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Higher oil prices fuel Barents plans

Oil prices have now nearly doubled since the beginning of the year, and that's refueling huge and risky interest in Norway's offshore portions of the Arctic. While seafood producers voluntarily...

Barents port keen on the oil business

KIRKENES: When the Norwegian government's new surveillance vessel Marjata berthed at its home port here this month, many locals hoped it signalled the arrival...

Shell to cut 140 jobs in Norway

Major Dutch oil company Shell has become the latest to cut more jobs in Norway. Around 140 positions will disappear and all employees are...

Higher emissions don’t daunt leaders

NEWS ANALYSIS: Just days after the Norwegian government announced controversial plans to drill for more oil and gas in new areas of the Arctic,...

IEA urges higher electricity rates

If there's one thing that's relatively reasonably priced in Norway, it's electricity, but international experts think electricity rates could and should double within the next 15 years....

Arctic oil plans hailed and bashed

UPDATED: The Norwegian government's decision to open up new areas of the Barents Sea to oil and gas exploration is "embarrassing and shameful," claim...

Strong sales stun the doomsayers

Cars sales are up, construction firms are busy, housing prices are higher than ever and unemployment figures are declining, even in some areas of...

Statoil cuts oil production in Alberta as fire rages

Norwegian oil company Statoil has cut oil production at its controversial oil sands project in Alberta, Canada because of the massive forest fire raging in...

Helicopter wreckage sent for inspection

The tangled wreckage of an Airbus Super Puma helicopter that crashed near Bergen a week ago, killing all 11 offshore oil workers on board...

Statoil postpones helicopter cuts

Top executives at Norwegian oil company Statoil have responded to workers' concerns and even fears over their helicopter transport to North Sea oil and...
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