Atle Staalesen

On Equinor’s wishing list is a new oil field near border to Russia

The Norwegian energy company starts the new year with drilling of two wells in the Barents Sea, only few kilometers from Russia.
December 23, 2018

No Christmas cash for robber of world’s northernmost bank

There were few ways to escape for the man who robbed the bank in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
December 21, 2018

A large-scale Russian military exercise is coming to the Arctic

Key parts of next year’s Tsentr-2019 drills will be held in the area between the Arctic archipelagos of Novaya Zemlya and New Siberian Islands, the Russian Defense Ministry confirms.
December 20, 2018

Generals keep closer eye on the Arctic

New advanced radars are deployed along the Russian Arctic coast.
December 19, 2018

Energy shift coming closer in Murmansk

The first two boiler houses are soon to be transformed from use of diesel and heavy oil (mazut) to natural gas.
December 19, 2018

Breaking new ground in Norwegian Sea

Equinor starts production at Aasta Hansteen, Norway’s second natural gas field in operation north of the Arctic Circle.
December 18, 2018

Big oil comes to icy Arctic bay

Oil companies prepare for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Ob, the shallow waters of Russia’s Yamal region.
December 17, 2018

More sailing, shooting for Northern Fleet

This year has been packed with exercises, Northern Fleet Commander Nikolay Yevmenov underlined in his sum-up of 2018.
December 17, 2018

Russia presents a grandiose 5-year plan for the Arctic

Investments in regional infrastructure and natural resource development will over the next years be equivalent to the country’s federal budget on health and education.
December 14, 2018

Russian natural gas company warns about U.S. pressure against operations in Norway

Novatek leader Leonid Mikhelson says Norway is under pressure from western partners following its go-ahead for large-scale reloading of Russian LNG in its waters.
December 13, 2018

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Atle is journalist and Publisher of the Independent Barents Observer.

In 2002, he founded the Barents Observer. He was editor until 2009 and later worked as journalist and project coordinator for several European cross-border cooperation projects. In late 2015, following a conflict over editorial rights, he 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
@atlestaalesen