Kenya has requested assistance from Norway in developing its petroleum sector. Through the programme Oil for Development, Norway will support Kenya in improving management of its natural resources and protection of the environment.
Statoil's report for the third quarter of 2015 shows that adjusted earnings were NOK 16.7 billion, compared to NOK 30.9 billion in the same period in 2014. Net operating income according to IFRS for the quarter was NOK 7.3 billion, compared to NOK 17.0 billion in the same period in 2014.
On 21 August the Polarled gas pipeline crossed 66 degrees and 33 minutes north of the equator becoming the first pipeline to take the Norwegian gas infrastructure across the Arctic Circle.
Norwegian energy provider Statoil with partners Petoro and OMV have started the world´s first wet gas compression on the seabed of the North Sea Gullfaks field.
The first piece of the Johan Sverdrup development has now been completed and installed on the field in the North Sea.
On behalf of the Johan Sverdrup licence, Norway's Statoil has awarded contracts for two Johan Sverdrup jackets to Kvaerner Verdal and Dragados Offshore S.A. The contract awarded to Kvaerner Verdal has a value of approximately NOK 1 billion.
