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Heywood J

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9. One other point to make about Norway.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2013, 08:17 AM

Aug 2013

http://www.norway.org/ARCHIVE/business/businessnews/oilproduction/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Norway#Fossil_fuels

Norway is the third largest oil exporter on Earth (8th largest producer), producing around 3 million barrels of oil/day, and the world's sixth largest producer of natural gas, having significant gas reserves in the North Sea. Norway also possesses some of the world's largest potentially exploitable coal reserves (located under the Norwegian continental shelf) on earth.

They can afford to do as they like.

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K&R. Thanks for posting. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #8

One other point to make about Norway. Heywood J Aug 2013 #9