The demand is the biggest-ever handled in a Norwegian court in value terms.
The Norwegian government, which owns 67% of StatoilHydro, wants compensation for cost overruns on the expansion of the Kaarsto gas-processing facility in the late 1990s.
Kaarsto was expanded as part of the Norwegian Sea Aasgard development.
The project went way over budget and led to the departures of former Statoil boss Harald Norvik and most of the company’s board in 1999.
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