Industry and Energy
Two ships loaded with iron ore from Baffinland’s mine in Nunavut, northern Canada, have taken a shortcut to the Russian Far East.
It was the maiden voyage of the «Rudolf Samoylovich» and it was made to the Fujian LNG Terminal in China.
With thinner Arctic ice comes softer regulations for vessels operating on the Northern Sea Route.
The 309 thousand ton big tanker «Kola» has been firmly anchored to the bottom of the Kola Bay as big volumes of oil are on the way from Lukoil’s Arctic fields.
Company Enel admits the market situation is «difficult», but still proceeds with the development of a major wind farm in the Kola Peninsula.
After initial flux of neutron, the reactor reached its minimum controlled level of chain reaction and produced power Friday evening.
With American investors on board the mines near Kirkenes look set for a reopening.
Shipping company Sovcomflot tests its brand new fuel-friendly oil tanker in tough Arctic waters.
The projected terminal for liquified natural gas in Murmansk will be floating on the water.
Oil company ships out first 20 million tons through Arctic waters, says much more is in the pipeline
The infrastructure developed in the region will enable us to boost exports, Gazprom Neft says.
It will cost almost 100 billion rubles and the economic benefits are unclear.
There is little progress in the two companies’ joint projects in the Barents Sea.
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More than two years overdue, Norway and Russia sign the agreement that will allow them to map oil and gas resources in joint borderlands.
Russia’s energy minister welcomes Saudi Arabia’s state energy company as key commercial partner to the second gas plant on the Yamal Peninsula.
Utilization of gas instead of heavy, low quality fuel oil is good for health, environment and the regional budget.
This is an important discovery, the Norwegian oil company says as it completes drilling in the northern part of the Barents Sea.
The «Vladimir Vize» and «Rudolf Samoylovich» will boost the Arctic out-shipment capacity of natural gas producer Novatek by almost 30%.
Norwegian Government grants 331 million kroner (€35 million) for 2019, but that is just the start.
The Russian energy company believes its offshore field located by the Yamal Peninsula holds at least 900 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
The Murmansk Deputy Governor wants to earn more money on Russia’s Arctic oil.
They will help keep an eye on the infrastructure connected to Eastern Messoyakha, the northernmost oil field on the Russian mainland.
Eyes on Barents
In the Murmansk region, fallen soldiers of the Great Patriotic War have just had their gravestones taken away
DEA Norge, the company controlled by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, did not find oil in the license area which it controls together with new partner Wintershall
Russia’s two biggest oil producers are at odds over out-shipments from the Arctic terminal of Varandey.
Reactor testing starts later in October or in November.
The appraisal well drilled by company Lundin at the Alta structure is an important step towards another major field development in the northern Norwegian waters.
As the Russian treasury is running out of money, government appeals to the country’s biggest industrial companies for funding to new projects.
A railway will affect the income and existence of the reindeer herding communities in the entire area from Rovaniemi in Finland to Kirkenes in Norway.
The Heiss area is located along the coasts of the Franz Josef Land and could hold up to 140 million tons of oil and 2 trillion cubic meters of gas. Now, Gazprom is training on how to remove icebergs from the harsh Arctic waters.
The two brand new 160-meter long vessels that are making it through the Russian Arctic shipping route produce less than half of normal vessels’ carbon dioxide emissions.
According to the Russian natural gas producer, the Norwegian shipping and logistics company will handle millions of tons of LNG from Yamal.
Energy company Gazprom will soon be able to deliver up to 150 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year from its fields in the Yamal Peninsula.
For a few years to come, gas from Russia’s Yamal Peninsula could be reloaded from ice-classed tankers to standard LNG-carriers outside Kirkenes or Honningsvåg.
After years of negotiations, Russia and Norway have still not signed an agreement on cross-border mapping of resources in the Barents Sea.
With a speed of 11 knots the «Venta Maersk» sailed through the most difficult part of the Northern Sea Route.
But there will be exceptions, Yuri Borisov underlines.