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OSLO, May 24 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil and gas firm Statoil sees further possibilities near a major discovery in the Campos basin off Brazil announced earlier on Thursday, its exploration chief said.

HONG KONG, May 24 (Reuters) - Norwegian company Sevan Drilling's two ultra-deepwater oil rigs, now being built in China at a cost of more than $1 billion, are most likely to find a customer in Brazil to rent them next year, its chief executive said on Thursday.

OSLO, May 24 (Reuters) - Britain's gas market remained tight on Thursday and prices remained firm as pipeline supplies from Norway were still reduced following a Norwegian gas field outage earlier this week.

OSLO, May 24 (Reuters) - Tests on a recent Brazilian oil and gas discovery confirmed it as a high-impact discovery, Norway 's Statoil, one of the firms involved in the project said on Thursday.

OSLO, May 24 (Reuters) - Norway 's Slagen oil refinery near Oslo is working on a contingency plan in case a public sector strike, which could also involve shipping pilots, affects operations, the ExxonMobil-owned company said on Thursday.

OSLO, May 24 (Reuters) - Gas deliveries from Norway 's biggest gas field, Troll, remained interrupted on Thursday morning, after a false alarm on Tuesday evening reduced output by 25 million cubic meters (mcm) per day, operator Statoil said.

… following statement was released by the rating agency) Overview -- Newly formed Norway -based asset company Solveig Gas Norway AS (Solveig) is to issue Norwegian krone (NOK) 4.875 billion-equivalent senior secured fixed-rate bonds due …