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The dirty reality of seismic surveys in Russia; Lukoil-Komi violated another promise given to local residents savepechora.ru/page.php?p=31…
Another audit by Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority @ptilnorge from @eni's Goliat platform in the Barents Sea once again results in finding failings with emergency preparedness and following up of earlier incidents psa.no/audit-reports/audit-o…
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Fine of over half million dollars imposed on Norwegian state-controlled operator @EquinorASA by a state attorney following a police investigation into the gas leak in 2016
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Another dry well in the Barents Sea … this time by Spirit Energy Norge AS who concluded the drilling of its wildcat well 7322/7-1. The license block of this well was awarded in the 23rd licensing round. npd.no/en/news/Exploration-d…
Russia plans to develop a wing-in-ground-effect craft armed with missiles by 2027 "to protect the Northern Sea Route where infrastructure is weakly protected” tass.com/defense/1015327
Towing operations from Murmansk were originally scheduled several weeks ago but complicated ice conditions in the Kara Sea have hampered progress xitter.gq/BarentsNews/status/102…
Drilling rigs are on their way to Russian icy waters thebarentsobserver.com/en/in…
U.S. and Russian Energy ministers discussed "the work of U.S. companies in the Russian market, including ExxonMobil, Schlumberger, Halliburton and others, [and] the impact of sanctions on those companies' work.” rferl.org/a/russia-energy-mi…
a region in the Arctic where Russian companies like Gazprom and Rosneft still have offshore drilling plans xitter.gq/ZLabe/status/100474121…
Powerful strengthening cyclone in the Barents-Kara Seas region of the #Arctic today. Latest analysis at 968 hPa (weather.gc.ca/data/analysis/…).
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Several days ago an oil spill, covering an area of about 600 m2, occured in a protected area in West-Siberia. Lukoil the company responsible for the spill, is not providing comment to local media on the emergency situation. znak.com/2018-06-06/podarok_…
Promising start xitter.gq/barentsnews/status/100…
AkerBP drilled first Arctic well in 4 years, found no oil thebarentsobserver.com/en/in…
RBS to stop financing new coal plants, oil sands or #Arctic oil projects
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Little reminder for @Statoil @lundinpetroleum @akerbpasa and @tsoviknes xitter.gq/alertnet/status/996294…
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Mishap #352 at @eni’s Goliat platform in the Barents Sea 🤦🏻♂️ af.reuters.com/article/commo…
Spirit Energy, the JV between Centrica & Bayerngas, receives consent for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea from @ptilnorge. Drilling location is 138 kilometres south-west of Bjørnøya ptil.no/consents/spirit-ener…
“Oslo is refusing to comply, arguing that its existing safety regulations mean applying another level of EU regulation would be an unnecessary additional layer of bureaucracy” xitter.gq/eaEnergyEU/status/9796…
By 19 July, governments must ensure that all existing oil rigs and other production installations comply with the directive. bit.ly/2uwPLM5
This week's editorial of @UpstreamOnline focuses on @Statoil's name change, stating that "re-branding is not enough to survive low carbon transition" upstreamonline.com/hardcopy/…
@BOEM_DOI to Open Call for Information and Nominations for Proposed Beaufort Sea Lease Sale boem.gov/press03282018/
Greenpeace activists have boarded oil rig West Hercules, scheduled to drill exploration wells for @Statoil in the Barents Sea this year. Main demand is that the company stops drilling in blocks covered by the 23rd licensing round.
LIVE video: facebook.com/greenpeacenorge… xitter.gq/GreenpeaceNorge/status…
Vi har akkurat bordet en oljerigg på vei til Barentshavet. Vårt hovedkrav er at @Statoil stopper boring i områder omfattet av den 23. konsesjonsrunden.
A @ptilnorge audit identified several breaches of the regulations in the emergency preparedness and logistics discipline area of the drilling rig Transocean Spitsbergen (currently involved in production drilling for @Statoil) ptil.no/enforcement-notices/…
Worth flagging that earlier this year a @ptilnorge audit "identified a number of nonconformities and improvement points in several areas of NAD’s management of health, safety and the environment on West Phoenix” ptil.no/enforcement-notices/… xitter.gq/offshoreenergyt/status…
Statoil hires West Phoenix rig for UK and Norway campaigns ift.tt/2F3b0Ga