Atle Staalesen

The Arctic will make us richer, says Putin

Industrial developments in the Arctic are top priority. And it will be done in cooperation with the Chinese, the President made clear in his almost 4 hour long press conference this week.
December 16, 2017

Icebreaking tankers have course for Russia’s new Arctic LNG plant, and they all carry foreign flags

It is in conflict with Kremlin policy.
December 11, 2017

New era starts on Northern Sea Route

Today’s shipment of LNG from Sabetta marks the onset of a period of big growth in Russian Arctic shipping.
December 08, 2017

Putin checks in on remote Yamal coast

Construction works have been going on around the clock. But the new grand Arctic port of Sabetta did not get all ready in time for the President’s visit.
December 08, 2017

This company gets responsibility for Northern Sea Route

Contrary to previous signals, the Russian government aims to give nuclear power company Rosatom the top authority for development of the Arctic shipping route.
December 07, 2017

Murmansk hints patriotism and war history will get stronger role in cross-border relations

The aim is to promote the «objective historical and real information about Russia», the regional government says.
December 07, 2017

New license round reveals a declining interest in Norway’s Arctic oil

The number of companies that want to drill in new Barents Sea acreage is dwindling.
December 07, 2017

Gas company switches on huge Arctic LNG plant

As Novatek officially pushes the button and starts production of LNG in its huge Yamal project the big question is whether President Putin will appear on site as the first shipment of liquified natural gas leaves port later this week.
December 05, 2017

Statoil announces giga-investment in northernmost ever oil field

The development of the Johan Castberg will cost €5 billion and generate thousands of jobs, the company says.
December 05, 2017

Emergency in Arctic waters as oil tanker gets stuck in ice, drifts ashore

The 35 year old vessel «Chukotka+» carried several thousand tons of oil and independently tried to make it across the Northern Sea Route.
December 04, 2017

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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
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