Coexistence and Interaction Between Offshore Petroleum Activities and Surrounding Physical Environment: Area Use and Emissions Regulation. The Norwegian Case.
Article from: OGEL 6 (2015), in Environment
Introduction
Norway can seem a country of paradoxes when it comes to natural resources. It has a very high share of renewable energy sources in its national electricity generation and is at the same time the third largest gas exporter in the world and fifteenth largest oil exporter. It might be seen as extremely fortunate to benefit from so many natural resources which ensure national welfare. But the good fortune may also have something to do with its management model. Indeed, abundant petroleum resources can be a blessing or a curse for a country. The whole Norwegian model in the petroleum sector ...