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Great expectations for the industry’s work on health and the working environment are expressed by Hadia Tajik, Norway’s minister of labour and social inclusion. That applies to both oil and gas and new areas of commitment.

Knowledge and expertise from the petroleum sector are important for the energy transition and for building up renewables such as offshore wind power. The PSA has already acquired new areas of responsibility and is ambitious for more.

The PSA put suppliers and their operating parameters at the top of the agenda with its 2021 main issue of “side by side with the suppliers”. This will remain important far beyond a single year.

The future is about being able to keep several thoughts in your head at the same time, says Ståle Kyllingstad, chair of the Federation of Norwegian Industries and founder of IKM. That is something he is pretty used to doing.

With the ice melting and the temperature rising, taking pride in being an oil worker is challenging. Union leader Stig-Rune Refvik believes the future will be about balance.

A future exists for oil and gas, but those companies allowed to take part in this sector will face clear demands, maintains Espen Kvilekval at Norway’s DNB bank.