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Statoil won’t drop oil sands project

Norwegian state oil company Statoil faces loud protests over its involvement in a Canadian oil sands project, but insists on moving forward. The Norwegian...

Emissions fall but few are cheering

Norway's emissions have fallen to their lowest level in 14 years, but the government won't take credit and environmentalists aren't cheering either. The decline...

Survey reveals offshore risk

A new survey of workers on Norwegian offshore oil and gas fields reveals a lack of safety risk analysis. Some workers admitted that operations...

Wolves also divide ruling coalition

Wolves split coalition. Sp want culling. SV would allow more carnivores.

Gulf crisis plays into Lofoten conflict

It took them a while, but Norwegian environmental advocates and some top politicians are now sounding alarms over BP's oil rig disaster in the...

Opposition grills Stoltenberg

Last week Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was being hailed for settling a border dispute with Russia's president. This week he was accused of lying...

Statoil logs profits and protests

Norwegian state oil company Statoil reported an 11 percent jump in operating profits for the first quarter, but faces more criticism at home and...

Critics blast ‘moon landing’ delay

The government's decision to delay its so-called "moon landing" project -- expensive carbon recapture at Statoil's Mongstad power plant -- has set off a...

Jens postpones his ‘moon landing’

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who famously equated his government's carbon recapture plans at a major west coast power plant to a "moon landing," seems...

Statoil still keen to drill off Lofoten

Statoil's chief executive, Helge Lund, still wants to pursue oil and gas exploration off the coast of Lofoten and Vesterålen, even after other opportunities...
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