Report blasts Norway’s oil regulator for poor safety on Norwegian shelf
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority gets serious criticism for its followup of security in Norwegian waters. A new report (in
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Goliat
Statoil greenlights northernmost drilling project in Arctic Norway
After years of hesitation, consideration and re-consideration, the Norwegian oil company today announced that the Arctic oil project will become
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Eni must stop operations on Barents Sea “Goliat” platform, say environmentalists
It has been on-and-off with production at «Goliat» ever since the Italian company Eni pushed the start button in March
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Will Norway make profits from Arctic oil?
Controversies about Norway’s oil-drillings off the coast of Finnmark continue as Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Søviknes, this week
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Challenging first year for ENI’s oil production in the Barents Sea
ENI admits that first year of production at Goliat was challenging. The oil pumps will be shut down for a
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Petroleum watchdog concerned about Eni’s Goliat platform
“Eni has revealed a limited ability to implement existing plans,” Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway writes in a notice of
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The champion of Arctic oil
ENi’s Goliat or Gazprom Neft’s Prirazlomnaya? The prices are low and layoffs and shrinking revenues continue to haunt the industry.
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Northernmost oil platform now pumping after years of delay
Norway’s Minister of Oil and Energy, Tord Lien, can smile as the world’s northernmost oil platform now pump oil after
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