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No more licenses on Russian shelf

Enough is enough, the country’s Ministry of Natural Resources hints as license holders fail to meet obligations.
August 16, 2016

On Kirkenes waterfront, an alliance of local industry

Leading local companies join forces ahead of an anticipated hike in regional oil, gas and shipping.
August 12, 2016

New gas company to focus on Yamal

Business tycoon Arkady Rotenberg establishes the National Gas Group.
August 12, 2016

Rosneft builds base on Laptev Sea coast

It will be permanently manned and do research on climate and environment in the area.
August 10, 2016

Statoil drills new Barents wells, expands injection of CO2

More gas production is accompanied by increased catch and storage of climate gases in the Snøhvit field.
August 09, 2016

Preparing for Arctic drilling in Kirkenes

«We have great faith in the Barents Sea», companies ASCO and Norterminal say as they announce plans for new oil base on the Barents Sea coast.
August 09, 2016

Dry well at Barents Sea wildcat

No new Arctic oil discovery for Eni and partners.
August 05, 2016

$60 million for Kharyaga stake

Statoil becomes biggest foreign owner of tundra oil field as Russian state company Zarubezhneft buys 20 percent stake from Total.
August 05, 2016

Upswing for Murmansk Port

Russia’s biggest Arctic sea port boosts goods volumes by more than 30 percent in first half of 2016.
August 05, 2016

Nordavia may resume flights to Tromsø

The Arkhangelsk-based airliner mulls new planes and low-cost model.
August 05, 2016

Debate heats up over nuclear power in northern Finland

Someone painted «Putin» over the road sign to Pyhäjoki, the municipality in northern Finland where a partly Russian owned nuclear power plant will be built.
August 02, 2016

Putin greets Murmansk apatite miners

The president visits Russian fertilizers producer Acron as the company reaches peak production at its new open pit in Kola Peninsula.
August 02, 2016

Going deeper into the Ob

Dredgers daily remove 320,000 cubic meters of sea bottom from the Gulf of Ob as local sea port Sabetta is preparing for full-scale launch.
July 29, 2016

Zenit footballers kickoff at Arctic platform Prirazlomnaya

The star players of St. Petersburg football stage a shoot in the Pechora Sea.
July 28, 2016

Recession continues 6th quarter in row

Russian economic growth not imminent, economists say.
July 27, 2016

Oil industry calls for new tax breaks on Russian shelf

But the Finance Ministry says ‘Nyet’.
July 27, 2016

This Arctic shipping operation makes it into the history books

From South Korea to Kazakhstan via Northern Sea Route.
July 25, 2016

Exploring the oil potential of Franz Josef Land

Rosneft completes 5000 km of 2D seismic mapping near the Arctic archipelago.
July 21, 2016

Troubled Kola reactor shut down again

Kola nuclear power plant Unit 3 automatically disconnected from the grid Tuesday evening.
July 19, 2016

No pause in Arctic exploration - Igor Sechin

Now Rosneft starts seismic mapping of the Yuzhno-Russky field in the Pechora Sea.
July 18, 2016

Successful Norwegian businessman expelled from Russia

Atle Berge's Ølen Betong is one of the longest-living and most prosperous Norwegian companies in Murmansk.
July 09, 2016

On the borderline, the emergence of the Barents Center

Local authorities give thumbs up for the construction of a major building complex on the border between Sweden and Finland.
July 06, 2016

First million tons of oil from Novy Port

Gazprom Neft’s new Arctic field will over the next two years produce more than ten million tons.
July 06, 2016

En route to Yamal, a pit stop in Kirkenes

This week, the dredger «Zheng He» — next week, the heavy lift ship "Happy Sky". The Norwegian port of Kirkenes has become a hub for marine traffic towards Russia’s Yamal Peninsula.
June 30, 2016

Norilsk Nickel closes plant, says emissions will be slashed

The nickel smelter in Norilsk is the company’s oldest and has for decades been among the biggest polluters in the Taymyr peninsula.
June 29, 2016

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