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Norway Approves $2 B Gasfield Reopenings, Defies Critics

5/7/2026

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Norway’s Labour government approved reopening the Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk and Tommeliten Gamma gasfields, with production set for 2028.
The 19 billion-kroner ($2 billion) investment proceeds despite the environment agency’s recommendation against reopening and the opening of 70 new offshore blocks.
Critics, including Zero and Socialist Left deputy leader Lars Haltbrekken, call the move greenwashing and warn it could trigger an irreversible coastal environmental catastrophe.

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Norway’s Labour government approved reopening the Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk and Tommeliten Gamma gasfields, with production set for 2028.
The 19 billion-kroner ($2 billion) investment proceeds despite the environment agency’s recommendation against reopening and the opening of 70 new offshore blocks.
Critics, including Zero and Socialist Left deputy leader Lars Haltbrekken, call the move greenwashing and warn it could trigger an irreversible coastal environmental catastrophe.