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Major storm rams the West Coast

Just as news was breaking of another major oil discovery in the seas off Norway, the strongest autumn storm so far was rolling in off...

Executive decries tax authorities’ raid on his firm

Kristian Siem, majority shareholder and board member of Siem Offshore, was blasting the state tax authorities over their raid last week on his company...

Statoil sell-off to be reinvested off Norway

Gains on the sale of some Statoil assets in the North Sea will be reinvested in other major Statoil projects on the Norwegian continental...

Workers evacuated from offshore drilling rig under repair

More than 60 persons on board the Norwegian operated drilling rig "Island Innovator" were evacuated early Friday when water started gushing into the rig's...

Wealthy Bergen heir under probe

One of Norway's wealthiest and most philanthropic families hasn't had a very merry run-up to the Christmas holidays this year. Frederik Wilhelm Mohn, third-generation...

Rig tax evasion case underway

The largest tax evasion case in Norwegian history was due to enter its second week on Monday, with prosecutors claiming that tax advisers for...

Norwegian firms called ‘racist’

A leading Norwegian headhunter who recruits engineers and other skilled workers for Norwegian oil and oil-service companies says he's encountered a "shocking" degree of...

Bellona: ‘Regulate the rig regulators’

Norwegian environmental organization Bellona was calling on Thursday for Norwegian regulatory agencies to do a better job of regulating offshore oil and gas installations,...

Hundreds airlifted off tilting platform

An accommodation platform off the northwest coast of Norway was being evacuated on Wednesday after it started to tilt in the early morning hours....

Norway loses world’s biggest rig firm

The mayor of Stavanger is among those left "sad" and "disappointed" after Seadrill, which Norwegian tycoon John Fredriksen built into the world's largest offshore...
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