.
Oil company Total obtains 10 percent of Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2, the major project in the remote Gydan Peninsula.
They will be environmentally friendly and far cheaper to use, the company says.
We are definitely interested in the materialization of the Belkomur railway, leader of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) makes clear.
The base, which previously housed 12 submarines from the powerful Pacific Fleet, will soon become terminal for Novatek’s Arctic LNG.
The company made only a minor discovery of natural gas at the Svanefjell prospect in the Barents Sea.
Majority in the Standing Committee on Energy and Environment rules in favour developing the Johan Castberg oil field in the Barents Sea.
After a 4,000 km voyage from St. Petersburg, the floating nuclear power plant is moored on the banks of the Kola Bay.
25th satellite in Russia’s equivalent to GPS is now in operation.
Norway issues several new oil licenses north of the 74th parallel.
Oil major drops «oil» from its name, argues responsibility, better balance to effectively fight climate change. Greenwashing says Greenpeace.
The Russian Arctic region faces increasing troubles in financing its flagship project, the Murmansk Transport Hub.
Jackup rig «Arcticheskaya» has arrived in Murmansk after 5-months of repair in Singapore, and sister rig «Amazon» is ready to spud wells in the Gulf of Ob.