Atle Staalesen

Transport hub developer in crisis

The company which is to develop the grand infrastructure project in Murmansk is in deep trouble.

March 31, 2015

Who will ship Yamal LNG?

As Sovcomflot lays down the keel of its new Arctic super-tanker designed for the Yamal LNG, the company’s role in the project is increasingly unclear.

March 30, 2015

Greenpeace stages new protest against Prirazlomnaya oil

The environmental organization makes a second move against the tanker “Mikhail Ulyanov” as it enters the port of Hamburg.

March 30, 2015

Pomors rage as Moscow restricts local sailing

Thousands of small-ship owners around the White Sea dispair as a new federal law restricts free sailing in their home waters.

March 26, 2015

In Arctic, Norway steps on the gas

Gas production in northern Norwegian waters is steadily making its way. But more discoveries and new infrastructure are needed for the region to become a major supplier to the continent.

March 25, 2015

Security Council boss sees threat from Finland

Nationalist groups from Finland are boosting their influence in the Republic of Karelia, head of the Russian Security Council says.

March 20, 2015

On Norwegian Arctic coast, new record for LNG

The Melkøya LNG plant in 2014 had its best year ever.

March 19, 2015

More Arctic gas for Europe

Statoil finds additional resources near the Aasta Hansteen project, few kilometers north of the Arctic Circle.

March 18, 2015

Gas power plant for Yamal

Gazprom Neft starts the construction of a 96 MW gas turbine electric power station as part of its Novy Port project.

March 17, 2015

Arctic policy up for remake

Russia will revise its activities in the Arctic, but is not seeking a militarization of the region, leader of Russia’s new Arctic Commission Dmitry Rogozin says.