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Oil workers strike over ‘dirty deal’

More than 300 offshore oil service workers were called out on strike Wednesday, amidst reports that nearly 38,745 jobs in their sector have disappeared...

Statoil cuts more jobs and costs

Norway's largest company, Statoil, reportedly plans to slash another 250 jobs, with this round cutting into the areas of health, safety and environmental matters. At...

Statoil eyes new cuts in North Sea

Norwegian oil company Statoil will have slashed its costs by around NOK 2.5 billion a year when it wraps up its so-called STEP efficiency program at the...

Authorities probe Statoil’s dominance

Oil service and shipping companies have been among those worrying the most that Norway's state oil company Statoil has too much market power on the Norwegian...

Pending FMC layoffs lead to calls for an ambulance

Around 500 employees at FMC Kongsberg Subsea are being warned of possible layoffs this month. Some of them reportedly are taking the news so hard that...

Hundreds more set to lose their jobs

Subsea 7, the Norwegian-owned offshore firm that specializes in underwater seabed-to-surface engineering and construction services, is poised to lay off another 1,200 employees. The...

Strike averted in offshore sector

Oil drilling and other offshore operations could continue as usual on Wednesday after employers and unions representing their employees struck a new collective bargaining...

Strike loomed in new offshore drama

They already earn the equivalent of nearly USD 100,000 a year for working far less hours than most land-based employees, but offshore workers on...

Røkke ‘proud’ over Aker-BP merger

Norwegian industrialist Kjell Inge Røkke said Friday he was "very proud" that the Norwegian division of British oil giant BP "had chosen" to merge with Norwegian...

Groundings also hit rescue operations

North Sea oil rigs and now also search and rescue operations in Norway won't be allowed to use the Airbus H225 "Super Puma" helicopters any time soon....
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