Norway Deploys Military to Protect Oil and Gas Infrastructure in Response to Nordstream Sabotage

Norway's Prime Minister announced Wednesday that Norwegian militarY units will be deployed to its major oil and gas installations following suspected sabotage of NordStream I and II. Ekofisk, the oldest oil field in the Norwegian North Sea, contained approximately 129 million cubic metres of remaining recoverable reserves as of December 2012 making it the biggest oil field in Norway. The field is located 300km southwest of Stavanger in block 2/4 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.