Norway's charmed lifestyle over a barrel amid falling oil prices

Mikael Holter

Norway, where oil helped create one of the world's most stable and prosperous societies, now finds itself among the economies most exposed to falling crude prices.

Though the blessings of energy wealth have hardly turned to a curse, the industry's highest labour costs, which saw the average offshore worker earn $179,000 (€140,000) last year, threaten to curb investment as oil tumbles.