NEWS

Can Norway help us solve the plastic crisis, one bottle at a time?

Category: Culture / Lifestyle

A bottle deposit hub on the outskirts of Oslo has had a stream of high-level international visitors. Can its success be replicated worldwide? Tens of thousands of brightly coloured plastic drinks bottles tumble from the back of a truck on to a conveyor belt before disappearing slowly inside a warehouse on the outskirts of Oslo. […]

Source: The Guardian

Norway Makes First Deposit to Huge Wealth Fund Since 2016

Category: Financial / Investment

Norway made the first deposit to its $1 trillion wealth fund in almost three years as climbing oil prices and a recovering economy again swell the coffers of western Europe’s biggest crude producer. The Finance Ministry put 1.9 billion kroner ($230 million) into the fund in June, cutting withdrawals this year to 7.9 billion kroner, […]

Source: Bloomberg

Beste andre kvartal på fire år for Equinor

Category: Energy

Equinor slapp torsdag resultatene for andre kvartal. Rapporten viser et justert resultat som økte fra 3,0 til 4,3 milliarder dollar. Det er det beste justerte resultatet i andre kvartal selskapet har hatt siden 2014, like før oljeprisen falt og sendte næringen ut i en dyp nedtur. Analytikernes konsensusforventning var at selskapet skulle levere et justert […]

Source: E24

USAs forsvarsminister kommer til Norge etter NATO-toppmøtet neste uke

Category: Defense / Security

Forsvarsministeren vil først være en del av president Donald Trumps delegasjon under toppmøtet i NATO i Brussel neste uke. Han vil så reise til Kroatia og Norge, ifølge Pentagon selv. Den amerikanske ambassaden bekrefter besøket til Norge overfor Aftenposten. Public Affairs Officer Ann McConnell skriver i en e-post at flere detaljer vil bli gjort tilgjengelig […]

Source: Aftenposten

Published: March 7, 2018

Trump Trade Threats Turn Exxon, Chevron From Backers to Critics

Category: Energy

Big Oil is losing faith in President Donald Trump’s pledges to build the U.S. into a self-reliant energy superpower. Top executives from Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and Total SA all took shots at Trump’s trade plans at the World Gas Conference in Washington, expressing concern that U.S. tariffs are a risk to oil and […]

Source: Bloomberg

Published: April 28, 2024