Commentary, 1/2 2013

Transformation

Forty years ago, the first issue of Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine was published. The early 70s were an exciting time on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Ekofisk had begun production in mid 1971, and in the decade that followed the magazine’s introduction, Ekofisk was joined by discoveries that would become synonymous with what has been called the “Norwegian oil adventure” – discoveries such as Statfjord, Oseberg, Gullfaks and Troll. In the year before our first issue was printed a new, state-owned oil company had also arrived on the scene – Statoil.