21.   The contract was one of the largest ever awarded in the Norwegian offshore oil industry.

22.   The merger means that Aker Maritime, a Norwegian oil service company, will get full control of the new group.

23.   The refinery in Kalundborg is operated by Statoil, the Norwegian state oil monopoly.

24.   He said he would be meeting officials of the Norwegian oil company Statoil in Oslo to discuss his trust fund proposal.

25.   Among the nine buyers were French companies TotalFinaElf and Gaz de France, and Norwegian oil giant Norsk Hydro.

26.   But Brent ended the week higher, firming on fears of a strike on Norwegian oil platforms in the North Sea and on similar worries in Nigeria.

27.   During his stay in Norway, Aliyev will visit the Norwegian oil metropolis Stavanger and the Sleipner rig out in the North Sea.

28.   Elsewhere, statements by Norwegian oil minister Jens Stoltenberg supporting increased cooperation between OPEC countries and other producers to stabilise the market had little effect on prices.

29.   The value of Norwegian oil investments in Southeast Asia was not available.

30.   This figure does not include Norwegian oil giant Statoil, which is jointly developing an offshore gas field with British Petroleum in the Nam Con Son basin.