27.02.2013

You will find their salmon for sale in China, the Persian Gulf, Russia, the EU and, more or less, all over the globe. The story about the salmon trading and processing company, Sekkingstad AS, is a story about how 500 Norw...

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22.02.2013

As of 2010 the Norwegian maritime industry will need 7,000 more engineers, but will face hard competition for workers from more profiled sectors. Nor-Shipping Campus has a plan to recruit the country’s students back into a...

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31.01.2013

The Research Council of Norway this year wraps up its large-scale programme for optimal management of petroleum resources PETROMAKS. The 10-year research and innovation initiative has proven so successful that the Norwegia...

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25.01.2013

Norwegian petroleum company Statoil recently discovered an oil find that could lead to one of the largest field developments on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Still, it is as important as ever to make sure companies extr...

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18.01.2013

Approximately one fifth of the world’s undiscovered petroleum reserves are believed to lie in the challenging Arctic region. Statoil is one of nine major international oil companies that recently came together in the large...

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18.01.2013

Petroleum interest is heating up for the High North after major oil finds in the Norwegian part of the Barents Sea, record licensing interest, and historic maritime agreements with Russia. The two countries are now c...

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11.09.2012

The Norwegian Shipowners’ Association has supported a new set of energy efficiency measures adopted by the international shipping community last year to reduce CO2 emissions, paving the way for possibly the first mandatory...

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10.09.2012

In the first year since Maritime 21 strategy was launched, it has revamped the Norwegian Research Council’s strategy for MAROFF fund applications, increased collaboration between research institutes and industry, and expan...

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10.09.2012

Last year the Norwegian Government launched Hav 21, a project to develop the country’s first comprehensive national research and development strategy in marine knowledge and management of its valuable marine resources and ...

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10.09.2012

In June 2011, Norway’s parliament approved the plans for development of the Ekofisk South and Eldfisk II projects. The move comes on the 40-year anniversary of the start of Norway’s oil adventure in 1971, which all began w...

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