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Statoil did not discover oil in the controversial Apollo well near Bear Island.

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.

Murmansk heating (photo: Atle Staalesen)

By year 2020, Murmansk Oblast will cut energy consumption by 40 percent, regional Governor Dmitry Dmitriyenko says.

Norway will start collecting petroleum-related data from the formerly disputed areas in the Barents Sea as soon as Russia ratifies the delimitation treaty on the region.

The Norwegian Government announces new production licenses in northern waters.

Photo: Gazflot

The company Gazprom Geologorazvedka will be responsible for all of Gazprom’s exploration on the shelf.

Rosneft in the Arctic

The Russian Ministry of Defence refuses to give oil company Rosneft access to fields in the Barents Sea.

Offshore drilling

Several big oil service companies are ready to open offices along the Barents Sea coast.

Russia’s first offshore platform for permanent oil-drilling in the Arctic is soon ready to start production. Drilling is planned to start in March.

6,000 kilometers of seismic data will be acquired in the Norwegian sector over the next two months.

Statoil CEO Helge Lund is heading to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin. The company is about to be ejected from the Shtokman project, analysts say

Oil major Rosneft will establish a subsidiary in Norway, which is to develop Norwegian Arctic fields together with Statoil.

Lukoil and ConocoPhillips jointly established the Narjanmarneftegaz company for the development of the Yuzhno-Khilchuyu field. Now the Americans leave the project, which became a headache for both companies.

Will drill nine wells during a 2013 non-stop exploration campaign in the Barents Sea and triples its Arctic technology research budget.

Russia over the next years intends to attract up to $1 trillion of foreign investments in energy projects.