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Applies for expropriation of rights on Nasafjäll

The company Elkem AS has submitted an application to the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries for expropriation of the rights it will need to launch mining operations on Nasafjäll, a mountain area on the border between Sweden and Norway. The company wants to start a quarry in order to mine for quarts on the Norwegian side of the border. In its statement, the municipality of Arjeplog, Sweden, says that the planned mining operations will have an impact on crossborder reindeer herding, calling for a thorough impact assessment.
July 03, 2018

Gazprom Neft’s new Arctic flagship heads towards icy waters

Icebreaker «Aleksandr Sannikov» will open the way to the company’s oil terminal in the Gulf of Ob.
July 02, 2018

Arctic LNG carriers sail into deep ice with course for China

Two powerful tankers are on their way from Sabetta in this year’s first eastbound voyages through the Northern Sea Route.
June 29, 2018

The Chinese oilmen are back in Murmansk

Drilling rig Nan Hai Ba Hao arrives in the far northern Russian city as Chinese oilmen get ready to resume exploration of Arctic waters.
June 27, 2018

«We have a difficult ice situation around the oil platform»

At this time of year, there has never before been such a complicated ice condition around Russia’s offshore Arctic oil platform «Prirazlomnaya».
June 26, 2018

Novatek looks towards Norway for reloading of LNG

The Russian natural gas company is squeezed over its Yamal LNG exports. The solution could lie in Norwegian Arctic fjords.
June 25, 2018

Sweden starts building first ever fossil-free steel test-factory

A significant green step is taken outside Luleå for an industry that accounts for about a quarter of direct CO2 emissions in global industry production.
June 21, 2018

At midsummer, tankers get ice-trapped near Russian Arctic port

Shipping in the Gulf of Ob is paralysed and the situation complicated, icebreaker company Rosatomflot says.
June 21, 2018

Iron-ore mine restarts production

Four years after Northland Resources filed for bankruptcy, production of iron-ore concentrate starts at Kaunisvaara outside Pajala on July 18.
June 19, 2018

Military shipyards eye stakes in Arctic LNG

The two major yards in Severodvinsk, northern Russia, intend to deliver key components to the country’s planned new Arctic natural gas project.
June 19, 2018

Oil-hungry industry gets big Arctic opening near protected Svalbard waters

Norway issues several new oil licenses north of the 74th parallel.
June 18, 2018

Glonass-M navigation satellite launched from Plesetsk

25th satellite in Russia’s equivalent to GPS is now in operation.
June 18, 2018

China’s National Oil Company looks at Russian Arctic LNG

«They are interested», says the Russian Minister of Energy.
June 14, 2018

European Commission proposes priority to Narvik railway

The Norwegian ice-free port is suggested a key position in EU’s Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor railway network.
June 07, 2018

Sanctioned oil and banking good business for Norway

The value of the Norwegian Oil Fund’s investment in Sberbank increased by more than a billion kroner last year.
June 06, 2018

Here are the super-wealthy billionaires' assets on Kola Peninsula

They are among the richest people on planet earth and holds an insane amount of private money. The Barents Observer gives you the overview of who owns what in the Murmansk region.
June 05, 2018

Two Russian rigs ready for Arctic drilling

Jackup rig «Arcticheskaya» has arrived in Murmansk after 5-months of repair in Singapore, and sister rig «Amazon» is ready to spud wells in the Gulf of Ob.
June 05, 2018

Lack of infrastructure hampers development, says Murmansk Governor Kovtun

The Russian Arctic region faces increasing troubles in financing its flagship project, the Murmansk Transport Hub.
June 04, 2018

Electric vehicles boom gives higher dividends to Nornickel shareholders

Board of Directors suggests to pay nearly $1 billion more in dividends for 2017 than the previous year.
June 04, 2018

Norway's Parliament says this Arctic beauty spot should be oil terminal

Majority in the Standing Committee on Energy and Environment rules in favour developing the Johan Castberg oil field in the Barents Sea.
June 03, 2018

AkerBP drilled first Arctic well in 4 years, found no oil

The company made only a minor discovery of natural gas at the Svanefjell prospect in the Barents Sea.
May 31, 2018

New Arctic-bound railway eyes Eurasian investment

We are definitely interested in the materialization of the Belkomur railway, leader of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) makes clear.
May 31, 2018

Gazprom orders 24 LNG locomotives for Arctic railway

They will be environmentally friendly and far cheaper to use, the company says.
May 28, 2018

Frenchmen join development of Russia’s new large natural gas project 

Oil company Total obtains 10 percent of Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2, the major project in the remote Gydan Peninsula.
May 25, 2018

Murmansk railway has best day ever

A total of 1,120 wagons were unloaded in one day. Most of it was coal.
May 25, 2018

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