51.   Norwegian company Hydro Seafood said Friday it wants to use the disputed drug Ivermectin to fight sea lice in eight salmon breeding installations in Scotland.

52.   Norwegian drilling company Transocean has received a written proposal from Texas-based Sonat Offshore Drilling to merge their operations, Transocean said Friday.

53.   Norwegian drilling company Transocean has signed a letter of intent on a merger with Texas-based company Sonat Offshore Drilling, Transocean announced on Friday.

54.   Rather, they have sought to keep Norwegian companies under the Norwegian flag.

55.   The Kvaerner oil rig and shipyard group is talking to Trafalgar House of Britain with a view to acquiring a shareholding, the Norwegian company said on Wednesday.

56.   The Norwegian company Norsk Hydro are close to signing an agreement along with Texaco, Exxon and Amoco, according to the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv.

57.   The Norwegian company Sor-Norge Aluminium, the US group Kaiser and the Ghanian company Valco all increased their production or indicated they were ready to do it.

58.   The Norwegian minister hoped however for a restriction of foreign investments in Burma and advised Norwegian companies against investing there.