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StatoilHydro satisfied with 20th licensing round
StatoilHydro was awarded interests in seven new production licences with a total of five new operatorships in the 20th licensing round. Three of the awards are in the Barents Sea and four are in the Norwegian Sea. Read more |
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Chevron awarded exploration rights in the Norwegian Sea
Chevron Europe, Eurasia and Middle East, an affiliate of Chevron Corporation, has successfully bid for the exploration rights in nine blocks awarded in the 20th Norwegian Licensing Round. Read more |
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Subsea 7 bags 3-year service contract for Nexen's UK North Sea assets
Subsea 7 has been awarded an exclusive 3 year frame agreement contract with Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited for subsea field development works on all its UK assets. Read more |
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Aker Solutions ups debt in deepwater drive
Norwegian super-contactor Aker Solutions has announced first quarter net profit of 619 million kroner ($94.7 million), down seven percent year-on-year as new orders shrunk by 255 million kroner ($39 million) to 10.73 billion kroner ($164.2 million) and company debt gets set to swell. Read more |
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Developing best practices for Arctic offshore structures
In order to improve existing industry guidelines for the safe design of both fixed and floating structures in Arctic offshore regions, DNV is kicking off a new joint industry project. Several of the major oil and gas players have already committed themselves and a recommended practice for ice effects on offshore structures will now be developed. Read more |
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Cost-savings driving the call for more on-line solutions
The events market will be forever changed by this recession and the virtual meetings sector will be a major beneficiary, according to Sean Casey, managing director of BCD Meetings & Incentives. Read more |
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Lower charges for mobile roaming from 1 July
Charges for calling, texting and mobile internet surfing while travelling abroad in the EU will be cut from 1 July 2009. Read more |
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Agency denies internet spy plans
The UK's electronic intelligence agency has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement to deny it will track all UK internet and online phone use. Read more |
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Robot to create Facebook profile
Facebook could soon be helping bridge the divide between humans and robots. Read more |
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Triple certification for Norwegian fisheries
Marine Stewardship Council certification for three Norwegian fisheries was awarded at the European Seafood Expo in Brussels today. The newly-certified fisheries are the Norway spring-spawning herring, the Norway North Sea and Skagerrak herring and the North East mackerel pelagic trawl, purse-seine and handline fisheries. Read more |
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Record export of seafood in April
Norway exported seafood worth NOK 3.3 billion in April. This is an increase of 13 per cent over the same period last year, according to fresh figures from the Norwegian Export Council for Fish. Read more |
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The EU adopts trade ban on seal products
The EU has adopted a trade ban on seal products. The Norwegian government believes the ban may be incompatible with international trade rules, and may bring the ban before the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Read more |
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Economy: Recommendations from business leaders
G8 business leaders gathered on 24 April 2009 in Italy to address urgent issues concerning the global economic agenda. A report on their deliberations and recommendations are here reported for consideration by the Heads of State at the forthcoming G8 Summit to be held in July 2009. Read more |
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VALG: Velger nytt Europaparlament
380 millioner europeere går til valg i juni. De bestemmer hvilke representanter som skal arbeide for EUs nesten 500 millioner innbyggere de neste fem årene. Europas innbyggere går for 7. gang til direkte valg av Europaparlamentet 4. til 7. juni. Siden det første direktevalget fant sted i 1979, har Parlamentet gjennomgått en kraftig institusjonsendring. I dag er det nesten 380 millioner europeere som skal velge 736 representanter. Les mer
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Safer and easier e-money transactions
The offer of e-money services should be enhanced by boosting innovation and improving consumers' confidence, according to a report adopted by the European Parliament. Read more |
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New agreement between Norway and the UK on economic zones
Norway and the UK have entered into an agreement on the boundary between the countries’ economic zones. The agreement also sets out the exact position of the boundary line. Read more |
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Football: Drogba "sorry" for abuse of Norwegian referee
Chelsea's striker Didier Drogba has apologised for verbally abusing the Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo following his club's Champions League exit on Wednesday evening. Ovrebo also received threats on his life. Read more |
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Norwegian director wins NY film award
The Norwegian director Rune Denstad Langlo was among the top award winners at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival in New York this week. He was named Best New Narrative Filmmaker for his feature "North". Read more |
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Art from the Arctic
NorskArt celebrates its 5th anniversary with its most exciting exhibition so far in fashionable Maverik Showroom, off Brick Lane. The annual free event, being held this year from 6th -10th May, is a showcase celebrating the hottest art from Norwegian students working across the UK. They are gathering in London, under the slogan “Art from the Arctic”, to show their inimitable take on art today as Norwegians studying in British art institutions. The 26 artists will display works across all media from illustrations and art objects to photography and film. Read more here. Invitation here |
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Hip hip hooray for Norway's Constitution Day on 17th May!
There will be numerous events across the country to celebrate, and one of London's top restaurants is even serving Norwegian food every day in the week leading up to the 17th.
May is also the big music month with Norwegian artists performing all over the UK, including much loved names such as Ane Brun, Thomas Dybdahl, Leif Ove Andsnes, Robert Post, Gothminister and Hanne Hukkelberg.
And what's more, we've also got a new Norwegian film for you as well as two galleries from Norway at this year's Collect art fair, and Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' is running at the Barbican. Whatever you choose to do, enjoy it! Read more |
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Quirky film to a cinema near you
The quirky Norwegian film ‘O’Horten’, by award-winning director Bent Hamer, opens at selected cinemas across the UK in May. Read more |
