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MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia must formally set its borders in the Oil-rich Arctic region in the near future, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday amid an international race for the region's reserves. ... Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 30 days ago
As petrol prices rise in the US, pressure is growing to open up new areas of Alaska for Oil exploration. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 21 days ago
The European Union has declared it does not oppose drilling for Oil and gas at the North Pole. But officials have said techniques will have to be developed to make drilling safe for the local environment, which has been named by conservation groups as ... Source: www.marketwire.com --- 24 days ago
LAS VEGAS, NV (MARKET WIRE) Arctic Oil & Gas Corp. (PINKSHEETS: AOAG) (351 million shares issued), a petroleum exploration company, is pleased to announce that the Company and partners have proposed $2.50 gasoline, 30% discounted natural gas and hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties to Santa Barbara County from a proposed, (40% AOAG equity) Santa Barbara OCS-State petroleum lease development project, on known Oil accumulations containing between 250-500 million barrels Oil. ... Source: www.marketwire.com --- 17 days ago
LAS VEGAS, NV (MARKET WIRE) Arctic Oil & Gas Corp. (PINKSHEETS: AOAG) (351 million shares issued), a petroleum exploration company, is pleased to note that the quarter-century Congressional offshore Oil moratorium will expire at the end of September, enabling the company's proposed Blake Ridge, Carolinas and Santa Barbara Channel, California Oil-gas developments to move forward. ... Source: blogs.tampabay.com --- 31 days ago
As the Arctic melts from global warming, legal experts say the United Nations may need to regulate new Arctic industries such as shipping and Oil exploration, according to Reuters. Global warming has melted Arctic ice to half the size it... ... Source: www.ipsnews.net --- 33 days ago
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 8 (IPS) - As greenhouse gas pollution destroys Arctic ecosystems, countries like Canada are spending millions not to halt the destruction but to exploit it. ...
Source: www.barentsobserver.com --- 16 days ago
Next summer, the German shipping company Beluga plans sailing unassisted through the Northeast Passage, thus pushing the borders in Arctic shipping. Almost at the same time, rescue services from all the four countries in the Barents Region will assemble for the âBarents Rescue 2009â, a major Arctic Oil spill rehearsal. ... Source: www.irishexaminer.com --- 23 days ago
RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev has said developing the Arctic is crucial to sustaining Russian energy supplies because the region may hold a quarter of the world’s offshore Oil and natural-gas reserves. ...
Source: www.tolerance.ca --- 24 days ago
MOSCOW - Russia must formally set its borders in the Oil-rich Arctic region in the near future, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday amid an international race for the region's reserves. ... Source: www.independent.ie --- 23 days ago
Russia triggered a fresh scramble for the Oil wealth of the Arctic after President Dmitri Medvedev called on security chiefs to establish a formal border in the region. ... Source: www.topix.com --- 20 days ago
BARROW, Alaska _ House by weather-beaten house, it's almost possible to count votes by driving the gravel streets and tallying up the campaign signs in this town on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 22 days ago
RUSSIA triggered a fresh scramble for the Oil wealth of the Arctic yesterday when President Dmitry Medvedev called on his security chiefs to establish a border in the region. ... Source: www.parabolicarc.com --- 37 days ago
The Associated Press is reporting that a large ice shelf almost the size of Manhattan plunged into the Arctic Ocean last month in yet another sign of warming global temperatures. The 19-square-mile Markham Ice Shelf is now adrift off Canada’s northern coast. Over the summer, the Arctic lost 82-square miles of ice cover, an area [...] ... Source: wolverines.wordpress.com --- 22 days ago
Another regulatory oops on the part of the W. Bush team, as reported here http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1046 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. From PEER’s report: “Federal agencies issued permits for Oil exploration in vast areas of the Arctic Ocean without verifying industry claims or imposing required safeguards against damage to wildlife,” according to agency e-mails released today by [...] ... Source: wilco278.wordpress.com --- 7 days ago
Interesting article from the Barents Observer about shipping through the Northeast Passage, over the top of Russia: If an Oil tanker crashed in the Arctic 2008-09-25 Next summer, the German shipping company Beluga plans unassisted sailing through the Northeast Passage, thus pushing the borders in Arctic shipping. Almost at the same time, rescue services from all the four [...] ... Source: www.news.com.au --- 22 days ago
RUSSIA triggered a fresh scramble for the Oil wealth of the Arctic yesterday when President Dmitry Medvedev called on his security chiefs to establish a border in the region. ... Source: topics.nytimes.com --- 5 days ago
Senate approves, 52-47, sweeping five-year plan to trim variety of federal benefit programs and allow drilling for Oil and natural gas in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen Judd Gregg says bill will save $35 billion over five years and reflects commitment to pursue path of fiscal responsibility; Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid calls it 'immoral'; House Republicans have drafted bill that would save $53.9 billion over same period, and allows drilling in Alas... ... Find more results for Arctic Oil on RSSMicro.com |
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It’s easy to declare a chunk of land belongs to your country. It’s a lot harder to put that into practice, especially when that new territory is one that’s in the center of the global warming debate. But Russia is trying to do just that, and took a new step in that direction yesterday. On Sept. 23, President Dmitri Medvedev told his Security Council to start drafting plans for governmental policy in a huge area of the Arctic Shelf. The area is one of huge deposits of natural gas and shelf hydrocarbon. The area is also home to the Northern Sea Route, the quickest way to get from Europe to the Americas and Asia. Read more of this story » ...