Norway’s 2012 oil, gas investment seen hitting record

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Copenhagen—Total investment in the oil and gas sector in Norway next year will surge by 21% to a record NOK184.6 billion ($32 billion) from NOK152.6 billion in 2011, the country’s statistics office said December 1. Statistics Norway said the revised 2012 estimate was NOK12.6 billion higher than the estimate given in the previous quarter. “The estimate for 2012 is the highest estimate since Statistics Norway started collecting estimates in 1985 measured in current prices,” the office’s report said.