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Aker Solutions cuts more jobs

Oslo-based Aker Solutions, hit hard by the slowdown in the oil and offshore industry, has announced a need to cut as many as 650...

Offshore crisis due to worsen

One of Norway's deeply troubled offshore firms, Havila Shipping, managed to avoid being put into bankruptcy on Monday, but the crisis in the offshore...

Foreign divers head into court

Two foreign divers who worked in the North Sea during the early years of Norway's emerging offshore oil industry are stepping up their claims for...

Offshore firms warned of ‘brutal winter’

Norwegian companies that own and operate vessels serving offshore installations have been told that it's going from bad to worse in their business. Nearly 130 anchor-handling...

Authorities probe oil rig fire and leaks

Norway's state regulator of the oil industry, Petroleumstilsynet, claimed on Monday that workers could have been killed over the weekend when two gas leaks and...

Three alarms hit Statoil platforms

UPDATED: Norwegian state oil company Statoil was hit by three emergencies on three different offshore installations during the weekend. In one case, a fire on a rig...

Striking rig workers head back to work

A three-week-long strike by Norwegian offshore oil service workers ended on Tuesday, with the head of their union claiming victory. The strike had shut down...

State ensures development of new gas field

After some skeptical oil companies gave up plans to develop Norway's Dvalin gas field in the Norwegian Sea, Norway's state-owned oil company Petoro stepped in...

Troubled ‘Goliat’ rig back in business

Improvements to an emergency generator were among the maintenance tasks that allowed Italian oil compani Eni to crank up production again this week on its long-troubled Goliat oil...

Oil service strike idles more drilling rigs

A strike in the oil service sector that started last week is steadily putting drilling rigs out of service. Norwegian rig owners are thus...
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