Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine
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Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine (ISSN 1500-709X) is a bi-monthly magazine published in Norway, with a circulation of 11,000. The magazine covers the oil
and gas
industry worldwide, with a primary focus on Europe. Founded in 1973, it is the oldest oil and gas magazine in Europe. The magazine is published by Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine AS.
Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine was established by Paal Gulbrandsen, who retired in 2004, and is a family-owned company. The magazine was established to provide in-depth information on developments within the North Sea
oil and gas industry. Along the way, Scandinavina Oil-Gas Magazine has covered some of modern history’s landmarks in the industry, including oil and gas fields such as Ekofisk, Troll gas field, Statfjord, Gullfaks, Ormen Lange, Snøhvit
, Sakhalin-I
and II
, and Shtokman.
Oil
An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....
and gas
Gas
Gas is one of the three classical states of matter . Near absolute zero, a substance exists as a solid. As heat is added to this substance it melts into a liquid at its melting point , boils into a gas at its boiling point, and if heated high enough would enter a plasma state in which the electrons...
industry worldwide, with a primary focus on Europe. Founded in 1973, it is the oldest oil and gas magazine in Europe. The magazine is published by Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine AS.
Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine was established by Paal Gulbrandsen, who retired in 2004, and is a family-owned company. The magazine was established to provide in-depth information on developments within the North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
oil and gas industry. Along the way, Scandinavina Oil-Gas Magazine has covered some of modern history’s landmarks in the industry, including oil and gas fields such as Ekofisk, Troll gas field, Statfjord, Gullfaks, Ormen Lange, Snøhvit
Snøhvit
Snøhvit is the name of a natural gas field in the Norwegian Sea, situated northwest of Hammerfest, Norway. The northern part of the Norwegian Sea is often described as the Barents Sea by offshore petroleum companies...
, Sakhalin-I
Sakhalin-I
The Sakhalin-I project, a sister project to Sakhalin-II, is a consortium to locate and produce oil and gas on Sakhalin Island and immediately offshore, in the Okhotsk Sea, from three fields: Chayvo, Odoptu, and Arkutun-Dagi....
and II
Sakhalin-II
The Sakhalin-2 project is an oil and gas development in Sakhalin Island, Russia. It includes development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field offshore Sakhalin Island in the Okhotsk Sea, and associated infrastructure onshore. The project is managed and operated...
, and Shtokman.