31.   The Norwegian engineering group Kvaerner received the provisional go-ahead to slice the steel hull of the rig into sections which would then be used to house a fish farm.

32.   The Norwegian group, limited in its ability to expand in its own country, had been looking to develop abroad.

33.   The Norwegian group said production from the Heidrun and Troll oil fields compensated for declining output from Statfjord and Gullfaks.