Billions are invested in the Zvezda yard outside Vladivostok to make it capable of meeting Russia’s growing demand for ice-protected ships and platforms.
The Norwegian Government allocates NOK 130 million (€17.6 million) to mapping, seismic surveys and other geological data acquisitions outside Jan Mayen and in the Barents Sea in 2013.
Rosneft finalizes TNK-BP takeover and becomes the biggest oil company in the world, making Chairman Igor Sechin even more ready for drilling in the Arctic.
Rosneft and Eni are starting up seismic mapping of the Fedynsky High, the formerly disputed waters believed by many to be the most perspective area in the Barents Sea.
Activists from the environmental organization Greenpeace International have climbed Gazprom’s oil drilling platform Prirazlomnaya in the Pechora Sea to stop it from becoming the first company to produce oil from the region.
