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Norway Builds World’s First Electric Zero-Emission Fast Ferry

Category: Business News

Construction commenced in Norway for a fully electric passenger fast ferry, which is being called the first of its kind in the world. The vessel, which is due to enter service in the spring of 2022, is the first of three as part of a project to develop new modular methods for the design and […]

Source: Maritime Executive

Denmark, Norway, and the United States to Lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

Category: Business News

The governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, today announced that they will lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission Innovation. The Mission aims to accelerate international public-private collaboration to scale and deploy new green maritime […]

Source: US Department of Energy

Equinor, Partners Make ‘Significant’ Oil Find in Mature Area Off Norway

Category: Business News

Norwegian oil firm Equinor, with its partners Vår Energi, Idemitsu Petroleum, and Neptune Energy, said Wednesday it had made the biggest discovery this year offshore Norway. Preliminary estimates place the discovery size between 12 and 19 million standard cubic meters of recoverable oil equivalent, corresponding to 75-120 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent, Equinor said. […]

Source: OE Digital

Norway grants 61 new offshore oil and gas exploration licenses

Category: Business News

Thirty companies have received offers of ownership interests in a total of 61 production licenses on the Norwegian Shelf in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2020.

Source: WorldOil.com

Published: April 30, 2026

Norway eyes sea change in deep dive for metals instead of oil

Category: Business News

Norway’s oil and gas reserves have made it one of the world’s wealthiest countries but its dreams for deep-sea discovery now center on something different.

Source: Reuters

Published: December 1, 2021