Norway’s Premier Rejects Oil Minister Call for Lofoten Drilling
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Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg rejected a call by the nation’s oil minister to start drilling in restricted areas off the environmentally sensitive Lofoten islands this year.
“I absolutely can’t imagine that there will be oil activity in the opened areas of Nordland VI this fall,” Prime Minister Stoltenberg said today in a debate at the Oslo-based parliament, referring to an exploration area that has been put on hold for the past decade.