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Contrasting fortunes in North Sea as visions for future diverge

Diverging policies on exploitation of oil and gas reserves have created very different environments for operators either side of the UK-Norway maritime border

UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, (left) and Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Store, (right) at the annual Joint Expeditionary Force Leaders' Summit in Oslo earlier this year.
UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, (left) and Norway's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Store, (right) at the annual Joint Expeditionary Force Leaders' Summit in Oslo earlier this year.Photo: AFP/SCANPIX
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Published 14 August 2025, 04:48Updated 14 August 2025, 06:43
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