Norway bans deepwater oil drilling

Norway will not allow any deepwater oil and gas drilling in new areas until the investigation into the explosion and spill in the US Gulf of Mexico is complete, Terje Riis-Johansen, the Nordic country’s energy minister, said on the 8 June 2010.

The EurActiv and EUObserver articles from October 2010 (see related url) looks at the wider EU reaction.

Frankfurter Rundschau, 14.7.10: Let's storm the petrol Bastille (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/294101-lets-storm-petrol-bastille

Norway: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/oed.html

EurActiv, 9.6.10: EU urged to regulate deep-sea drilling after BP spill http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-environment/eu-urged-regulate-deep-sea-drilling-after-bp-spill-news-495009

Norway: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy: Press Release, 8.6.10: More knowledge before new awards http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/oed/press-center/Press-releases/2010/More-knowledge-before-new-awards.html?id=607529

EurActiv, 12.10.10: UK sees no need for EU deepwater drilling ban http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/uk-sees-need-eu-deepwater-drilli-news-498711

EUObserver, 13.10.10: Oettinger backtracks on oil drilling ban http://euobserver.com/9/31026

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