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Tuesday, May 22, 2018
norway fish farm
News

Norway Rejects Plan for Fish Farm on ‘World’s Largest Ship’

OSLO, May 22 (Reuters) – Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries has rejected Pure Atlantic’s application for 45 salmon farming development

May 22, 2018
Total Views: 198

Monday, April 23, 2018
Photos: Aasta Hansteen Spar Tow-Away from Stord, Norway
Shipping News

Photos: Aasta Hansteen Spar Tow-Away from Stord, Norway

Five tugs with a combined 150,000 horsepower have started the 500 nautical mile tow-out of the giant Aasta Hansteen spar platform from Stord, Norway to the

April 23, 2018
Total Views: 163

Thursday, April 5, 2018
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Norway Targets IMO to Halve Global Shipping Emissions by 2050

OSLO, April 5 (Reuters) – Global shipping should set a goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, Norway’s government and shipowners’

April 5, 2018
Total Views: 22

Tuesday, March 13, 2018
all-electric ferry ampere
Shipping News

Going Green: Norwegian Shipbuilders Turning to Battery Power

By Mikael Holter and Jeremy Hodges (Bloomberg) — Not far from Norway’s North Sea oil rigs, shipbuilders are assembling some of the first ferry boats

March 13, 2018
Total Views: 184

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
semisubmersible drilling rig at sea
News

Norway’s $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Reveals Thinking on Oil Risk

By Mikael Holter and Sveinung Sleire (Bloomberg) — The man running the world’s biggest wealth fund said snapping up oil stocks now could pay

March 7, 2018
Total Views: 34

Monday, March 5, 2018
offshore oil rig Statoil
Offshore

As Norway’s Wealth Fund Goes Green, Domestic Firms Struggle to Keep Up

By Alister Doyle Environment Correspondent OSLO, March 5 (Reuters) – Many Norwegian companies lag high standards for reporting their impact on the

March 5, 2018
Total Views: 34

Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Johan Castberg FPSO
Offshore

Statoil Awards Contract for Johan Castberg Topsides to Kvaerner

Oslo, Norway-based Kvaerner has been awarded a large contract from Statoil for the construction and installation of the topside structure for the floating

February 13, 2018
Total Views: 104

Monday, February 5, 2018
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Greenpeace Appeals After Losing Norwegian Arctic Drilling Lawsuit

By Alister Doyle and Terje Solsvik OSLO, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Environmental groups launched an appeal on Monday after an Oslo court rejected their

February 5, 2018
Total Views: 60

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
offshore rig north sea
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Top Norway Fund Manager Betting on Rigs for 200% Return

By Jonas Cho Walsgard (Bloomberg) — After more than 3 years of taking a hammering, drillers are set to rise. “They will rise 100 to 200

January 30, 2018
Total Views: 31

Tuesday, January 16, 2018
loaded containership
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Norway Wealth Fund Dumps Shipping Investments, Others on Ethics Grounds

By Jonas Bergman (Bloomberg) — Norway’s wealth fund dumped a series of companies involved in making nuclear weapons and excluded others based on human

January 16, 2018
Total Views: 34

Thursday, January 11, 2018
Polar Pioneer barents sea statoil
Shipping News

Hope Wanes for `Elephant’ Oil Finds in Norway’s Arctic Waters

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — After a disappointing year for drillers, Norwegian authorities are reviewing their hopes for the Nordic country’s

January 11, 2018
Total Views: 68

Friday, January 5, 2018
deepocean edda freya
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DeepOcean Awarded ‘Significant’ Contract for Statoil’s Snorre Expansion Project in North Sea

Norwegian subsea firm DeepOcean AS has been awarded what it says as a ‘significant’ contract for performing the marine operation work on the Snorre

January 5, 2018
Total Views: 137

Thursday, January 4, 2018
greenpeace arctic drilling protest
News

Norway Beats Back Lawsuit Seeking to Curb Arctic Oil Drilling

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Norway beat back an unprecedented lawsuit by environmental groups that sought to curb oil drilling in the country’s

January 4, 2018
Total Views: 49

Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Offshore oil rigs. Photo: By Lukasz Z / Shutterstock
News

Big Oil’s Exit Leaves Norway Tending to Its Own Petroleum Future

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Norway is realizing it will have to do without the deep pockets of the biggest oil companies as it seeks to extend an era

January 2, 2018
Total Views: 90

Monday, November 20, 2017
rig maintenance bergen norway
Offshore

Norway Oil Bosses Insist End Isn’t Near After $35 Billion Shock Investment Dump

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Can Norway dump $35 billion in oil and gas investments, and simultaneously convince that same industry to throw

November 20, 2017
Total Views: 133

Thursday, November 16, 2017
offshore rig
Offshore

Norway’s $1 Trillion Fund Wants Out of Oil and Gas Stocks

By Sveinung Sleire (Bloomberg) — The $1 trillion fund that Norway has amassed pumping oil and gas over two decades wants out of energy stocks. Norway,

November 16, 2017
Total Views: 56

Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Offshore drilling rig photo via Shutterstock / James Jones Jr
News

Norway Environmental Lawsuit Says Arctic Oil Plan Violates Constitution

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Norway’s plan for Arctic oil exploration is unconstitutional because it violates the right to a

November 14, 2017
Total Views: 45

Thursday, November 9, 2017
valemon control room
Offshore

Statoil Opens Norway’s First Remotely-Operated Offshore Platform

Norway’s first offshore oil platform to be remotely operated from land has now come online with the opening of the land-based control room in Bergen,

November 9, 2017
Total Views: 199

Wednesday, November 1, 2017
norway oil rigs
Offshore

Norway’s Oil Output Threatened as Explorers Neglect North Sea

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Oil explorers are neglecting their old hunting grounds in the North Sea, threatening to deepen an expected slump in

November 1, 2017
Total Views: 40

Thursday, October 26, 2017
norwegian rescue
News

Norway Says May Have Located Sunken Russian Helicopter in Barents Sea

By Terje Solsvik and Gleb Stolyarov OSLO/MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Norwegian rescuers believe they may have located the sunken wreckage of a Russian

October 26, 2017
Total Views: 57