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Norway stepped in to avert a crisis at its oil fields this week after a strike threatened to engulf all of its offshore rigs on the Norwegian continental shelf. The Norwegian Government intervened on Sunday just half an hour before trade unions had agreed to a “lock out” of workers on all rigs at midnight […]
Norwegian oil rig workers went on strike at the weekend over pay issues after mediation talks failed, according to the Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF). Håvard Hauan, a lawyer for the trade body said more than 100 workers at 12 rigs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf were involved in the industrial action on Sunday morning. […]