Remember, these extra costs run up by Statoil on its Aasgard field development and Kaarsto refinery upgrade were achieved at a time when the government and industry were in the middle of the much-vaunted Norsok cost reduction programme. A decade ago, then Statoil boss Arve Johnsen lost his job for cost overruns on the Mongstad refinery scheme that look insignificant by comparison with today's bungling.