Oligarch Vladimir Potanin now ranks third on Forbes list of wealthiest persons in Russia. He can thank the smelters and mines at the Taimyr- and Kola Peninsula for the boost fortune.
The «Yuri Kuchiev» is built in Finland, owned by Greek shipper Dynagas and now breaking its way through Arctic ice on its maiden trip to the Russian North.
It must be able to carry at least 100,000 tons and sail across the icy waters of the Northern Sea Route, says deputy head of the Russian state nuclear power company.
After the floating dock SD-50 sank at Roslyakovo yard north of Murmansk last fall “Sevmorput” now had to sail all around Scandinavia to St. Petersburg to find a dock large enough.
State experts approve VostokCoal’s plans to export millions of tons of black rocks from the Taymyr Peninsula, but the grand project might not materialize.
Utilization of stripping gases generated during storage and reloading of LNG will not be practical for gasification of the Murmansk region, according to a new report.
Norwegian oilmen had great hopes for the new and pristine acreage in the Barents Sea, but failed to make discoveries. Russia’s national oil company Rosneft might now seek to take over some of Equinor’s role in the area.