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Big Oil Is Safe From Norway Divestments, for Now
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The oil majors are safe from divestments from the world’s largest wealth fund -- for now.
Plans presented last week by the Norwegian government to get the fund out of smaller oil and gas explorers were broadly welcomed by the country’s politicians, but are also being seized upon as an opening to further pressure oil majors such Royal Dutch Shell Plc.