Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

The Norwegian state raked in record oil and gas revenues last year after the war in Ukraine sent energy prices soaring, official figures showed yesterday.

Norway earned 1.5 trillion kroner ($140 billion) in revenues from oil and gas, according to estimates by Statistics Norway (SSB).

Delyan Dobrev, head of Bulgaria's parliamentary energy committee, has presented an upcoming tendering procedure for two Black Sea exploration blocks to representatives of Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil.

Dobrev met Tuesday with Rune Bjørnson, Senior Vice President for Natural Gas in Statoil, and Tony Doré, Senior Advisor to Exploration Management at the company.