Norway requires cleaning at Barentsburg power plant
Norwegian authorities have imposed tougher requirements for cleaning of emissions from the coal-fired power plant in the Russian settlement Barentsburg on the Svalbard Archipelago.
Statoil getting ready for more drilling in Barents Sea
Norwegian oil major Statoil has got permission for drilling at the Skrugard field in the Barents Sea. Together with ENI, the company now also seeks permission for drilling at the Lunde field, located closer to land in the area.
A new branch of industry is needed
Russia needs to introduce a new sector of machinery, oriented for offshore hydrocarbon resource production, says Denis Kirillov, deputy chief of the National Energy Institute.
Murmansk, Arkhangelsk consolidate Shtokman positions
-There is no competition between Murmansk Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast in issues concerning the development of the Shtokman project, Governor Dmitry Dmitriyenko underlines.
Shtokman delay freezes construction of new shipyard in North-West Russia
Vyborg Shipyard stops plans for construction of a new shipyard in Primorsk, General Director Valery Levchenko said yesterday. The new shipyard was to specialize in construction of LNG tankers from Russian offshore fields, first of all from Shtokman.
Record price for Arctic oil fields
The Russian state is seeking a record price of 2 billion USD to develop the Trebs and Titov oil fields in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The two strategic oil fields have a total of more than 200 million tons of reserves.
Russia inspects dangerous objects along North East Passage
As part of the preparations for increased traffic along the Northern Sea Route, Russian authorities are conducting an expedition to inspect the condition of dumped nuclear reactors and other potentially dangerous objects along the coast.
Arkhangelsk-Shtokman cooperation agreement
Shtokman Development AG and the regional government in Arkhangelsk have signed an agreement on cooperation in the development of the Shtokman gas condensate field in the Barents Sea.
Collision was ’just a situation’
The episode where two tankers carrying diesel-fuel collided with each other in Arctic waters on the North East Passage was no emergency situation, just an ‘operational situation’, says Murmansk Shipping Company.
Arctic oil tankers collided
Two Russian tankers carrying diesel-fuel collided with each-other late Friday somewhere along the North East Passage. No leakages of diesel or oil are reported.
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