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Shell ready and waiting for green light for Arctic drilling campaign
San Francisco: Shell is still waiting for final approval of permits to its planned resumption of oil exploration in the…
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Groups opposing Arctic drilling petition SEC to investigate Shell’s regulatory filings
Washington: Opponents of Shell’s planned return to Arctic oil exploration petitioned the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday…
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Atomflot orders $116m Vyborg icebreaker
Moscow: FSUE Atomflot is spending $116m on a new icebreaker to be built by Vyborg Shipyard in Russia. The vessel…
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Foss Maritime: Arctic bound
Seattle: With oil prices remaining at low levels, Foss Maritime is focusing on new areas to keep busy, principally the…
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Anti-drilling activists plan ‘festival of resistance’ against Shell’s Arctic fleet when it’s based in Seattle
San Francisco: Undeterred by the end of Greenpeace’s occupation of a Shell rig in transit across the Pacific, green groups…
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€4.4bn Russian Arctic infrastructure plan
Oslo: The Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin has rolled out a €4.4bn Arctic infrastructure plan. The figure was given…
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Greenpeace activists leave Polar Pioneer as government reviews Shell’s Arctic plans
San Francisco: Over the weekend Greenpeace’s six activists opposed to offshore drilling in the Arctic abandoned a drill rig they…
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‘As long as it takes’: Greenpeace defiant as Shell brings lawsuit over rig boarding
San Francisco: Battle lines are drawn in the standoff between Greenpeace and Shell over the occupation of an Arctic-bound oil…
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Intrepid Greenpeace protesters board Arctic-bound Shell rig in mid-Pacific
San Francisco: Six Greenpeace activists pulled off a daring coup by boarding a Shell oil rig in mid-Pacific Ocean on…
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Department of the Interior reaffirms Shell’s Arctic oil lease
Washington: The US Department of the Interior (DoI) confirmed the hopes of Shell and the fears of environmentalists on Tuesday…
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Greenpeace chases Arctic-bound rigs across the Pacific
Oslo: Greenpeace is chasing two vessels and a rig across the Pacific in a bid to stop Arctic drilling. The…
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Work starts on first gas pipeline in the Norwegian Sea
Oslo: The Solitaire pipelaying vessel owned by Allseas started on the first stage of the Polarled installation project yesterday. The…
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Shell oil spill drills to be observed by government
San Francisco: Shell is putting its Arctic oil spill response system to the test with emergency drills in water near…
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Report claims Gazprom’s Arctic drilling running losses of $579m
Oslo: Wildlife activist WWF says Russia’s only offshore oil-producing field in the Arctic, Prirazlomnaya, operated by Gazprom, is unprofitable despite…
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Lukoil likely to get Arctic nod
Moscow: The Kremlin might give Lukoil the green light to start drilling in Arctic waters. The moves comes after the…
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Shell expected to get green light this week for Arctic drilling
Washington: All eyes will be on Washington DC and the polar north this week as the US Department of the…
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Adrift Canadian supply barge nears Russian coast
San Francisco: A drifting supply barge that broke away from its towboat in October is meandering unpredictably through Arctic waters…
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Arctic shipping volumes falling despite record ice-melt
Oslo: No records for shipping through Arctic waters are likely to be broken this year, even though meteorologists are predicting…
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Unicom Management Services: Ice specialist readies for more Arctic transits
Limassol: In these stretched times owners are increasingly asking shipmanagers to tighten costs, especially related to crew outlay, says the…
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