Norway awards 75 oil exploration licenses in 2017 APA round
January 16, 2018 at 08:51 AM EST
SANDEFJORD, Norway, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Norway's energy ministry has awarded 75 offshore exploration blocks to oil companies in a so-called predefined areas (APA) licensing round, handing out acreage to 34 firms, of which 19 got at least one operatorship, it said on Tuesday.