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Miners dig deeper into vast Kola nickel reserve

The resources of the great Zhdanovskoye field remain huge, but mining company Kola MMC need to go increasingly deep to keep up production.
December 27, 2018

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

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

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

Biggest Arctic gas field now in full production

Ten years after Gazprom started development of the huge natural gas reserves in Yamal, the company opens the third and final part of its Bovanenkovo project.
December 08, 2018

New condensate tanker sails north, gets ready to break ice on Northern Sea Route

The «Boris Sokolov» is built in China, has Greek owners and will serve Russia’s grand Yamal LNG project on the coast of the Arctic Ocean.
December 06, 2018

«Explosive growth» in Russian Arctic shipping

Despite complicated ice conditions, more than 18 million tons of goods has been shipped along the Northern Sea Route in 2018, a 68% growth from 2017.
December 05, 2018

After Equinor’s remote Arctic well comes drilling along border to Russia

The Norwegian company did not find oil on 74 degrees north. Now, hopes are high for the upcoming well located only few kilometers from Russia.
December 05, 2018

World’s first floating nuclear power plant is making Pevek an Arctic boom town

In one of Russia’s remotest spots is going on a hectic construction of new housing, parks and local infrastructure.
November 30, 2018

Putin’s medal to the ship captain that served on a Soviet sub and a Norwegian tanker

Sergey Zybko is awarded the State Order for Achievements at Sea for his operations in Arctic waters.
November 28, 2018

Big cleanup ahead of tundra drilling

Regional authorities will spend 100 million rubles on environmental upgrades of tundra lands as Gazprom starts development of its new major Arctic project.
November 27, 2018

«Billion ruble profits and hundreds of new jobs at Novaya Zemlya»

As project planning of the new Pavlovsky ore processing plant and sea port proceeds, regional authorities say there will be plenty of money and jobs in the remote Arctic island.
November 27, 2018

As Yamal plant expands production, a first shipment of liquified natural gas is reloaded in Norwegian fjord

Natural gas company Novatek launches the third train of its grand Arctic plant more than a year ahead of schedule. At the same time, the first tons of LNG are reloaded near North Cape in Norway.
November 23, 2018

Chinese oilmen ready to go home after 5 months in Russian Arctic

As this year’s drilling in icy waters comes to a close, Chinese rig «Nanhai VIII» prepares for departure home after operations in the Kara Sea.
November 22, 2018

Biggest Arctic port ties future to coal

It is black and dirty, and means big money for port developers in Murmansk.
November 21, 2018

Finland could halve emissions by 2030 while saving money: study

Finland could reduce greenhouse gas emissions more sharply over the next decade than so far projected, according to a report published by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra on Monday.
November 20, 2018

Canadian Arctic ore finds way through Northern Sea Route

Two ships loaded with iron ore from Baffinland’s mine in Nunavut, northern Canada, have taken a shortcut to the Russian Far East.
November 15, 2018

New LNG carrier finds way through Russian Arctic route to Chinese port

It was the maiden voyage of the «Rudolf Samoylovich» and it was made to the Fujian LNG Terminal in China.
November 14, 2018

In troubled market, Italians build wind farm in Murmansk

Company Enel admits the market situation is «difficult», but still proceeds with the development of a major wind farm in the Kola Peninsula.
November 13, 2018

Biggest Arctic terminal tanker ready for many million tons of oil

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.
November 09, 2018

Russia slackens ice-class demands for Arctic shipping

With thinner Arctic ice comes softer regulations for vessels operating on the Northern Sea Route.
November 06, 2018

First reactor started at floating nuclear plant

After initial flux of neutron, the reactor reached its minimum controlled level of chain reaction and produced power Friday evening.
November 02, 2018

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