Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has highlighted the exploraton prospectivity of northern Kara Sea, after completing research and 2D seismic in the region. PGS says, according to its research, the area, known as the Kara Plate, is a 鈥渉ighly promising proliferous region鈥濃
The lead ships classed by Lloyd鈥檚 Register incorporate advanced design, containment and operational features as well as the ability to cope with the harsh operating environment of the Arctic. Dynagas, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping鈥
To prepare Canada鈥檚 northern communities for the 鈥淣ew Arctic,鈥 the federal government needs to devote greater policy attention and resources to strategic Arctic maritime areas such as Nunavut, says a new policy brief issued by The Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)鈥
Alaska鈥檚 Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell stated the case for Alaska鈥檚 key needs at the Ice-diminished Arctic Conference in Washington, D.C. earlier this month. Treadwell reminded the attendees that the Arctic has held strategic importance for鈥
Rosneft, jointly with the RosHydroMet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, starts the large-scale program for comprehensive studies of the Kara Sea shelf as part of Kara Sea Summer 2013 Marine Expedition. The expedition was scheduled for July 12鈥
Rosneft annoucned today it has signed cooperation agreements with Norway's Statoil, Italy's Eni, and America's ExxonMobil. Statoil and Rosneft have made official their plans to explore for oil and gas offshore Russia. The two companies鈥
Sakhalin-II is an intergrated, export-oriented oil and gas development, and Russia鈥檚 first offshore gas project. It handles production from Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field in the Okhotsk Sea, and is managed and operated by Sakhalin Energy Investment Co鈥
Interest in the North is strong and growing among international actors鈥 Kåre Storvik gives his views on business in the area. Oil companies, supply companies, and service providers to the oil industry are either in place or on their way to the North鈥 to Arctic Europe-to the new鈥
Russia's Rosneft and North American supermajor ExxonMobil signed final agreements establishing a joint Arctic Research Center (ARC) in Russia and an over-arching technology sharing agreement to support the companies鈥 joint ventures worldwide鈥
GAC Norway AS and Polar Logistics Group APS (POLOG) have partnered to strengthen GAC鈥檚 network within the Arctic Circle. The move is the latest stage in the company鈥檚 strategy to better serve the Arctic region by bringing together organizations鈥
Royal Dutch Shell announced it will pause its exploration drilling activity for 2013 in Alaska鈥檚 Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to prepare equipment and plans for a resumption of activity at a later stage. 鈥淲e鈥檝e made progress in Alaska, but鈥
Recognizing the needs of offshore rig owners and operators for reliable, smooth operations unaffected by safety equipment servicing requirements, leading marine and fire safety equipment manufacturer VIKING Life-saving Equipment A/S has鈥
With construction underway on the first ever Oblique Icebreaker, research specialist Aker Arctic Technology has unveiled a new version of a unique vessel type that will bring ice management and pollution control in thick, first-year ice to a new level鈥
The Gazprom Management Committee took note of the progress with the program for hydrocarbon resources exploitation on the Russian Federation shelf until 2030. It was mentioned that the Russian continental shelf was a region of the company's strategic interest鈥
Citing unease over changing US regulations, ConocoPhillips opted to pause plans for its 2014 Alaska Chukchi Sea drilling program, the supermajor announced on 10 April 2013.Shell's oil spill response teams practice laying out nearly 600m (1,500ft)鈥
