Conquering an Unforeseen Problem
Dec 12, 2003
The Tune Field Development, close to Oseberg, will soon start test production. But the road to completion posed a major unforeseen problem to Norsk Hydro and its partners at Tune. Now Tune Manager Rune Rønvik at Norsk Hydro is confident the battle is won, and full production will start as scheduled on 1. October 2002.

Maximizing Gas Revenues
Dec 12, 2003
UK has the most liberalized gas market in Europe, a market were Statoil has been active for six years. Since the opening of Vesterled, spot trading has been given increased flexibility. Supply and Trading Manager Jon Ajaxson Larsen is one of the men in charge of maximizing revenues from the sale of Statoil and Petoro gas.

The Way Ahead
Dec 12, 2003
In recent years there has swept a significant merger and acquisition wave throughout the global oil and gas industry. The reason behind this consolidation process is simple: The companies in time, were burdened by huge problems in meeting owners’ demands and expectations with regard to shareholder returns and growth. By Hans-Erik Jacobsen and Uta Nitz, First Securities.

Mobile Multimedia
Dec 12, 2003
Long before bandwidth has reached acceptable levels for most fixed-line users, we are already beginning to talk about taking multimedia content to the cell phones. The hoopla is called Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), and the idea is to take the already booming business of SMS – text messages – and turn it into a business bonanza of transferring huge files across the wireless phone networks. But the long-touted next step for mobile telephony is dragging its feet. By Erlend Gram Simonsen.