Hundreds of Norway Oil Workers Go On Strike
in production and 23,500 in related services, according to Statistics Norway. The rest were occupied in transportation through pipelines.It was the biggest strike affecting the sector since a 16-day industrial action in 2012 cut the country’s output of crude by about 13 percent and its natural gas production by about 4 percent.Not Talking NowTalks between the two striking Norwegian unions and rig employers will not resume for a few days, the leader of Safe, Hilde-Marit Rysst, told Reuters."We have no contact with the employers yet. It will take some days at least before we hear from them
Norwegian Unions Say 755 O&G Workers Could Strike
SAFE said in a statement. The three labour unions will negotiate on behalf of the oil workers, while Norwegian Oil and Gas (NOG) will represent the companies. In 2012 a 16-day strike among some of Norway's oil workers cut the country's output of crude by about 13 percent and its natural gas production by about 4 percent. (By Stine Jacobsen and Terje Solsvik; Additional reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis and Henrik Stolen; Editing by Louise Heavens, David Goodman and David Evans
Norway's Oil Wage Talks to Start June 30 in Bid to Avert Strike
deadline for reaching a compromise has been set to July 1, Industri Energi leader Leif Sande said. If no deal is struck, shutdowns could begin the following day. In 2012, a 16-day strike among some of Norway's oil workers cut the country's output of crude by about 13 percent and its natural gas production by about four percent. Norway produces about 4.2 million barrels of oil equivalents per day, consisting of approximately 1.6 million barrels of crude, 350 million standard cubic meters of natural gas (2.2 million barrels of oil equivalents) and a combined NGL and condensate output
Natural Gas Workers in Peru May Strike
weeks. Pluspetrol leads the consortium that taps Peru's Camisea fields, the source of the country's daily natural gas output of around 1.2 billion cubic feet. Juan Carlos Vargas, a spokesman for the SUTRAPPEC union that represents 193 of the 494 Camisea workers, said a walkout would halt natural gas production. "There would be no one to pump the gas," Vargas said. Vargas said the union decided on Friday to end the talks that started in July. A vote on whether to strike will take place in three weeks. Pluspetrol did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Unionized
