Norway's government has rubber-stamped Aker BP's $600 million development plan for its Hod field in the North Sea, a facility that will be powered from shore.

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The Ministry of Petroleum & Energy on Tuesday approved the Hod plan for development and operation (PDO), which was submitted in June by the operator and its Oslo-based partner Pandion Energy.