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World Oil: Equinor sees Johan Sverdrup production ramp faster than expected

Category: Business News

OSLO – Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea expects to reach plateau production for the first phase in early May, earlier than anticipated. Due to higher plant capacity, plateau production will increase from around 440,000 boepd to around 470,000 boepd. Plateau production was previously expected to be reached during the summer. At the […]

Source: World Oil

NY Reviewer: Equinor to Depart U.S. Lobby Group IPAA over Climate Policy

Category: Business News

Equinor will depart industry lobby the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) over a disagreement about climate policy, the energy generator stated Friday. The Norwegian firm is undertaking a review of its memberships of sector associations under a settlement with a group of institutional buyers, the Climate Action 100+, signed last April. Particularly, Equinor cited the […]

Source: NY Reviewer

CNBC: WHO officials enroll first patients from Norway and Spain in ‘historic’ coronavirus drug trial

Category: Business News

The first patients in a “historic” drug trial to test treatments for the coronavirus have been enrolled in Norway and Spain, World Health Organization officials announced Friday. World health officials are testing four of the most promising drugs to fight COVID-19, including malaria medications chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, an antiviral compound called Remdesivir, a combination of HIV […]

Source: CNBC

Hellenic Shipping: DNV GL’s remote surveys surge with 15,000 completed since launch

Category: Business News

DNV GL introduced remote surveys in October 2018. More than 15,000 surveys have been completed remotely since then.The impact of the global COVID-19 crisis has reinforced the value of DNV GL’s industry first remote survey services. With some 15,000 surveys and inspections undertaken since the launch in October 2018, customers have benefited from greater flexibility […]

Source: Hellenic Shipping

Forbes: How Norway’s Travel Industry Is Coping Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

Category: Airline / Travel

Tourism in Norway had been booming for a decade. Overnight stays in 2019 increased for the sixth successive year, hitting a new record of 35.2 million guest nights—a figure that excludes private rentals such as AirBnB and the ever increasing number of day visits from cruise ship passengers. Almost 170,000 people work in the tourism sector in […]

Source: Forbes

Published: March 3, 2020