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New conflicts gush over oil drilling

Just a day after the winner of this year's Rafto Prize warned in Bergen that oil companies are "destroying lives" with environmentally irresponsible drilling,...

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...

Foreign spies target the Arctic

Norwegian and Danish authorities are reporting increased spying activity in their Arctic areas. Foreign countries are anxious to secure themselves a position in the...

Johnsen ‘must’ stem flow of oil money

Norwegian Finance Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen has a problem that many of his colleagues in other countries would love to have: Norway now has so...

Oil Minister set to bow out, for now

It wasn't too long ago that bullish Oil Minister Ola Borten Moe of the Center Party seemed keen on becoming prime minister some day....

Statoil boss scoffs at debate over oil

While things keep looking up  for Norway's booming offshore oil and gas industry, debate is also rising over what that means for mainland industry...

‘Fish and oil don’t always mix’

The secretary general for environmental organization WWF in Norway isn't backing down from concerns over huge new efforts to find more oil and gas...

Shtokman project put on ice

Norwegian oil company Statoil now seems to be finished with its earlier plans to co-develop the huge Shtokman gas field with its main owner,...

Arctic drilling plans called ‘immoral’

Environmental organizations were quick to vent their fury over new plans, announced Tuesday by Norwegian oil company Statoil, to dramatically expand oil exploration activity...

Latest oil find boosts stocks

Norwegian oil company Det norske oljeselskap was among those seeing even more investor interest on Monday, after state oil company Statoil confirmed the discovery...
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