...with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland participated.
[MRT:
PL - President
DK - Prime minister
NOR - Energy minister?
The NOR PM was announced to be at the opening party,
but had more important things to do ]
This blog post describes what Støre did the week before:
[MRT: Norway acts suspiciously very calmly considering that they are the 2nsd largest pipeline operator in Europe after Russia. It is even sharing some data with its oil/Gas Majors.]
28 Sept 2022 - Equinor and Gassco placed under the Safety Act: - Naturally, we step up preparedness
Key companies in the oil industry must cooperate more closely with the authorities. - Can access classified information, says Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
According to the Petroleum Act, it is the operators on the shelf who are responsible for the safety measures on platforms and land facilities.
[Mrt: He is stating that it is private and not state ownership, if attacked it could be considered a sabotage, if it is a state owned then it is an attack against the state. Later these will be transfered under state ownership which provides beter legal protection, compare to Nordstream AG discussed in another post - here and other posts.]
Now important players and the government will work together more closely. Central companies in the oil sector are partially subject to the Act on National Security (the Security Act), Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) told a press conference on Wednesday.
The government has also decided that "transport of gas in pipes to Europe" should also be understood as a fundamental national function. It reflects today's threat picture.
Then I will repeat this. We have no concrete indications that there are direct threats to Norwegian oil and gas installations, let me emphasize that, but both the companies and the Norwegian authorities are working closely together to strengthen security.
[MRT: If one connects these three events one gets the idea as for what is going on in here... ]
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