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Statoil offers new incentives to quit

Norwegian oil company Statoil, the country's largest, has launched a new effort to cut costs by cutting staff. The latest incentives to get people...

Parties agree on 2022 Utsira power plan

The parliamentary energy and environment committee agreed on Wednesday that all oil platforms in the Utsira High field would be powered by shore-based electricity...

Greenpeace fights ‘illegal’ boarding

UPDATED: The Greenpeace ship Esperanza, moored at the Hoop drilling site 175 kilometers from Bjørnøya (Bear Island) on Friday afternoon, was later boarded by Coast Guard...

New protest flares over oil drilling

UPDATED: Norwegian police moved in early Thursday to remove Greenpeace activists who had illegally boarded a Statoil-chartered offshore drilling rig in the Arctic. By...

Ap pulls the plug on rig power plans

The Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap) performed a back flip on Tuesday, changing its position after the parliamentary 'coup' which saw the opposition unite to...

Activists storm Statoil rig in Arctic

Greenpeace activists boarded a Statoil rig in the early hours of Tuesday morning while it was en route to begin oil exploration work near...

Parties unite over rig power plans

Norway's opposition parties have banded together to demand that oil companies power the entire Utsira High oil field by electricity from the shore, not...

Statoil rejects ethical proposals

Norway's mostly state-owned oil company Statoil rejected three  proposals from other shareholders for greener, more ethical operations, ahead of its annual general meeting in...

More Barents Sea resources found

Statoil announced on Friday it had found new oil and gas reserves in the Barents Sea, but that the exploration work north-west of Hammerfest...

Statoil profits lift Oslo Stock Exchange

First-quarter profits reported by Norwegian state oil company Statoil on Tuesday were so strong, and better than expected, that they boosted the value not...
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