Petroleum, coal and research drilling onshore Svalbard: a historical perspective
The beginning of the Norwegian oil industry is often attributed to the first exploration drilling in the North Sea in 1966, the first discovery in 1967 and the discovery of the supergiant Ekofisk field in 1969. However, petroleum exploration already started onshore Svalbard in 1960 with three mappin...
Published in: | Norwegian Journal of Geology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Norsk Geologisk Forening
2019
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/23318 https://doi.org/10.17850/njg99-3-1 |