Protesters heat up over high energy prices (with video) by Megan Delaire, posted on the Ottawa Citizen Hundreds of people affected by Ontario’s rising energy prices gathered Friday in a protest against the province’s Long-Term Energy Plan outside of MPP Bob Chiarelli’s office on Carling Avenue. [Read More…] Russia’s ‘oil sickness’ erodes urgency for reform,…
Germany’s dependence on Russian gas poses risks for Europe – Polish PM, posted on Reuters Poland’s prime minister said on Monday he would ask Chancellor Angela Merkel to work to reduce German and European dependence on Russian gas to avert “potential aggressive steps by Russia in the future”. [Read More…] ‘Development in Russia, Ukraine key…
China’s CNOOC starts preparation work to explore for oil and gas offshore Iceland, posted on Platts McGraw Hill Financial China’s CNOOC International Ltd has started preparation work for oil and gas exploration in Iceland’s offshore Dreki Area, an official with CNOOC’s Investor Relations Department said Friday. [Read More…] Greenland: Mining Rush Welcomed, Won’t Favor…
Russia Chooses ‘Soft’ Approach To The Arctic – Analysis by Igor Alexeev, posted on the Eurasia Review Recent initiatives in the Arctic Council show that Arctic nations have chosen business as a universal language of rapprochement. Russia’s limited military presence should be viewed as an opportunity to build a safer economic environment without prejudicing the…
Changes in Regulations Could Help Break the Offshore Ice, posted on The Moscow Times State-controlled oil giant Rosneft had a very good year. That is what company chief executive Igor Sechin told Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday at a meeting to review Russia’s largest oil producer, whose capitalization grew by 18 percent to $73…
Norway to build modern icebreaker for oil, gas exploration in Arctic by 2016, posted on The Voice of Russia The Kronprins Haakon modern icebreaker for exploration of resources in the Arctic will be ready by 2016, Norway’s Minister of Fishery Elisabeth Aspaker said at the opening of the Arctic Borders international conference in Tromso, Norway.…
Statoil Boosts Arctic Holdings with Greenland License by James Stafford, posted on OilPrice.com Norway’s Statoil has been awarded a frontier exploration license for Block 6 offshore north-east Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean, with partners ConocoPhillips and Nunaoil. Statoil is seeking to position itself long-term in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, and some estimates hold Greenland’s…
Japanese energy firms to explore for oil in Arctic , posted on Kuwait News Agency Major Japanese energy developers will participate in an oil exploration project in the Arctic for the first time, a leading business daily here reported Monday. Japan’s largest oil explorer Inpex Corp. and the upstream subsidiary of the country’s top oil…
Shell’s Berlin ‘Science Slam’ Event Reportedly Disrupted By Anti-Drilling Activists, posted on Huffington Post Green Judges were unaware that they were about to receive quite the literal slam at Shell’s recent “Science Slam,” an event in Berlin, Germany on December 11 for young scientists to showcase their projects and research. German activist Jean Peters and…
