U.S. President Joe Biden will prevent or limit oil drilling in 13 million acres of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean, the Associated Press reported on Sunday, citing an administration official. The…
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Kazakhstan to Send Third Batch of Oil to Germany via Druzhba Pipeline in April
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeThe KazTransOil oil transportation company plans to send another 20,000 tons of oil to Germany via the Druzhba oil pipeline in April, said Kazakh Energy Minister Bolat Akchulakov on the…
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Alaska Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale Attracts Only One Bid
by Blake Brooksby Blake BrooksAn offshore oil and gas lease sale covering waters off Alaska’s south-central coast generated just one bid. The lease sale, known as the Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale…
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Tajikistan’s Pamirs: A Perfect Political Storm on the Roof of the World
The table is set for the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast to remain a geopolitical hotspot, as important as it is distant. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), eastern Tajikistan, is many things. It…
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Davie Secures Official Role in Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy
by Elis Carterby Elis CarterDavie Shipbuilding, Canada’s largest shipbuilder, has been named an official partner in the country’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), Davie joins Irving Shipbuilding Inc. in Nova Scotia and Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver, British…
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President of Kazakhstan to Pay State Visit to China This Year
by Travis Foxby Travis FoxPresident Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is expected to pay a state visit to China this year, the Akorda press service reported, following Tokayev’s meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Zhang Xiao, on…
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Canada’s Davie Eyes Arctic Shipbuilding Expansion With Helsinki Shipyard
by Travis Foxby Travis FoxQuébec-based Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie) has announced exercising its exclusive option to purchase the assets of Finland’s Helsinki Shipyard Oy (HSO), marking a step towards creating a leading international…
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Tashkent to Host Uzbek-French Business Forum
by Zack Ballby Zack BallMinister of Investments, Industry and Trade Laziz Qudratov held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Uzbekistan Aurelie Bouchez on Monday. During the talks, the parties considered…
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Panama Gives Canada’s First Quantum Go-Ahead to Operate Port Terminal
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerPanama’s Maritime Authority has lifted a suspension on First Quantum Minerals’ operations at the port of Punta Rincon, which the Canadian company uses to export copper concentrate from its key Cobre Panama…
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Canada Says It Won’t Permit Sea Floor Mining
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnCanadian officials on Thursday said they would not allow mining in its domestic ocean seabeds, citing a lack of legal authority as well as the federal government’s environmental commitments to…