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Labour confederation may block oil drilling off Lofoten

A majority of the trade union federatations making up Norway's largest labour confederation LO may vote in favour of keeping the waters off Lofoten,...

‘People’ sue state over Arctic oil

Two environmental organizations, backed by what they called a wide range of Norwegian groups and individuals, went ahead on Tuesday with plans to sue the...

Labour federation bucks oil industry

The leader of Norway's largest trade union federation, Fagforbundet, is challenging both its umbrella organization LO, the oil industry and the two parties leading Norway's...

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...

Arctic oil pact can defy climate goals

Despite all the international tension at present, Norway and Russia have once again managed to strike an important agreement, this time on how to...

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...

Budget blasted as not ‘green enough’

Norway's conservative minority government was immediately attacked after rolling out its new state budget for 2017. Government ministers were once again accused of "greenwashing" the...

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...
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