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Royal Norwegian Embassy: New Travel Restrictions to Norway

Category: Business News

Norway introduces new restrictions on travel from Monday 9th of November. Requirements for testing upon arrival are being introduced and travellers may be placed in quarantine hotels after entry to the country. Norway introduces new restrictions on travel from Monday 9th of November. Requirements for testing upon arrival are being introduced and travellers may be placed […]

Source: Royal Norwegian Embassy

Published: November 6, 2020

PitchBook: Baker Hughes Does Carbon-Capture Deal with Norwegian Company Compact Carbon Capture

Category: Business News

Oilfield services powerhouse Baker Hughes has purchased Compact Carbon Capture, a Norwegian company developing novel techniques for capturing carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. Compact Carbon Capture went through the Repsol Foundation Accelerator program last year. Read entire details here

Source: PitchBook

Published: November 5, 2020

Reuters: Norway wealth fund says it’s hard to find right green energy projects

Category: Accounting / Financial

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, is having trouble finding suitable unlisted renewable- energy projects to invest in due to the paucity of projects and strong competition for stakes in them, its new CEO said. Such investments are new for the fund which, until this year, was only allowed […]

Source: Reuters

Published: October 3, 2020

With Big Oil Declining, Carbon Removal Could Take Its Place

Category: Business News

A new study shows that revenues in the fledgling industry could soon come to rival those of today’s oil and gas giants. Transitioning away from fossil fuels won’t be enough to slow climate change. The world has delayed the task of cutting emissions for so long that we likely will have to also deploy solutions […]

Source: Bloomberg

E24: ConocoPhillips krever at ansatte bruker munnbind på kontoret

Category: Business News

Oljeselskapet dobler antallet ansatte på kontoret, men setter inn nye tiltak for å hindre koronasmitte. Tirsdag 20. oktober økte ConocoPhillips bemanningen ved sitt norske hovedkontor i Risavika fra i underkant av 300 til 600. Samtidig ble det innført krav om bruk av munnbind i fellesområdene på kontoret. – Vi vet at bruk av munnbind gir […]

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