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Ministry confirms counterattack

Norway's Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday afternoon that the Algerian military had launched a counterattack on radical Islamists who'd been holding hostages, nine of them...

Statoil had braced for lengthy crisis

Helge Lund, chief executive of Norwegian state oil company Statoil, was the one to go live on national TV in Norway Thursday morning, to...

Norwegians held hostage in Algeria

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg went on national television Wednesday evening to say, at that point, that 13 Norwegians were caught in a hostage...

Statoil gas plant hit by terrorists

Employees of Norwegian state oil company Statoil and two oil industry partners were the targets Wednesday of an attack on a gas production plant...

‘Let’s drill off Lofoten this year”

Oil and Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe now wants to open up waters off scenic Lofoten for oil drilling later this year, stirring up...

Arctic drilling dispute heats up

As top government officials and business leaders huddled in southern Norway this week to discuss energy and environmental issues, oil and gas exploration plans...

Drilling off Lofoten can reap billions

UPDATED: Norway's oil and energy minister, bullish on the prospects for the country's oil industry, was smiling  after a new report claimed that drilling...

Statoil shale gas projects ‘absurd’

A professor and engineer at New York's prestigious Cornell University has called Statoil's shale gas in the US "totally absurd." Professor Anthony Ingraffea can't...

Statoil gas deal biggest since ’90s

A major gas supply deal signed this week between Statoil of Norway and Wintershall of Germany is worth NOK 100 billion and ranks as...

Statoil boss scoffs at debate over oil

While things keep looking up  for Norway's booming offshore oil and gas industry, debate is also rising over what that means for mainland industry...
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