EventNorway has sent almost a dozen ministers to Brussels to lobby the EU to lift or revise its 2021 moratorium on Arctic drilling in the Barents Sea, arguing no climate difference north/south and that it could unlock about 3.5 billion barrels of gas. EU envoy Claude Veron‑Reville said Norway is very active, while Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide denied a climate argument for the split.
Norway has intensified lobbying in Brussels, sending almost a dozen ministers to argue that the EU’s 2021 moratorium on Arctic drilling in the Barents Sea should be lifted or revised, potentially unlocking 3.5 bn barrels of gas and challenging EU climate commitments.
Norway has intensified lobbying in Brussels to persuade the EU to lift its 2021 moratorium on Arctic drilling, arguing that the Barents Sea’s reserves are key to energy security while climate commitments keep the ban.
