Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Norway supreme court verdict opens Arctic to more oil drilling- oil and gas 360

Norway supreme court verdict opens Arctic to more oil drilling

Reuters OSLO – Norway’s supreme court upheld government plans for Arctic oil exploration on Tuesday, dismissing a lawsuit by campaigners who said they violated people’s right to a healthy environment. While most of Norway’s oil output flows from south of the Arctic, the government believes the greatest untapped potential lies in the Barents Sea off Europe’s northernmost coast. Tuesday’s verdict

Arctic Oil Drilling Under Attack as Norway Dragged to Court

From: Bloomberg A group of activists is trying to put a stop to Norway’s Arctic oil exploration and forcing the country to defend itself in the first court case of its kind. Greenpeace and a Norwegian group, Nature and Youth, say Norway’s decision to award 10 Barents Sea exploration licenses in 2016 to Statoil ASA, Lundin Petroleum AB, Chevron Corp. and others, breaches the country’s