Russia begins drilling at major Arctic oil reserve
Operations at what could become the largest oil field in the Arctic began on June 13 when Russia’s Neftegazholding began drilling at Payakha, in northern...
Even after decades, caribou still aren’t fully used to oil development,...
Images of plentiful caribou coexisting peacefully with oil fields have long been staples of the industry’s argument that development is environmentally safe and that...
China’s first nuclear icebreaker could serve as test platform for future...
China is set to become only the second country after Russia to operate a nuclear icebreaker, and it's first such icebreaker will rival Russia’s largest...
Shell returns to Arctic Alaska with new offshore oil drilling plans
Five years after abandoning an ambitious multibillion-dollar offshore Arctic exploration program, Royal Dutch Shell is again proposing to drill for oil in Arctic Alaska...
With a Biden win, the window for oil drilling in Alaska’s...
The victory of Democratic Candidate Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential election appears to have upended the Trump administration’s ambitions to expand oil development...
New satellite images show the speed and extent of Russia’s Arctic...
Russia continues to pursue its security and economic interests above the Arctic Circle and new satellite imagery collected by High North News shows the...
Alaska’s North Slope has plenty of undeveloped oil left, a new...
Four decades after oil began flowing from Alaska’s North Slope, a new resource assessment says there is plenty more oil yet to be discovered.
The...
A Gazprom underwater pipeline has unexpectedly surfaced in a remote Arctic...
A natural gas pipeline operated by Gazprom, one of the four pipelines that connect the Yamal Peninsula with the Nenets coast, has surfaced in...
The first battery-powered cruise ship sails for the Arctic
The world's first cruise ship propelled partially by battery power is set to head out from northern Norway on its maiden voyage, cruise operator...
Rosatom offers reassurances on the safety a new Arctic floating nuclear...
In an interview with High North News, Russia's Rosatom responded to some critiques about the safety of its floating nuclear power plant Akademik Lomonosov....
