In addition 51 blocks in the Norwegian Sea are made available for oil companies. Which companies to get the different blocks will be decided in spring, according to an official spokesman from the Norwegian Oil and Energy Ministry.
Today StatoilHydro is the only producer in the Norwegian part of the Barents Sea with its Snow White gas field outside Hammerfest on the coast of Finnmark. French Eni will soon start developing the Goliat oil field, near the Snow White field.
Almost twice as many companies, 46 in total, requested blocks this time, writes Bloomberg.
