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The High North: deep Russia-Norway gas cooperation could make the Barents Sea a "peace project" (Photo: thesetides.com)

Norway keen to tame Russian energy tiger

Joint Norway-Russia gas projects in the Barents Sea could help soothe future EU-Russia relations as Norway seeks to export its energy social model eastward.

"Close cooperation between Norway and Russia in this region could be in the interests of both these countries and all of Europe," Norway's energy minister Odd Roger Enosken told EUobserver in Oslo on Tuesday (30 May).

The proposed cooperation is likely to see Norway's state-controlled Statoil and Norsk Hydro help develop Gaz...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

The High North: deep Russia-Norway gas cooperation could make the Barents Sea a "peace project" (Photo: thesetides.com)

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Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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