Norway offers 92 blocks in new mature areas licensing round

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10/05/2023 17:40

OSLO, May 10 (Reuters) - Norway offered 92 new blocks to
explore for oil and gas in the Norwegian and the Barents Sea on
Wednesday in so-called APA round, the country's oil and energy
ministry said.
    "We need to find more gas in the Barents Sea to put in place
new infrastructure. Further exploration is important to ensure
that Norway remains a secure and predictable supplier of oil and
gas to Europe," Minister of Energy and Petroleum Terje Aasland
said in a statement.

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