Atle Staalesen

Statoil’s new Arctic field needs $30 oil price to make it into plus

The Johan Castberg will come on stream in year 2022 and prepare the way for the development of more northern fields, a new company report reads.
June 27, 2017

«Nuclear waste at Andreeva Bay affects us», says Norwegian border town mayor

Norway spends hundreds of millions on nuclear clean-up at Russia’s dump site located near the two countries’ border. But local Norwegian authorities are not taken aboard in the process.
June 27, 2017

Bellona opens first electric car charge station in Murmansk

«It is a gift to the Arctic city in connection with Russia’s Year of the Environment», says leader of the Norwegian environmental NGO.
June 27, 2017

Chinese drilling rig makes stop in Murmansk on its way to Kara Sea

The semi-submersible «Nanhai VIII» will soon head to the Leningradskoye field off the coast of Yamal on a drilling mission for Gazprom Neft.
June 26, 2017

Bigger cruise ships, more tourists sail into Svalbard waters

The MSC «Preziosa» this week brought more that 3,500 tourists to Longyearbyen. It is the biggest ship ever in the Norwegian Arctic port.
June 23, 2017

Governor calls for more openness over tundra oil spills

«It is important that you keep locals living in nearby settlements informed about developments, and that the population gets an objective picture», Komi leader Sergey Gaplikov tells Lukoil’s Vice President Aleksandr Leyfrid.
June 23, 2017

On Putin’s table, a drill sample from the Laptev Sea

«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.
June 22, 2017

Energy company Enel confirms plans for wind park in Murmansk

The Italian power generator wins a Russian government tender on the construction of a 201 MW capacity park in the Russian Arctic region.
June 22, 2017

Parliament decides Norwegian injustices against Sámi, Kven peoples will be examined

The establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission can start as the majority of the Norwegian Storting decides to examine former repression against the two northern minorities.
June 22, 2017

Norway offers oil companies 93 new blocks in Arctic waters

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.
June 21, 2017

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Atle is journalist and Director of the Independent Barents Observer.

In 2002, he founded the Barents Observer, which in the period 2005-2015 it was hosted by the Norwegian Barents Secretariat.

Atle was editor until 2009 and later worked as journalist and project coordinator for several European cross-border cooperation projects. He quit his job in the Barents Secretariat late 2015 following a conflict over editorial rights and subsequently re-established the Barents Observer as an independent and non-profit stock company along with the rest of the newspaper crew.  

Atle has a degree in Russian studies from the University of Oslo and studied journalism at the Moscow State University.

atle@thebarentsobserver.com
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