NORWAY MAY PURSUE ENERGY COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA, DESPITE UKRAINE STAND OFF
April 14th, 2014
NORWAY may have suspended military cooperation with its neighbour Russia over the Ukraine crisis, but it seems less keen to mothball its coordination on energy policy, notably in the high Arctic.Norwegian and Russian energy companies have long been eyeing the potential hydrocarbon resources in the Barents Sea to the north of the Russo-Norwegian border, and both sides want to exploit them without causing major environmental problems.In mid-March, Norway’s conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg suspended cross-border defense cooperation, with defence minister ...
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