GREEN ON PETROLEUM PLATFORMS IN NORWAY Brent crude oil prices rose by $ 79 – Raw materials

The price of Brent oil rose yesterday in London after hundreds of workers in Norwegian oil and gas platforms went on strike, demanding wage increases,
Strike forced oil group "Shell" to stop production at a zcmnt, which led to an increase in Brent Bull's market to more than $ 79.
This is the biggest strike affecting the Norwegian oil sector after 16 days of protests in 2012 that reduced Norwegian production by about 13% and natural gas production by 4%, according to Agerpres.
Norway is the largest oil producer in Western Europe, and the strike in the country made the price of the Brent bull with a delivery in September up 1.5% to 39%. ICE Futures Exchange in London, reaching $ 79.55, after gaining 1.2% on Monday, due to concerns over global shipments.
Shortly after the midnight deadline, a state-appointed meditator announced that talks between two unions (Safe and YS) and the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, representing the employers of oil forms, were completed without reaching an agreement. "The positions of the ministers are so unmerited, since it is useless to present a proposal to recommend to both parties," said mediator Carl Petter Martinsen.
The Safe Union wants pension rights to be the same for everyone, whether the employee is new to a business or has more years of experience. In addition, the union wants the salaries of workers working in the drilling field to be similar to those of employees of the oil companies, who are higher.
The Norwegian Shipowners Association maintains that the Safe trade union would require a salary increase of 50,000 kronor ($ 6,224) for an unskilled worker, an increase of 8% over the current wage level. ns, Safe leader has denied these figures.
About 670 workers have stopped working since yesterday, and 901 workers will join them on Sunday if the conflict is not resolved, warns Safe. In total, a number of 2,250 workers could be protesting, said Sus. According to official statistics, in 2017, the Norwegian oil sector had 50,700 direct workers, 26,700 of whom worked in production and 23,500 in related services.
According to a report by the BP oil group, Norway produced 1.97 million barrels of oil and liquid natural gas a day last year, while natural gas production was 123 billion meters cubes, making Norway the world's fifth largest producer of natural gas and the second largest European supplier after Russia.