Norway leans greener
Public enthusiasm for the oil and gas industry is on the wane, with potentially significant effects
This author's impression, after almost 20 years covering the oil and gas industry, including two-and-a-half years spent living and working in Oslo, was that the Norwegian public and their politicians had a generally positive and supportive view of their hydrocarbons sector. But the policy positions being staked out by an increasing number of the country's political parties, and by current polling numbers, point to a perceptible shift in attitudes, particularly among younger voters and activists. And this shift comes when the Norwegian oil and gas sector may need more support, rather than less. Two issues loom large—the first, opening for drilling the waters around northern Norway's iconic Lo
Also in this section
10 March 2026
Eni’s director for global gas and LNG portfolio, Cristian Signoretto, discusses how demand will respond to rising LNG supply, and how the company is expanding its own gas and LNG operations through disciplined, capital-efficient investments
9 March 2026
Petroleum Economist analysis sees increases in output from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Kazakhstan among others before region’s murky descent
9 March 2026
Energy sanctions are becoming an increasingly prominent tool of US foreign policy, with the country’s growth in oil and gas production allowing it to impose pressure on rivals without jeopardising its own energy security or that of its allies, argues Matthew McManus, a visiting fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics
6 March 2026
The March 2026 issue of Petroleum Economist is out now!
