June 12, 2013 Oil Confusion reigns over months-old oil spill in Northwest Russia’s Komi Republic Nearly 120 people including several volunteers from the local community were working to eliminate the residue of a months’ old…
June 6, 2013 Gas, Oil Norway’s Statoil backs off Barents drilling project over high taxes Norway’s Statoil is backing off drilling projects in Arctic waters, announcing yesterday that it would delay its development of the…
June 3, 2013 Gas Russia’s Gazprom mothballs Shtokman gas field for ‘future generations’ In a move anticipated by the grinding investment disagreements over the Shtokman field in the Barents Sea, Gazprom deputy chairman…
May 23, 2013 Climate change, Oil Arctic Council adds six new observer nations, and signs agreement on oil spill preparedness MURMANSK –The Arctic nations that make up the Arctic Council partially approved an expansion of their organization by granting China,…
May 22, 2013 Oil Monitoring and tracking oil pollution in Russian Arctic flummoxes safety experts MURMANSK – While Russian gas and oil companies jockey for position to produce on the Arctic Shelf, specialists from emergency…