Category: Business News
Norway has built a reputation as one of the calmest and most predictable corners of the global oil industry, but lately it’s been full of surprises. During the worst downturn in a generation, from 2014 to 2016, companies would regularly exceed official forecasts as oil production rose in defiance of falling prices. More recently, with crude surging […]
Source: Bloomberg
Published: March 2, 2019
Category: Business News
For establishment politicians in Norway, discussing changes to the country’s oil policies is akin to swearing in church. That’s what happened this week, when the Labor Party’s top energy lawmaker, said he was open to debating taxes and incentives for oil companies, including a lucrative exploration cash refund. Labor is the biggest opposition party and […]
Source: Bloomberg
Published: December 25, 2024
Category: Business News
After years of gloom, the oil industry’s out of its slump. Three-quarters of senior oil and gas professionals surveyed by energy and maritime services company DNV GL AS say they are optimistic about the sector’s growth in 2019, their sunniest outlook since before the crude-price collapse in 2014. Confidence across the energy industry is now […]
Source: Bloomberg
Published: December 25, 2024
Category: Energy
STAVANGER — The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s forecasts show that, after a minor decline in 2019, oil and gas production will increase from 2020 and up to 2023. Overall production will then approach the record year of 2004. “The activity level on the Norwegian Shelf is high. Production forecasts for the next few years are promising […]
Source: WorldOil
Category: Energy
Norway’s oil regulator reduced its forecast for production this year, predicting crude output could drop to the lowest in three decades before recovering in 2020. Oil output of 82.2 million cubic meters, or 1.42 million barrels a day, would be the lowest since 1988. The forecast compares to actual production of 86.2 million last year, and is […]
Source: Bloomberg