Tag: gas
Norway ‘earns from Libya conflict’
The Norwegian state has earned large amounts of money since the beginning of the UN-backed international military operations in Libya because of the effect...
Leak closes Statoil’s Njord field
The discovery on Easter Sunday of a gas leak at the Njord oil and gas field, operated by Norwegian part state-owned company Statoil, has...
Spring relieves electricity crisis
The newly-arrived, mild Norwegian spring looks set to spare the country an electricity crisis, as rain and melting snow relieve the pressure on the...
Grandparents apologize to Canada for Statoil
Norwegian state oil company Statoil appeared in front of a Canadian court on Wednesday for the first preliminary hearing of a case in which...
Statoil in huge new oil find
Norway's part-state owned oil and gas enterprise Statoil has made a "significant" discovery of oil and gas in the Norwegian section of the Barents...
Statoil slammed over gas leak
Norway's state-owned oil and gas enterprise Statoil has come in for more withering criticism, this time over an accident on another of its North...
Electricity may be rationed
The power supply status for southern Norway was raising more concerns this week, with state authorities heightening their description of supplies from "tight" to...
‘Russian corruption’ worried Statoil
Norwegian state oil company Statoil is so worried about rising signs of corruption in Russia, according to US documents given to WikiLeaks, that it may...
US bucks Norway’s views on Svalbard
New research shows that the US, often called Norway's most important ally, won't support Norway's policies for its claims to the Arctic archipelago of...
Historic day for Norway and Russia
Norway's government leaders were in Murmansk on Wednesday to sign an historic agreement with their Russian counterparts on how the Barents Sea will be...
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