Norwegian Petroleum Institute

Norwegian Petroleum Institute
Lobbying organization
Founded 1970
Headquarters Oslo, Norway
Key people
 Inger-Lise M. Nøstvik
(secretary general)
Håvard Kjærstad
(board chairman)
Website www.np.no

The Norwegian Petroleum Institute (Norwegian: Norsk Petroleumsinstitutt) is a Norwegian lobbying organization formed in 1970. Its purpose is to "attend to and promote the common interest of the [petroleum] industry".[1]

The petroleum companies Esso Norge, YX Energi Norge, Norske Shell, Statoil Norge, AGA AS, Castrol Norge, Yara Industrial, Nynas, Valvoline Oil and Progas are behind the Norwegian Petroleum Institute.[1] It also has ties with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.[2] Its board consists of Håvard Kjærstad (ESSO), Tage Kruse (YX), Lars Inge Lunde (Shell), Dag Roger Rinde (Statoil), Sven Borger Fiedler (Castrol) and secretary Inger-Lise M. Nøstvik.[3]

It has been criticized for manufacturing quasi-journalistic information and news, which was picked up by the Norwegian news media, and eventually had political impact.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 About the Norwegian Petroleum Institute
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Einar, Spurkeland (2004). Rødt lys for biljournalistikken. Kristiansand: Norwegian Academic Press. p. 70. ISBN 82-7147-257-7.
  3. ↑ The board of the Norwegian Petroleum Institute