Tag: US Artic

• Wednesday, November 18th 2015 - 08:05 UTC

  Statoil follows Shell and drops search for oil in the US Arctic

  

  Norway's Statoil has decided to quit its Alaskan exploration efforts in the Chukchi Sea, following a recent move by Shell to drop its search for oil in the US Arctic after a key drilling target came back dry.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2015 - 00:00 UTC

  Obama wants to speed purchase of icebreakers for the Arctic and Russian challenge

  

  President Barack Obama on Tuesday is proposing a faster timetable for buying a new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where quickly melting sea ice has spurred more maritime traffic, and the United States has fallen far behind Russian resources.