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Norway’s oil, gas firms raise investment forecasts
This handout released by Bitmap shows the arrival of the decommissioned oil platform Gyda in Stord (Norway) where the installation is set to be demolished on May 25, 2022. - It could have been their cemetery, but in this construction site in southwestern Norway, old oil platforms, emblems of the age of fossil fuels, are experiencing a new life stamped with the seal of the circular economy. Placed on the quays of the island town of Stord, three gigantic but obsolete modules, or 40,000 tons of material in total, are waiting to be dismantled and reduced to pieces. (Photo by Svein Olav Hyttebakk / BITMAP / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SVEIN OLAV HYTTEBAKK / Bitmap " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by SVEIN OLAV HYTTEBAKK/BITMAP/AFP via Getty Images)
interest rates
Norway’s central bank enacts big rate hike to tame inflation
FILE PHOTO: People go about their day near Norway's central bank building in Oslo, Norway May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
european business
Norway’s wealth fund loses record $174-billion in first half of 2022
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Norwegian central bank, where Norway's sovereign wealth fund is situated, in Oslo, Norway, March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Gwladys Fouche
world
Norway puts down Freya the walrus that drew Oslo crowds
Freya the walrus sitting on a boat in Frognerkilen in Oslo, Norway, Monday July 18, 2022. Authorities in Norway said Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022 they have euthanized a walrus that had drawn crowds of spectators in the Oslo Fjord after concluding that it posed a risk to humans. (Tor Erik Schrøder/NTB Scanpix via AP)
soccer
Austria ousts Norway, sets up Euros quarterfinal against Germany
Austria players celebrate at the end of the Women Euro 2022 group A soccer match between Austria and Norway at Brighton & Hove Community Stadium in Brighton, England, Friday, July 15, 2022. Austria won 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
sports
Mead hat trick powers England to 8-0 rout of Norway at Euros
England's Beth Mead, center left, scores her third goal, England's 8th, during the Women Euro 2022 group A soccer match between England and Norway at Brighton & Hove Community Stadium in Brighton, England, Monday, July 11, 2022. England won 8-0. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
energy and resources
Equinor says all oil and gas fields affected by Norway strike to be fully back up in days
FILE PHOTO: Equinor's logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Stavanger, Norway December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
energy and resources
Oil tumbles as recession fears spur worries of demand destruction
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
international business
Norway oil and gas workers end strike as government steps in
FILE PHOTO: An Equinor flag flutters at the oil company's headquarters in Stavanger, Norway, December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
energy and resources
Norway oil and gas workers to strike on Tuesday, cutting output
FILE PHOTO: Equinor's logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Stavanger, Norway December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
international business
Oil prices gained more than 2 per cent on Libya supply outages, expected shutdowns in Norway
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
energy and resources
Oil falls 3% on uncertainty over future OPEC+ output, recession fears
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
world
Russia threatens retaliation against Norway over access to Arctic islands
A Russian flag is seen at the top of the Moscow City Court building in Moscow on April 15, 2019, a day before the court is due to deliver verdict against 63-year-old Norwegian Frode Berg on spy charges. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images
world
Suspect in deadly shooting at LGBTQ nightclub in Norway jailed, refuses to talk to investigators
A Norwegian national flag flutters over flowers and rainbow flags that are placed at the scene of a shooting in central of Oslo, Norway, Sunday, June 26, 2022. Norwegian police say they are investigating an overnight shooting in Oslo that killed two people and injured more than a dozen as a case of possible terrorism. In a news conference Saturday, police officials said the man arrested after the shooting was a Norwegian citizen of Iranian origin who was previously known to police but not for major crimes. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
world
Norway’s PM says Oslo gay bar shooting won’t stop fight for equal rights
Norway's Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere greet people as they visit a scene of a shooting at the London Pub, a popular gay bar and nightclub, in Oslo, Norway, June 25, 2022. Javad Parsa/NTB/via REUTERS
world
Norway shooting suspect thought to be radicalized Islamist with mental health issues, say police
View of a taped-off area following a shooting at a nightclub in central Oslo, Norway June 25, 2022. Terje Pedersen/NTB/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NORWAY OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NORWAY.
world
Two dead, 14 wounded in Norway nightclub shooting, police say
Police secure the area after a shooting in Oslo on June 25, 2022. - Two people were killed and several others seriously wounded in a shooting in central Oslo, Norwegian police said on June 25. (Photo by Javad PARSA / NTB / AFP) / Norway OUT (Photo by JAVAD PARSA/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Norway scraps three Arctic oil exploration blocks in budget deal
FILE PHOTO: The West Hercules drilling rig leaves Skipavika, Norway April 1, 2018. REUTERS/Gwladys Fouche/File Photo
energy and resources
Norway oil firms, workers agree wage deal in principle, avert strike for now
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Equinor's Johan Sverdrup oilfield platforms in the North Sea, Norway, December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
energy and resources
Potential Norway oil and gas strike could hit output, employers say
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Equinor's Johan Sverdrup oilfield platforms in the North Sea, Norway, December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo