Tag: offshore
Støre seeks peace, also at home
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre spent last weekend in Switzerland with fellow goverment leaders from all over the world, at the...
More oil gushes as conflicts rage
Norway's state-owned oil and energy company Equinor publicly celebrated during the weekend as it started pumping up the first oil from its huge new...
ExxonMobil selling North Sea fields to local firm
Norwegian oil firm Vår Energi, formed through the merger of Point Resources and ENI Norge late last year, has confirmed it's buying ExxonMobil's remaining...
Equinor’s windmills stir more debate
The Norwegian government's decision to fund half if not all of a huge offshore wind power project for state oil company Equinor is stirring...
Oil platform smoke set off alarms
An investigation was underway Thursday into what caused a separator to start smoking on board one of state oil company Equinor's oil platforms in...
Aker boss is Oslo’s best paid
Øyvind Eriksen has been working for the past 10 years as chief executive of Aker, Norwegian industrialist Kjell Inge Røkke's stocklisted investment firm. That's...
Auditor slams oil safety regulator
Environmental activists were alarmed this week, after Norway's state auditor general's office all but blasted Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (Petroleumstilsynet, PTIL) for not doing...
‘Goliat’ platform in trouble again
The huge Goliat oil platform, Norway's first in the Barents Sea, is still plagued by so many technical problems that safety regulators are warning...
Supply ships busy in Russian waters
Norwegian supply ships that offer various services to the offshore oil industry have been busy in Russia's Arctic waters this summer. It's welcome business...
Giant Statoil deals help secure jobs
Norway's three largest offshore companies won contracts worth nearly NOK 12 billion from state oil company Statoil on Thursday that can create as many...
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