Dwindling Arctic Sea Ice May Affect Tropical Weather Patterns
The rapid decline of Arctic sea ice during the last couple of decades has spurred climate scientists to study how that meltdown influences the rest of the planet, and a Continue Reading
Alaska pursuing LNG project approvals, still waiting on investors
Despite a world awash in liquefied natural gas, Alaska is still working on its $40 billion-plus Alaska LNG project, which if built could deliver 20 million mt/year of LNG to Continue Reading
Alaska North Slope development progressing in 2020
North Slope producers have a full plate of projects in 2020 and beyond as companies speed the development of new discoveries. More new finds are coming, too. Receive daily email Continue Reading
Should Arctic Oil Be Kept Underground?
Unless the remaining days of December surprise us with a world-beating hydrocarbon discovery, 2019 will go down as one of the weakest years on record in terms of new oil Continue Reading
Goldman Sachs Stops Financing New Arctic Oil
Goldman Sachs will decline financing for new Arctic oil exploration and production and for new thermal coal mine development or strip mining in its updated environmental policy which makes the Continue Reading
Alaska predicts near-term oil production decline
Decrease to 434,300 b/d seen by fiscal 2024 New projects expected to push production back up Small North Slope oil price declines seen in near term Anchorage, Alaska — Alaska’s Continue Reading
China Interested In Arctic Nuclear, Wind Cooperation With Russia
China and Russia could deepen their energy cooperation as Beijing is interested in working with Russia to develop nuclear power and wind power projects in the Arctic region, Sputnik reported Continue Reading
The “Polar Silk Road” Could Be A Gamechanger For Natural Gas
It’s been well over a year since the then-United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis accused Russia and China of being “revisionist powers” each working its way toward making a Continue Reading
Russia’s Sovcomflot Says Arctic Sailings Will Become Routine
The NSR runs close to the Arctic Circle from the Russian Far East to the Baltic Sea and is typically open from July to November. Russia is promoting the lane Continue Reading
U.S. vows first oil lease sale in Alaska Arctic refuge this year
The U.S. Interior Department is determined to sell oil leases for the first time this year in the ecologically sensitive but presumably petroleum-rich coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Continue Reading