Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A section of the Arctic Ocean between Novaya Zemlya and the Siberian mainland. Icebound much of the year, it is connected with the Barents Sea by Kara Strait.
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- proper noun A part of the
Arctic Ocean in north Russia. It is separated from theBarents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait andNovaya Zemlya , and theLaptev Sea to the east by theSevernaya Zemlya .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Barents Sea; icebound most of the year
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Examples
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Exxon agreed to invest $3.2 billion in opening up oil and gas production in the Kara Sea, which is an arm of the Arctic Ocean tucked south of an island chain called Novaya Zemlya.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Will Englund 2011
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ExxonMobil said in a statement that Tuesday's agreement includes $3.2 billion to be spent on exploring three giant undeveloped oil and gas fields in the Kara Sea — between the northeastern corner of continental Russia and the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya — in the Arctic as well as a sector in the Black Sea.
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WSJ's Liam Dennings breaks down the $3.2 billion deal struck between Exxon Mobil and Russia's OAO Rosneft to explore for oil in the Arctic's Kara Sea.
Russia's Need Is Exxon's Opportunity Liam Denning 2011
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Rystad Energy estimates 108 billion barrels of oil equivalent lie beneath the Kara Sea.
Russia's Need Is Exxon's Opportunity Liam Denning 2011
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BP watched from the sidelines Tuesday as the very same tracts of Russia's Kara Sea that it seemingly won in a landmark deal announced in January were instead parcelled out to archrival Exxon.
Exxon's Arctic Deal Is Black Eye for BP Guy Chazan 2011
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AAR argues TNK-BP should have been offered the first crack at a joint venture with Rosneft in the Kara Sea, under the terms of the shareholder agreement.
BP's Russian Standoff Could Prove Costly Andrew Peaple 2011
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WSJ's Liam Denning breaks down the $3.2 billion deal struck between Exxon Mobil and Russia's OAO Rosneft to explore for oil in the Arctic's Kara Sea.
Arctic Riches Lure Explorers Russell Gold 2011
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The Kara Sea sectors cover some 126,000 square kilometers 50,000 square miles between 50 to 200 meters deep, Rosneft said.
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Kahru said the impacted zones cover roughly 1 million square kilometers, including portions of the Foxe Basin and the Baffin Sea, which belong to Canada, and the Kara Sea north of Russia.
Shifting spring: Arctic plankton blooming up to 50 days earlier now 2011
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And in January this year, BP hoped that its Kara Sea project, also with Rosneft, would mark a new start for the company after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill See below.
Kremlin Thaws Frozen Assets Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen 2011
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