Norway set to benefit from oil price crash, helped by currency's fall
Oil crisis releases economy from high cost stranglehold, and helping exporters without hurting consumption
Oslo
NORWAY, Western Europe's top crude producer, looks set actually to benefit from the oil price crash as its energy sector is forced to relax its stranglehold over much of the economy and non-oil firms profit from more favourable business conditions.
Although it generates almost a quarter of its GDP from oil and gas, about the same as Russia or Venezuela, Norway's economy remains surprisingly resilient, and even its oil industry has begun a readjustment towards lower costs that could extend the sector's lifetime.
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