Norway says 43 firms seek new oil/gas licences
October 1st, 2006… from 43 companies for new offshore oil and gas drilling rights in its annual licensing round in mature areas of the Norwegian … firms Statoil , Norsk Hydro and DNO , U.S majors such as ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips , Denmark’s DONG, France’s Total and Gaz de …