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Norway's election niggles give Big Oil the jitters
Published Thu, Sep 7, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Oslo
POLITICIANS and activists that have been fighting to rein in Norway's mighty oil industry are eyeing a breakthrough.
Several parties opposed to further oil exploration could emerge as kingmakers in the Sept 11 election. That will threaten a push to search for about nine billion barrels in Arctic crude and natural gas, which is necessary to prolong the petroleum age that made Norway one of the world's richest countries.
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