Energy

The chief task of the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is to develop a coordinated and coherent energy policy. It is an overriding goal to ensure high value creation through the efficient and environmentally-friendly management of the country’s energy resources.

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Speech at Offshore Northern Seas 2014

[Speech/article, The Office of the Prime Minister, 25.08.2014]

Stavanger, 25 August 2014

CLIMIT and Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME)

[Article, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 22.08.2014]

CLIMIT is a national programme for research, development and demonstration of technologies for capture, transport and storage of CO2 from fossil-based power production and industry.

The power market

[Article, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 22.08.2014]

All generating companies supply electricity to the transmission or distribution network. Once delivery has been made, it is no longer possible to separate supplies from different generators. The electricity price is primarily determined by supply and demand in the Nordic power market.

The Government's CCS strategy

[Article, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 18.08.2014]

The primary objective of the Government's CCS strategy is to identify measures that can contribute to technology development and cost reductions. This includes the Government's ambition to establish at least one full-scale CO2 capture and storage facility by 2020.

Supply and service industry visit in southern Norway

[News story, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 12.08.2014]

Norway working to remove fossil fuel subsidies

[Press release, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 03.07.2014]

Norway and the EU Power Market

[News story, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 01.07.2014]

The European Commission and the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy will hold a conference on the EU power market.

A future-oriented Government Building Complex

[Press release, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, 25.05.2014]

“History will unite with the future. We will change, but also preserve. The new Government Building Complex will be modern, stimulate vibrant and safe urban spaces and create good jobs, while also preserving our history,” says Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

CO2 storage atlas for the Norwegian continental shelf

[Press release, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 20.05.2014]

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD’s) work to map the Norwegian continental shelf to determine possible storage locations for CO2 is now completed. The CO2 storage atlas covers areas of the Norwegian continental shelf open for exploration.

Facts 2014 – All you need to know about Norwegian petroleum activities

[Campaign, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, 05.05.2014]

In cooperation with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has published a new edition of its annual book on the Norwegian petroleum sector, Facts 2014. The publication gives a comprehensive overview of the petroleum activity on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). New versions of the Oil Facts app are at the same time released for Android and WindowsPhone.