Energy producers such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Chevron Corp. have accelerated exploration of the northernmost regions for untapped reserves amid record prices and receding access to deposits in more hospitable climates.
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Arctic May Hold 90 Billion Barrels of Oil, U.S. Says
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Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole
It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.
Closed-door Arctic deal denounced as ‘carve-up’
Environmentalists today denounced as a territorial "carve-up" a deal signed by five Arctic nations seeking to resolve competing claims for control of the polar region.
Talks aim to avert Arctic oil rush
Commercial interest in exploiting the Arctic is hotting up. Denmark recently attracted the likes of ExxonMobil and Chevron, the two biggest US energy groups, along with several smaller players, to explore off its western coast. Alaska, meanwhile, garnered aggressive bidding by Royal Dutch Shell, Europe's biggest energy group, which earlier this year won the right to explore the remote part of the state's Arctic North Slope.
