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 Greenpeace vessel “Esperanza” is protesting in Ølen in western Norway where the West Alpha oil rig is being prepared by ExxonMobil for the joint drilling with Rosneft in the Kara Sea later this summer.
Moscow confirms that federal financing will be granted to the building of a new road connection to the Pechora Sea. The road is likely to be of key importance for Rosneft’s new Arctic project.
Gas from the Barents Sea might become a crucial part of Norwegian energy exports. But resources are still insufficient for the development of a major gas pipeline infrastructure in the area, a new report concludes.
The Russian Ministry of Transport suggests to move budget money from the projected Murmansk Transport Hub to the grand port development project in Sabetta, the Yamal Peninsula.
The state-owned company will over the next 20 years spend big money on the Arctic shelf. But only a minor part of it might be invested in the Barents Sea.
Less than two months after the first oil was shipped from Gazprom’s controversial Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea, the company announces a tender for modernization of the installation.
Greenpeace efforts to stop the northernmost oil prospect in the world failed after a standoff in the Barents Sea ultimately led to removal of the organization’s ship “Esperanza” by the Norwegian coastguard on Friday. The ship was released early Saturday morning 10 hours after what Greenpeace says was an illegal boarding by the coastguard in international waters.
Statoil has got the Norwegian government’s blessing for the establishment of a ”security zone” around its controversial Apollo well in the Barents Sea. Greenpeace says the zone is illegal and that it intends to continue its blockade of the area.
Gazprom long negotiated with Novatek over an ownership stake in the Yamal LNG project. Now the company instead decides to buy a huge portion of gas from the plant.
