Barents

American  

[bar-uhnts, bahr-, bah-ruhnts] / ˈbær ənts, ˈbɑr-, ˈbɑ rənts /

noun

1. Willem died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.

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Example Sentences

In January, the government proposed opening 70 new blocs to prospecting, more than half of them in the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea.

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According to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, Norway's undiscovered resources are estimated at 3.48 billion cubic meters of equivalent oil and gas, 60 percent of which are believed to be in the Barents Sea.

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Stressing that the EU and Britain now buy "all the oil and gas" that Norway produces in the Barents Sea, Aasland argued that "prices would have been much higher" without these resources.

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Noting that its waters are ice-free thanks to the Gulf Stream, the Norwegian consultancy Rystad Energy has, for example, suggested excluding the Barents Sea from the EU's definition of the Arctic.

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A Norwegian Climate Foundation report, entitled "The Barents Sea at Stake", also highlighted security challenges.

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