Norway hits mining workers strike

Workers at a number of Norwegian extractive industries have gone on strike demanding higher wages. The shutdown of companies will reduce oil production.

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Workers are demanding higher wages to compensate for rising inflation. The Norwegian government said it was closely monitoring the conflict and ready to intervene to stop the strike.

On Tuesday, due to the strike, oil and gas production in Norway will be reduced by 89,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, of which gas production will be 27,500 barrels per day. The strikes began at midnight local time at three fields – Gudrun, Oseberg South and Oseberg East – and will spread to a total of seven fields.

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