A sharp fall on the Oslo Stock Exchange
The falling oil prices and a turmoil in Asian markets gave a heavy start to the day on the Oslo Stock Exchange. After about half…
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PSA says yes to Goliath
Eni Norway has received consent from the PSA to use the Goliath platform in the Barents Sea. The consent was granted based on documentation that…
Opportunities for Norwegian oil companies in Iran
The oil prices may fall further when the sanctions against Iran are removed, but it is not necessarily bad news for the Norwegian companies, oil…
New book: – Possible cuts in the budget for aircrafts
A new book reveals that high exhange rates for the dollar, a tight defense budget and partner countries that cut in their orders may force…
28,000 Norwegian oil jobs gone
Since August 2014, around 28,000 Norwegian oil jobs have disappeared, an overview from DNB Markets shows. The brokerage estimates that between 27,429 and 28,832 jobs…
Have to cover the QR code of thousands of wine bottles
Every day special stickers are used for thousands of wine and liquor bottles to cover up illegal advertising. This is because of a stricter enforcement…
Avinor announces restructuring plan
As a part of the efforts to streamline and strengthen the company, Avinor has decided to reorganise and reduce staffing in staff and support functions….
Every fourth company has one or more
28 percent of all Norwegian enterprises suffer from “unfaithful servants”, the crime and security survey for 2015 shows. – Insider threat is a major problem…
Cheap electricity for a long time ahead
Electricity prices will remain low for a long time, NVE-director Per Sanderud believes. Electricity prices last year was the lowest since 2000. Large hydropower projects…
Statoil aquires shares in Lundin
Statoil has acquired 11.9 percent of the shares in the oil company Lundin Petroleum. The price tag is 4.6 billion Swedish kronor. The investment in…
Eco crime division draws the Transocean case
After eleven years and a lost round in court, Eco crime has decided to withdraw the Transocean case. Acquittals in the tax case are thus enforceable….
DNB: Can get highest unemployment since 1972
The investments in the oil sector will continue to decline in 2016, and the impact will spread in the economy, according to DNB Markets in…
230 offshore employees lose their jobs in Odfjell
This is a new negative and regrettable decision that we have been forced to take because of the development that has been in the market…
BP will cut 4,000 employees – Norway will get hit
British BP will get rid of 4,000 employees worldwide. The cuts, according to BP Norway also affect the staff in Norway. – It is true…
Oil analyst: – We may see a price under 30 dollar
The oil prices continue to fall, and the main reason is the concern about China’s demand. It is not impossible that the price falls below…
Norway delivered a record volume of gas last year
Never before has it been delivered more gas from Norway to Europe. In 2015 was 108 billion cubic meters of gas sent from the Norwegian…
The PST boss warns against the consequences of immigration from Muslim countries
The oil prices continue to fall, and the main reason is the concern about China’s demand. It is not impossible that the price falls below…
The central bank boss predicts a better economy in 2017
The central bank boss is cutting the interest rates and predicts that 2016 will be a challenging year, but believe that the economy will recover…
Another 100 will lose thei job in Aibel
Market failures lead to 100 employees in the oil service company Aibel in Stavanger is losing their jobs. The employees in the oil company got the…
PU-record can be beaten this year
The police Immigration were deporting a record number of foreigners last year and this year it could be even more. In all, 7,825 people were…