Norway awards 62 new oil, gas licences, angering NGOs

Oslo (AFP) Jan 16, 2024

Norway, Europe's biggest supplier of natural gas, announced Tuesday that it had awarded 62 new oil and gas exploration licences, angering environmental groups. The batch, divided between the North Sea (29), the Norwegian Sea (25) and the Barents Sea (8), is the largest awarded by the Scandinavian country in four years in so-called "mature" areas - meaning areas where there is already widesp