Central Barents in the spotlight

摘要

Norway's Energy Ministry has kicked off a formal process to open the central Barents Sea for oil and gas exploration following this year's treaty with Russia dividing the sea into two economic zones. "If we succeed with our effort, it will lay the foundation for a new era in the high north," Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe said as he unveiled a proposal to assess how oil and gas activity would affect an offshore area the size of Denmark.