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.
A northern community in Finland has not only gone off the grid – it’s never been on it. Why Kempele ecovillage could be the prototype neighbourhood for future northern green communities.
Exxon and Rosneft have found oil at the first well drilled, but the unanswered question is how to exploit it as sanctions halt Arctic offshore cooperation.
OULU: Scientists are now looking into the potential for electricity production wined from geothermal energy reservoirs in Svalbard. Further, they are considering the possibility of combining this with carbon dioxide capture and storage.
As national economy slides towards the abyss, Russia grants 150 billion roubles from its National Wealth Fund to gas company Novatek’s Yamal LNG project.
The Sabetta port will become one of the biggest in the Russian Arctic. Located in the Yamal Peninsula, it will boost shipping in the icy waters of the Ob Bay and the Northern Sea Route.
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 company EMGS intends to conduct electromagnetic scanning of more than 3000 square kilometres of the Barents Sea. The studies will make the oil companies more precise knowledge about resources in the area, the company says.
In a surprise move, the Norwegian government yesterday halted plans for the collection of seismic data in the Lofoten waters in northern Norway. Sensitive relations with the fish industry in the region is the reason, the minister of oil and energy admits
A researcher at the University of Oslo believes Norway should establish a new state-owned oil company for Arctic projects. The new company could help secure better control with exploration in the vulnerable Arctic waters, he argues.
