Trude Pettersen

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s resource accounts, which are updated as of 31 December 2013, show that the total recoverable petroleum resources on the Norwegian shelf are estimated at 14.2 billion standard cubic meters (Sm3) of oil equivalents (o.e.).

The current situation in Ukraine makes cross-border cooperation with the neighboring countries even more important, Barents Secretariat leader Rune Rafaelsen says. At the same time, Norway has joined NATO’s condemnation of Russia’s military escalation on the Crimea peninsula.

Russia plans to reestablish several military camps in the Arctic, including one on the Kola Peninsula, a high-ranking military official says.

The Pasvik valley and Jarfjord area in Sør-Varanger municipality have the highest measured concentrations of SO₂in all of Norway. The source is the nickel industry in neighboring municipality of Pechenga.