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Statoil gas plant hit by terrorists

Employees of Norwegian state oil company Statoil and two oil industry partners were the targets Wednesday of an attack on a gas production plant...

‘Let’s drill off Lofoten this year”

Oil and Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe now wants to open up waters off scenic Lofoten for oil drilling later this year, stirring up...

Arctic drilling dispute heats up

As top government officials and business leaders huddled in southern Norway this week to discuss energy and environmental issues, oil and gas exploration plans...

Lofoten reprieve likely short-lived

A recommendation from Norway's oil minister to postpone oil exploration and production off Lofoten is no victory for the fishing industry and environmentalists trying...

Statoil shale gas projects ‘absurd’

A professor and engineer at New York's prestigious Cornell University has called Statoil's shale gas in the US "totally absurd." Professor Anthony Ingraffea can't...

Statoil gas deal biggest since ’90s

A major gas supply deal signed this week between Statoil of Norway and Wintershall of Germany is worth NOK 100 billion and ranks as...

State oil company keen to avoid taxes

Statoil, Norway's state-controlled oil company, was threatening this week to move some of its operations out of Norway if the government goes through with...

Bellona: ‘Regulate the rig regulators’

Norwegian environmental organization Bellona was calling on Thursday for Norwegian regulatory agencies to do a better job of regulating offshore oil and gas installations,...

Hundreds airlifted off tilting platform

An accommodation platform off the northwest coast of Norway was being evacuated on Wednesday after it started to tilt in the early morning hours....

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...
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