Several economics professors believe it time to consider whether the state should disinvest in Statoil. Aftenbladet has posed all of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment members’ three questions.
Statoil will hold its AGM, Tuesday, with the state as silent owner in the auditorium. Several economics professors believe it is time to consider whether the state should sell its holdings.
Researchers have discovered reservoirs in a Svalbard valley suited to storing CO2. They now want to take the next step and pump greenhouse gases into the ground.
TGS ignored the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and shot seismics in cod and capelin spawning areas. The Norwegian Anglers’ Association hopes it never happens again.
A former Statoil consultant is taking the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association to court claiming theft of pioneering course materials for valves in the oil industry.
Yme operator Talisman was due to submit a revised plan by Wednesday for developing the Yme field. However, the decision to scrap the Yme platform means it needs more time to map out the future course.
An electric vehicle is in second place among the top-selling vehicle models in Norway for the first time-ever. VW’s Golf was the only car that sped past in April’s sales figures.
Three Stavanger companies will receive the prestigious ‘Spotlight on New Technology Prize’ under next week’s Offshore Technology Conference 2013 in Houston.
Energy giant Statoil’s adjusted first quarter 2013 operating result was NOK 42.4 billion (about USD 7.35 billion) compared with NOK 59.2 billion (roughly USD 10.26 billion) in the first quarter of 2012. The decline is nearly 30 per cent.
Subsea 7 is to consider giving all Norwegian Continental Shelf employees sickness pay following social dumping criticism. Nevertheless, managing director Stuart Fitzgerald says Norwegian wage levels for everyone will affect the company’s competitiveness.
In Aménas terror investigation leader Torgeir Hagen was at the plant last week to form a picture of what happened during January’s attack. He wants full transparency about what investigators find, but does not rule out that information must be withheld.
It might not currently feel like this in springtime Norway, but the globe was last this warm 1,400 years ago. Today’s warming differs to that of the Middle Ages’, a climate researcher says.
Aker Solutions' first quarter results are disappointing. The company is performing several management changes, but fell sharply on the Oslo Stock Exchange, Monday morning.
A new gas-driven supply vessel from Stavanger ship owner Møkster will serve first Barents Sea oil field Goliat for ten years. Employment also receives a boost
Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe related, Monday, the government wishes to open the south-eastern part of the Barents Sea for oil activities.
Petroleum and Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe is to announce opening for hydrocarbon exploration in the south-eastern part of the Barents Sea, Monday, according to broadcaster TV2.
