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Longyearbyen to shut down coal-power plant

Still unclear which replacement will be chosen for heat- and electricity production, but the Government assures it will be a more climate friendly solution.
January 12, 2021

Russia’s oil and gas production sharply down in 2020, but here comes a new Arctic offshore platform

Hundreds of workers at yards in Severodvinsk are engaged day and night with construction of Russia’s second ice-resistant platform for Arctic waters.
January 05, 2021

Potanin: "This is a historic event for Nornickel"

The polluting smelter in Nikel was shut down forever on December 23.
December 23, 2020

War heroes and patriotism come to Russian Arctic shelf

Igor Sechin and his Rosneft oil company gives new Arctic discoveries names after Soviet war commanders.
December 22, 2020

Dramatic situation as military freight ship gets stuck in Arctic ice

The Sparta-III might not have obtained needed permissions before sailing into the icy Yenisey River.
December 18, 2020

Ships flock in icy Ob Bay as new grand seaport rises

Developers assure that the new Arctic seaport of Utrenneye will be ready for operations in 2022.
December 16, 2020

Big Oil for tiny Arctic town Dikson

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signs the decree that paves the way for a 25 million ton capacity oil terminal near the remote Arctic town.
December 14, 2020

Equinor expands in oil on thawing permafrost in Siberia

In November, the Norwegian oil giant announced big ambitions to become a net-zero energy company. Now, it acquires a stake in oil-fields with higher carbon footprints than average in the portfolio. A risky investment, says an expert.
December 14, 2020

Rosneft makes new Arctic discovery, compares Kara Sea with Gulf of Mexico and Middle East

The new field in the Kara Sea holds an estimated 800 billion cubic meters of natural gas and is named after Soviet war hero Marshal Zhukov
December 09, 2020

Shell teams up with Gazprom Neft on remote Arctic tundra

The two companies are jointly to develop license areas in Russia's far northern Gydan Peninsula.
December 04, 2020

Less pollution expected as Nornickel resumes sulfuric acid production in Monchegorsk

After a year with several smog incidents damaging the nature surrounding the factories, the company now launches several projects aimed at making the skies blue.
December 03, 2020

The great global energy shift could push Moscow towards plastics production on Arctic tundra

Russia's powerful petroleum industry feels a mounting pressure from alternative energy sources, and strong voices now say the country's vast natural gas resources in the Arctic should be used in petrochemical production.
December 02, 2020

Rosneft consolidates position in largest Arctic oil project

The state company is due to buy out partner Neftegazholding from the huge Vostok Oil
December 02, 2020

Sechin assures Putin his new Arctic project will produce 30 million tons of oil by 2024

About 100 drilling rigs will be erected on the Taymyr tundra and a 770 km long oil pipeline will bring vast volumes to a new major terminal on the coast of the Kara Sea. Launch is less than 4 years away, and everything is proceeding according to plans, Sechin tells the President.
November 26, 2020

Singaporean trader Trafigura teams up with Rosneft in extreme Arctic oil project

The trading company buys a 10 percent stake in Vostok Oil, the Russian project that in five years is to deliver 30 million tons of oil from the most desolate Arctic coast.
November 18, 2020

Pressure mounts on Murmansk Governor Andrey Chibis as prospects for grand coal project turn dark

The regional leader underlines that construction continues. But key investors are fleeing the Murmansk Transport Hub and Lavna coal terminal.
November 17, 2020

Gazprom announces record-beating natural gas discovery on Arctic shelf

The Leningradskoye field in the Kara Sea has a commercial gas inflow of over 1 million cubic meters per day, the company says.
November 11, 2020

Murmansk Transport Hub in trouble as ministry terminates contract on railway construction

Work is stopped on the 46 km railway line to Lavna on the west side of the Kola Bay.
November 11, 2020

Christmas Day brings final end to Barents region's largest air polluter

Smelting will stop on December 25 at the plant in Nikel near Russia's border to Norway.
November 11, 2020

Environmentalists say oil spill in Nenets river was far more serious than claimed by authorities

Environmental organization Save Pechora Committee suspects that local authorities deliberately withheld information about last month's spill in the Kolva river.
November 10, 2020

In year of crisis, growth continues on Northern Sea Route

Figures for the first 10 months of 2020 show that Arctic shipping continues to increase despite the coronavirus and world economic downturn.
November 10, 2020

Drillship explores northern Kara Sea

Never before has a well been drilled in these waters, says Rosneft as exploration vessel "Bavenit" moves into the northern Kara Sea.
November 02, 2020

Government held back information about Norwegian oil along border to Russia

Norwegian legislators in 2013 officially opened up for drilling in waters adjacent to the country's maritime border to Russia. They did not know about the government report that concluded drilling in the area was most probably unprofitable.
October 27, 2020

Oil-driven Arctic region struggles to pay its bills

A major drop in oil revenues has made the Nenets Autonomous Okrug address Moscow for help.
October 19, 2020

Sweden to launch satellites from space center inside the Arctic Circle

The Swedish government provides additional funding to Esrange Space Center near Kiruna with the aim to launch small satellites into orbit by 2022.
October 15, 2020

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