British oil company Cairn Energy has announced that it has again failed to strike black gold at its sixth controversial well off the coast of Greenland, angering environmentalists and worrying investors. Read the full story
Posted on 08 October 2011.
British oil company Cairn Energy has announced that it has again failed to strike black gold at its sixth controversial well off the coast of Greenland, angering environmentalists and worrying investors. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 September 2011.
Greenpeace campaigners have ripped apart Cairn Energy’s recently-published oil spill response plans, claiming the drilling company has vastly underestimated the effect of a potential disaster off the coast of Greenland. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 September 2011.
The Greenlandic self-rule Prime Minister, Kuupik Kleist is on a three-day official visit to Iceland, which began yesterday. Read the full story
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Posted on 17 August 2011.
The Greenland government has published oil spill contingency plans for controversial drilling firm Cairn Energy after repeated calls for such action from environmental activists. Read the full story
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Posted on 15 August 2011.
Iceland is this autumn expected to call for bids on oil and gas exploration licences in the offshore Dreki Area, north-east of the country. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 August 2011.
British oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy has announced that it failed to find oil at one of its controversial wells off the coast of Greenland. Read the full story
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Posted on 24 June 2011.
The former US ambassador to Nigeria has urged oil-rich countries to take a leaf out of Norway’s book when it comes to managing their oil revenue. Read the full story
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Posted on 15 June 2011.
Cairn Energy has secured an injunction which will make it illegal for environmental protesters to disrupt their oil and gas drilling operations off the coast of Greenland. Read the full story
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Posted on 09 June 2011.
Norway and Russia have agreed on a historic deal that will see the two nations divide up their portions of the Barents Sea. The pact follows decades of debate about how the 68,000 square-mile Arctic region should be carved up. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 June 2011.
Cairn Energy has announced that drilling has begun again at its oil exploration rig in the Arctic, after 18 Greenpeace activists breached a restricted area and suspended operations for 12 hours. Read the full story
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