Category: Business News
OSLO, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A total of 31 oil companies have submitted bids for exploration acreage offshore Norway in a so-called predefined areas (APA) licensing round, the country’s energy ministry said on Wednesday. Read full article.
Source: Reuters
Category: Business News
(CNN)Norway’s main opposition Labour Party is beginning coalition talks to form a government Tuesday after the ruling Conservatives lost their command in parliamentary elections and the anti-oil Greens failed to win enough seats to become the potential kingmaker. Labour is likely to form an alliance with the country’s Center Party and the Socialist Left […]
Source: CNN
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(Bloomberg) — The sovereign wealth fund of Norway says it’s working on a strategy update to ensure its $30 billion property portfolio lives up to the carbon neutrality goals mapped out in the Paris Agreement. “It’s time to walk the talk more,” said Mie Holstad, who oversees real assets at Norges Bank Investment Management. “What […]
Source: Bloomberg
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This week DNV made a live presentation of their Energy Transition Outlook 2021. This offered a forecast of things to come from an independent and reliable company. Oil and gas readers can get a better feel for the global role of government policy, the rate of changeover from fossil power plants to renewables, future oil […]
Source: Forbes
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Norway’s unemployment fell more than expected, cementing the case for Norges Bank to begin post-crisis interest rate hikes later this month. The seasonally-adjusted registered jobless rate declined to 2.7% in August, compared with the median estimate of 2.9% in a Bloomberg survey of economists that was in line with the central bank’s expectation published in June. Norges […]
Source: Bloomberg