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Moscow. The Gazprom Board of Directors expressed approval of the Company’s ongoing occupational, industrial and fire safety efforts and environmental protection measures. It was noted that the Company traditionally places great emphasis on these areas of work. Gazprom has an ...

The ice in the Arctic seas, which hit the historic minimum levels in the early 2010s, has stabilized, Director of the Arctic and Antarctic Studies Institute Alexander Makarov told TASS. "We monitor the ice situation permanently: in 2007 and in 2012 we registered the absolute minimums ...

Murmansk. Scientists were surprised to see the unexpectedly high productivity of the Arctic seas. This was announced at a press conference, scientific leader of the expedition "the Open Ocean: the archipelagos of the Arctic" Maria Gavrilo. "We were surprised to see the ...

Vladivostok. The dispute between Russia and Denmark on their rights to the continental shelf territories in the Arctic Ocean is yet to be settled, Russia’s Natural Resources Minister Dmitry Kobylkin told TASS on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum. "This is a complex ...

Tyumen. The Tyumen State University received a grant to work on a concept of "smart cities" in the Arctic, the University’s press service said on Monday. "The University, as a part of an international consortium, has won a grant for a big project "Smart ...

Paris. French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot announced his resignation on Tuesday. At the same time, he referred to the disappointment with the lack of progress in achieving climatic and other environmental objectives. Hulot said his decision, taken on Monday night, was the result of ...

Almetyevsk. TATNEFT continues to work systematically on improving the environmental safety of crude oil production processes. Particular attention is paid to reducing emissions to air, compliance with the standards of permissible environmental impact. First and fore most, the ...

Murmansk. The Northern Fleet’s ecology platoon collected, pressed and prepared for transportation to the mainland about 100 tonnes of metal on the Kotelny Island, the New Siberian Islands archipelago. This was reported by the fleet press service. "Mostly, those are 200-liter ...

Baku, Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is preparing to export more modern solar panels to the international market. About it told Deputy Director of the State Agency for Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources Jamil Melikov . Taking into account the appearance of modern solar panels, it makes no ...

Moscow. Silk Way Rally, an international off-road race, is scheduled to kick off in Astrakhan on 20 July 2018. SIBUR is sponsoring an environmental awareness initiative involving separate collection of plastic bottles along the race route. In 2017, the Russian Ministry of Natural ...

Australia, Melbourne. Australia-based Palisade Investment Partners Limited (Palisade) has placed a 112-megawatt (MW) turnkey order with Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas for the Granville Harbour Wind Farm in Tasmania, Australia, Vestas said Thursday. The order includes civil and ...

Tomsk. A group of scientists, who study the Siberian Arctic shelf as a source of greenhouse gases, in fall will head for an expedition on board the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh research vessel to the Laptev and East Siberian Seas, the Tomsk University’s press service told TASS. ...

Tokyo. Oil prices edged lower on Friday, but Brent largely held gains from the previous session amid concerns that Iran may face renewed sanctions, choking off supply. Global benchmark Brent crude futures were down 13 cents, or 0. 2 percent, at $74. 61 a barrel by 00. 50 GMT, after ...

Baku. Two new solar power plants are planned to be commissioned in Azerbaijan in the near future, Nizami Asgarov, chief technologist of Azerbaijan’s Azguntex company, told Trend. The power plants will operate on solar panels manufactured by the company, he added. “The ...

Moscow. The Gazprom Board of Directors approved the Company’s ongoing efforts to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It was noted at the meeting that, as a result of comprehensive measures taken in 2011–2017 as part of the Energy Saving and Energy ...

San Ramon, California. Climate change is critical to future energy markets but its effect on Chevron oil and gas business will be minimal for decades to come, a company report claimed. With the prospect of tighter emission controls, carbon pricing and growth in renewable energy, some ...

Port Moresby. ExxonMobil PNG Limited is pleased to confirm all employees and staff are safe and accounted for following a magnitude 7. 5 earthquake in the Highlands at approximately 3:40am today. We have activated our emergency response plan and are working to mobilise support, as soon as it ...

Tokyo. Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi, the Japan Coast Guard said on Thursday. Samples of oily matter that washed up on Feb. 8 on the shores of the Okinoerabu and Yoron islands in the Amami ...