Oil companies gearing up for Iceland exploration licence auction
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.
Akureyri exploring options for methane fuel from rubbish
Methane production at the Akureyri landfill site in northern Iceland appears to be high enough to allow for commercial harnessing of the gas in the co...
Norway and Russia call dibs on the Arctic
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 o...
Man hurt in serious south Iceland summerhouse fire
A summerhouse at Rangarvellir, south Iceland, burned to the ground yesterday morning and left a man in hospital.
Oil rig spidermen deported from Greenland
Four Greenpeace protesters, who scaled an oil rig off the coast of Greenland and stopped it drilling for 40 hours, have been deported back to their ho...
Cairn hits Greenland gas jackpot
Cairn Energy has confirmed that it has found gas off the western coast of Greenland. The Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company made the disc...
Debate over Norwegian offshore oil and gas estimates
A new report from Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has estimated that there are nearly NOK 500 billion (USD 90 million) worth of untapped gas and...
Finland approves Nord Stream pipeline
The Finnish government last week approved the proposal for the construction of the 1,220 kilometre Nord Stream natural gas pipeline which will be rout...