Tag: gas
Safety violations found on Melkøya
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (Petroleumstilsynet) has uncovered a series of safety violations at the country's showcase LNG facility, the Statoil-run plant on the island...
Risk and rewards loom in Barents
Norwegian oil company Statoil is banking on opportunity but faces high risk in its new pact with Russian state oil company Rosneft for oil...
Ministry prods oil activity up north
When Norway's government ministry in charge of oil and energy launched its latest annual licensing round for offshore oil and gas operations last week,...
More oil found as pump prices soar
Norwegian oil company Statoil could report another major oil discovery on Monday, this time off the coast of Brazil. Gasoline prices at the pump...
‘Exploration boom’ off Norway’s coast
Never before have so many companies won permission to search for oil and gas on the Norwegian continental shelf as they did this week,...
Aker chose ‘The Tromsø Solution’
The northern city of Tromsø was celebrating after industrial firm Aker Solutions chose what it called "The Tromsø Solution" for its Arctic base of...
Statoil in huge gas field deals
Norwegian oil company Statoil announced Monday that it was selling off five North Sea gas fields and greatly reducing its takes in three more,...
Statoil finds more oil in North Sea
Norwegian state-controlled oil company Statoil announced Tuesday that its latest discovery in the North Sea can be even bigger than officials thought when it...
Norway now bigger in the Barents
Norway officially expanded its territory in the Barents Sea this week, when its newly agreed offshore border with Russia took effect just over a...
Shale gas protests spoil Statoil’s party
Statoil was celebrating 10 years as a stocklisted company this week and promising more growth, but not everyone was keen to congratulate Norway's biggest...
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