StatoilHydro: "costs" reach a sixth of Norway's budget
Norway's energy champion StatoilHydro on Tuesday said it''s annual shopping in from the wares of the supply chain amount to a sixth of the Norwegian national budget, although "relief" from the "cost explosion" is seen due to today's downward cost pressures. Read more

Supplier costs rise and fall off Norway
Climbing supplier costs on Norwegian oil and gas projects is adding weight to general finance worries, and now two dozen Norwegian oil and gas projects have become pricier than expected, a new look at government numbers shows. Read more

Norway invests in new pipeline to Europe
The Norwegian government’s oilfield entity Petoro will take a 30 percent stake in and add much needed economic clout to a proposed gas pipeline that’ll sweep southeast from Norway’s oilfields to Sweden, Denmark and some say Poland. Read more

StatoilHydro submits plan for carbon capture at Mongstad
StatoilHydro has submitted its plan for carbon capture at Mongstad to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Ministry of the Environment. Read more

Aker Subsea dives in carbon capture
Aker Solutions has been signed for the front-end engineering and design study contract with the Norwegian government's carbon-technology incubator company Gassnova to identify a suitable process for the sub-sea storage of captured carbon-dioxide. Read more

Norway: oil, gas drive country off Kyoto course
Norway’s emissions of greenhouse gases were up 11 percent in 1997 over the levels seen in 1990, the base year used by policy makers to “enforce” climate-gas reductions. Read more

Consolidation in fish meal operations
A powerful new trans European fish meal organisation has been created following a decision by Origin Enterprises and Austevoll Seafoods ASA to combine their UK, Irish and Norwegian fish meal and fish oil operations. Read more

Financial crisis can improve the quality of projects
 “We must adjust our activity level and give critical consideration to which projects to focus on,” said Gunnar Myrebøe, executive vice president for Projects at the Offshore Strategy Conference in Stavanger. Read more

Norway presents new measure for industry
"The Government proposes to establish two new funds with a total capital of NOK 100 billion. The funds will ease the access to loans for companies and households, and contribute to stabilise the financial market", says Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Read more

The Stoltenberg report well received
The proposals for Nordic co-operation on foreign and defence policy by former Norwegian foreign minister Thorvald Stoltenberg's have received enthusiastic backing from several members of the Nordic Council, who think the time is ripe for a closer partnership. Read more

More vacancies in the Public Sector
While an increasing number of people are losing their jobs in private industry, there is at the moment a strong increase in the demand for labour in the Norwegian municipalities. Read more

Banking: Positive Q4 for Dnb NOR
Norway's largest Bank, Dnb NOR on Thursday presented what they call the best quarterly financial performance ever, for the fourth quarter of 2008, despite the ongoing global financial crisis. Read more

Norwegian design and architecture at London's Design Museum
Along with several other spectacular buildings, Snøhetta’s Oslo Opera House is on the shortlist for the Brit Insurance Design Awards for architecture. The awards conicide with an exhibition at the Design Museum, which presents the finalists in numerous categories, including two other Norwegian contenders. Read more

Exhibition fights the abuse of women
‘Desconocida: Unknown’, a new exhibition in Surrey is Norwegian artist Lise Bjørne Linnert’s response to the inhumane conditions experienced by some women in the Mexican border town of Juarez. Read more

Football: Surprise win for Norway
Norway beat Germany 1-0 in a friendly at Düsseldorf Wednesday evening, the first match under the leadership of Egil "Drillo" Olsen, who took over as interim coach for the Norwegian national team only 4 weeks ago. Read more

Opera Gala in the Mountbatten Room at the Royal Automobile Club on Wednesday 25th February 2009
The wonderfully talented soprano Sena Larard and world renowned pianist Jonathan Papp (pianist to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa) will entertain exclusively on behalf of Astell Foundation to help us raise as much money as possible for our charity at our first fundraising event. Read more

Valentine's evening on Saturday, Febuary 14
Enjoy the evening Scandinavian style at Madsen Restaurant with a fantastic 3-course menu to suit all tastes. Read more

Norwegian Spring Ball
After having raised close to £28,000 in the last two years the third Norwegian Spring Ball in aid of Cancer Research UK is in the making - so please reserve Saturday 28 March 2009 in your diaries! Read more