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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

Norway halts strike that threatened gas supplies to Britain

An overview of the Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea west of Stavanger
The labour dispute had shut down oilfields and gasfields. Photograph: Carina Johansen/NTB Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images

The Norwegian government has stepped in to end a strike that had threatened supplies of gas to Britain.

The labour dispute had shut down oil and gasfields and was expected to cut Norway’s gas supplies by almost 60% by the weekend.

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