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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Norwegian gov. reshuffle puts electrification of Hammerfest LNG in jeopardy

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 11:27
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Plans to substitute power at Equinor’s Barents Sea plant from the gas turbines currently in use with renewable electricity from

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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

Oil ship is on its way to Norway’s new Arctic field

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 30, 2024 at 15:58
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The 300 meter long FPSO will before year’s end be ready to give a boost to the country’s oil production

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Norwegian company prepares for far northern drilling at disputed Wisting field

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 15:56
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As sea-ice in the northern parts of the Barents Sea retreats, the Norwegian oil company AkerBP sends a drilling rig

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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Norway 

Equinor postpones decision on northernmost oil field

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 12:26
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Environmental organizations rejoice as the Norwegian oil company and its partners announce a postponement of an investment decision on oil

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 News 

30 years of Norwegian-Russian oil cooperation in Arctic is over

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 2, 2022 at 10:05
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Norwegian Equinor on Friday confirmed it has exited all joint ventures in Russia, including the onshore oil-field Kharyaga on the

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Russia taking over ownership stakes in Arctic oil field

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 13:48
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Russia announced further moves Tuesday to take over foreign ownership stakes in energy projects, saying it would acquire the stock

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Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 1 News 

Second Barents Sea oil discovery this spring

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 11:19
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Operator of Skavl Stø exploration well, Equinor, announces the finding of more oil just two weeks after last significant discovery in the

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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Equinor makes significant Arctic discovery

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 27, 2022 at 13:22
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Well drilling reveals up to 50 million barrels of recoverable oil at Snøfonn Nord, near the Johan Castberg field in

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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Norwegian energy giant Equinor exits Russia, calling Ukraine invasion a “setback for the world”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 28, 2022 at 12:48
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After 30 years with oil-hungry eyes on Russia’s Arctic regions, the Norwegian oil major has decided to stop all new

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Russia’s Rosneft and Norway’s Equinor sign agreement to manage emissions

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 15:51
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Russia’s biggest oil company Rosneft joins forces with Norway’s Equinor in an effort to manage carbon emissions. The two companies

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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

LNG plant in Arctic Norway pushes restart date to March 2022

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 09:37 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 09:40
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Only days after the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) said “serious breached of the regulations have been identified”, operator Equinor

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Arctic oil plans in Norway and Russia disrupted amid COVID-19 crisis

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 13:35
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Grand plans for drilling and field development in far northern Norwegian waters are being delayed and postponed. The coronavirus and

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Plenty of more oil in Barents Sea, says Norwegian petroleum authority

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 24, 2020 at 10:25
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New field discoveries have been scarce, but the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate still believes that there is more than 3 billion

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Norway’s Equinor to drill new Arctic well in Barents Sea

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 10:32
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The company intends to add resources to its Johan Castberg project. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has approved Equinor’s well drilling

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Equinor drops plan for oil transfer terminal at Veidnes in northern Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 09:56
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This Arctic beauty spot will remain exactly that; a beauty spot. The costs of constructing an oil terminal at Veidnes

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