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Rapport: Samarbeid mellom Norge og Storbritannia
The nature and structure of business in the global oil and gas marketplace is changing. Partnerships and alliances are becoming increasingly more important and never more so than in the challenging environment of the North Sea. The UK and Norway share the bulk of North Sea hydrocarbon resources. Also shared between the two countries is an extensive border, which presents both opportunities and obstacles in the quest by each country to maximize the value of its hydrocarbon resources. In a ground-breaking step aimed at deepening co-operation between the two countries, Brian Wilson, the UK Minister for Energy and Construction, and Einar Steensnaes, the Norwegian Minister for Petroleum and Energy, jointly commissioned a government-industry Workgroup to study options for the optimum development of the North Sea. This report represents work completed by the UK-Norway North Sea Co-operation Workgroup, which comprised representatives who were nominated by the UK’s PILOTand the Norwegian KONKRAFT joint government-industry bodies, and was carried out between January and July 2002. It is a report to government and industry in both countries and sets out mechanisms to enhance commercial co-operation around all aspects of the oil and gas industry.