Tag: Statoil
Statoil set to gain on oil sands sale
UPDATED: Norway's state oil company Statoil is selling off 40 percent of its controversial oil sands project in Alberta, Canada, and likely to book...
Statoil wrestles with safety concerns
Norwegian state oil company Statoil has been catching headlines lately over serious safety concerns tied to its offshore platforms. Environmental group Bellona has claimed...
Statoil rejects blowout fears
Norwegian oil company Statoil continues to have pressure problems in a well on its Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea but denies there's...
Statoil won’t drop oil sands project
Norwegian state oil company Statoil faces loud protests over its involvement in a Canadian oil sands project, but insists on moving forward. The Norwegian...
Opposition grills Stoltenberg
Last week Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was being hailed for settling a border dispute with Russia's president. This week he was accused of lying...
Statoil logs profits and protests
Norwegian state oil company Statoil reported an 11 percent jump in operating profits for the first quarter, but faces more criticism at home and...
Critics blast ‘moon landing’ delay
The government's decision to delay its so-called "moon landing" project -- expensive carbon recapture at Statoil's Mongstad power plant -- has set off a...
Statoil strikes oil in Norwegian Sea
State oil company Statoil reports it has struck more offshore oil and gas, this time in the Norwegian Sea around 15 kilometers north of...
Statoil’s new Gudrun project cheers the offshore industry
Statoil's decision to develop the new oil and gas field called Gudrun, in the North Sea, is welcome news to Norway's hard-pressed offshore industry....
Business news in brief, February 2010
Young Norwegians slow to pay their bills
A collection agency in Oslo told newspaper Aftenposten this week that claims against Norwegians aged 18 to 25 have...
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