Nadarajah Sethurupan

A newly-leaked report on illegal oil sales by Islamic State (IS), which was ordered to be compiled by Norway, has revealed that most of the IS-smuggled oil has been destined …

The NPD reported Wednesday that the current recoverable oil on the Norwegian Continental Shelf exceeds the estimated figure for 2005. A select number of producing fields and 62 discoveries, for …

DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, announced Thursday a new daily record of 170,000 barrels of oil produced from the Tawke field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, …

The Myanmar Government has awarded a contract to Statoil and Conoco Phillips to explore an offshore block for oil and gas off the Rakhine coast. Statoil is a Norwegian company …

Norwegian grid operator Statnett is expected to make a final investment decision in the first quarter on a 1.5-2 billion euro project for what would be the world’s longest subsea …

Norway will remain a stable gas supplier to Europe for many years to come, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said Wednesday. The announcement was made at a press briefing after …

Several oil and gas projects to be developed in Norway in the next two years could be delayed on high costs and technological difficulties, Oil Minister Tord Lien said. Adding …

After suspending some rig work to save capital, Norwegian energy company Statoil said Tuesday it sold acreage in a key U.S. shale play for $394 million. Statoil said it sold …

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), and the Cuban ministries of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX), and the Ministry of Energy and Mines signed new agreements for bilateral …

Norway’s Statoil has found more gas offshore Tanzania at the Giligiliani-1 well, increasing its total for an eventual investment decision on a liquefaction plant with Britain’s BG Group, which operates …

Kenya and Norway will sign an agreement on petroleum resources to help the east African country manage new oil discoveries, Norway’s new ambassador to Kenya was quoted as saying. “We …

Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien urged the European Union to continue to use natural gas and said he believes natural gas is the most effective and efficient …

Egypt has signed a deal with Norway’s Hoegh to supply a floating terminal needed to import liquefied natural gas (LNG), the petroleum ministry said on Monday, marking a step toward …

Norges Bank Investment Management bought an office and retail complex opposite Paris’s Le Madeleine church for 425.6 million euros ($570 million) from a fund managed by Blackrock Inc. (BLK) The …

Energy Minister Michael Fallon is chairing a UK Norway manufacturers’ roundtable today to boost competitiveness in securing more business in North Sea projects. At the roundtable meeting, representatives from both …

Norway has announced it is to make a major investment in renewable energy, with the European country opening up its sovereign wealth fund to the sector. The news is likely …

A North Sea platform was shut and half its workers evacuated after an oil and gas leak. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon on the Statfjord A platform, one of …

A conference on ‘Oil and Gas Cyber Security’ will be held from 3 to 4 June 2014 in Oslo, Norway. By 2018 the oil and gas industry will be spending …

The dramatic escalation of the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone raises serious concerns, Norwegian FM Børge Brende stated. “Norway urges the sides to the conflict to cease military actions …

LAST week, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet — a motley civil society coalition of labour, industry, human rights activists and lawyers — received the Nobel peace prize in Oslo. The …

The agreement on victims will seek justice to be done and the end of violence of the conflict in Colombia, remarked today here Dag Nylanderel, representative for Norway, guarantor country …

The High Peace Council (HPC) has praised what it calls change in Taliban’s stance towards women’s rights in Afghanistan, following a meeting between the Taliban’s representatives and Afghan female lawmakers …

The Peace and Reconciliation Foundation revealed the FARC’s unilateral cease-fire reduced the intensity of conflict by nearly 90 percent. Representatives from Cuba and Norway, the two guarantor nations of the …

Representatives of Taliban and Afghan authorities have recently in secret participated in a seminar for peace mediation in Oslo, public broadcaster NRK reports. These seminars are arranged by the Norwegian …

Norway has joined 6 other countries in supporting the peace process in the southern Philippines despite a deadly clash that killed 44 members of an elite police force, at least …