Making the arctic risk free
(Photo: Ship in the Arctic, DNV) Arctic Competence Escalator, also known as ACE, is a joint competence program between classification society Det Norske...
View ArticleOil companies look to norway
Top Ten Basin The government’s 78% exploration tax incentive has really made an impact on the number of companies coming to Norway, says Malcolm Dickson,...
View ArticleNew opportunities for floating lng production
The industry expects the number of new offshore field developments to rise in the future, outpacing new shale, onshore and heavy sands. According to Jarand...
View ArticleINTSOK prepares for new international challenges
When the Norwegian oil companies and suppliers first created the partnership INTSOK with the government in 1997, the industry was in a state of crisis. The...
View ArticleNew maritime opportunities in the arctic
According to a recent report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, USA, scientists expect the Arctic to be nearly free of...
View ArticleIndustry focuses on lng as key technology
The question was raised at a roundtable discussion on June 4, 2013 entitled “The Changemakers,” which included top leaders such as Andreas Sohmen-Pao, BW...
View ArticleSearch & rescue in the high north
Over the past year, Norway’s maritime research strategy program Maritime 21 has worked with 10 partners on a pre-project report to create SARiNOR, a joint...
View ArticleStavanger Widens Energy Partnership
Stavanger has played a key role for most of the WECP’s history. The mayors of Stavanger have held the presidency position for the longest period. The most...
View ArticleRecord year for norwegian seafood
Norway's fisheries minister, Elisabeth Aspaker, calls the strong export figures for 2013 nothing other than a Norwegian fairy tale. She believes the export...
View ArticleFish health breakthroughs
Norway’s aquaculture industry has grown to more than 1 million tons mainly due to an average 10% annual increase in the past decade. Part of the growth is fr...
View ArticleAn ocean of possibilities
Norway is the world’s second largest farmed fish exporter, despite the fact that it still farms only one species at a time. The law prohibiting multi-trophic...
View ArticleHydropower Storage Solutions
The two projects recently received funding from the Norwegian Research Council’s large-scale program for energy research ENERGIX. Launched in 2013, the NOK 4...
View ArticleNorway’s new startup scene
MESH was co-founded in February 2012 by two young Norwegian entrepreneurs Anders Mjåset and Audun Ueland. It began with just 15 IKEA desks and 15 friends tha...
View ArticleBuilding cod hotels along the coast
Norway is currently experiencing a cod bonanza. The country agreed in 2012 with Russia to a record setting Barents Sea cod quota, which increased Norway’s...
View ArticleOnshore Wind Opportunities for Foreign Investors
The anticipated rise in onshore wind projects is incited in part by the EU Renewables Directive and the green certificate incentive scheme with Sweden that...
View ArticleGreen innovation in maritime technology
According to a study by DNV GL for the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association, a number of developments in the next decade will impact the way ships are designed....
View ArticleTop 500 companies in Norway 2014
Kapital, the largest business publication in norwegian, has for the last 40 years published a list displaying the biggest companies in Norway. Rank Compan...
View ArticleOcean of opportunities for farmed fish
The Stavanger-based non-profit group Blue Planet leads the ARENA program Ocean of Opportunities in 2011 with the support of Innovation Norway, Norwegian...
View ArticleHigh Risk Renewable Projects
In August 2013, four projects were chosen out of 49 entries to receive NOK 35 million. The selected projects will develop new battery technology, solar cells...
View ArticleSending snakes to mars
The Norwegian independent research organization SINTEF, together with the Norwegian Space Centre (NSC) and CIRiS (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in...
View ArticleIncreased interest for Norwegian cod in China
The exhibition, with its 1.200 exhibitors from 40 different countries, saw 25.000 visitors over the three days. Sprawling over an extensive 28.000 square...
View ArticleNorwegian seafood, fishing & aquaculture
Norway is one of the biggest exporters of seafood and we strongly encourage everyone around the world to eat more seafood. If you are looking for new ideas o...
View ArticleFrom Oil to Wind & Back Again
Norway Exports Oil & Gas Norway has been quick to utilize its offshore petroleum technology for offshore wind projects. So why not use wind to extract oil? ...
View ArticleMoving Goods from Roads to Sea
Shortsea Promotion Center Norway initiated the pre-project study last year as part of wider European efforts towards environmentally friendly transport. The ...
View ArticlePetroleum technology for ocean farming
Norwegian company Ocean Farming, a subsidiary of SalMar, has developed its ocean farm concept on similar technology used to anchor floating oil platforms to...
View ArticleNorwegian-Brazilian research partnership
Brazil and Norway share much of the same petroleum challenges. Each has resources in demanding environments, complex geology, and deepwater subsea field...
View ArticleNorwegian Stockfish and Klippfish in high demand
As long as one can remember, enormous schools of cod have been migrating south from the Barents Sea to the Lofoten region in northern Norway to reproduce.
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