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

UK gas prices hit three-month high as Norway workers strike

The Oseberg A offshore gas platform operated by Statoil
The fields on Norway’s continental shelf produce the equivalent of 89,000 barrels of oil a day. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Norwegian gas supplies to the UK could be shut off this weekend if a dispute over pay for oil and gas workers escalates, a pipeline operator has warned.

The European gas crisis has intensified after one of Norway’s biggest operators was forced to shut three oil and gas fields after workers went on strike.

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