Taking advantage of the situation on the natural gas market due to the conflict in Ukraine, Norway earned revenues of approximately 28.6 billion euros in 2022, the publisher reported NRK Citing a thesis by researchers at the Norwegian Institute of Commerce.
The period after the start of the conflict in Ukraine was characterized by disruptions in natural gas supplies from Russia, rising prices and record revenues from Norwegian fuel exports, the document notes.
The authors of the study claim that the conflict in Ukraine increased the profits of Norwegian gas exporters by approximately 27%.
“It is reprehensible that Norway profits from the misfortune of others. The government is doing this in such a way that it is embarrassing to be Norwegian,” Green Party leader Arild Hermstad said, commenting on the results of the calculations.
It was reported that gas exchange prices in Europe increased the other day. decreasing Several days in a row: It fell 2% to $485 per thousand cubic meters in trading on the London ICE exchange.
Previously at Gazprom statedRussia may be one of the world’s three largest LNG producers.