Good to see that the healing continues and that Sissel is part of that process.

Norway Proposes to Raise $17 Billion in 2013 Long-Term Loans, By Josiane Kremer - Nov 9, 2012 5:35 AM MT, Bloomberg News, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-1...s-in-2013.html

The increased bond sales “should be positive for the Norwegian krone,” Knudsen said. “We often hear that investors are telling us the market is too small, so everything that works in the opposite direction should be well received.”

The krone was little changed at 7.3006 against the euro by 12:22 p.m. in Oslo after reaching a two-month high earlier today. The currency, which has offered refuge to investors fleeing Europe’s debt woes, hit a nine-year high versus the euro in August. It fell 0.3 percent versus the dollar at 5.7388.
Statoil recently (this past spring/summer) sold it's Gas/Fuel Station business to Couche-Tard of Canada for around 2.8 billion USD. This seems to be offset by Johan Sverdup (North Sea), Skugard (Barents Sea), Havis (Barents Sea), Peregrino South (Brazil), and Zafarini (Tanzania) and perhaps funding some work in the Marcellus Shale deposit in the US along with some future work in China?

Along those lines (segueing to natural gas turbines and more) I note that Peter Löscher has presented and will soon implement an approximately 6 billion + USD restructuring plan at Siemens...it appears that China has been a fierce competitor in solar and so it's time to get back to basics. Although the volatility in the share price has been useful for some, as compared to that of GE for instance, it's always interesting to watch the engineering giants from just a pure business/adaptation/evolution/struggle/innovation vantage point as well.