Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (Norsk olje og gass)
EU Transparency Register
54666125767-31 First registered on 02 May 2011
Goals / Remit
The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, Norsk olje og gass, is a professional body and employer’s association for oil and suppliers companies engaged in the field of exploration and production of oil and gas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Norsk olje og gass works to solve common challenges for the members and to strengthen the competitiveness of the Shelf. All oil and gas producing and exploration companies are members of Norsk olje og gass. Total membership in Norsk olje og gass are 96 companies (54 oil and gas companies and 56 supplier companies)
Norsk olje og gass is member of The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, IOGP. IOGP is the upstream oil and gas association which is recognised as the spokesman for upstream oil and gas issues in EU/EEAMain EU files targeted
Energy and climate policy, Arctic policy, industry policy, A Clean Planet for all
Address
Head Office
Vassbotnen, 1
Stavanger N-4068
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 Dec 2018
Name Start date End Date Ann Cathrin VAAGE 15 Jun 2023 14 Jun 2024 Erling KVADSHEIM 06 Feb 2024 05 Feb 2025 Erling KVADSHEIM 17 Feb 2023 06 Feb 2024 Erling KVADSHEIM 18 Feb 2022 17 Feb 2023 Erling KVADSHEIM 30 Nov 2019 28 Nov 2020 Erling KVADSHEIM 15 Dec 2018 30 Nov 2019 Erling KVADSHEIM 01 Oct 2017 22 Sep 2018 Ms Benedicte Solaas 20 Mar 2017 11 Mar 2018 Mr Alfred Nordgård 20 Sep 2013 19 Sep 2014 Ms Benedicte Solaas 20 Sep 2013 19 Sep 2014 Mr Alfred Nordgård 21 Sep 2012 19 Sep 2013 Complementary Information
The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association is working closely with IOGP (The international Association of Oil and Gas Producers). We furthermore have dialogue and meetings with the EU Commission, European Parliament and national experts within the variety of topics as mentioned above. Different persons within our organisation is therefore from time to time involved in the various issues.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Erling Kvadsheim (Director international relations)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (Managing Director)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Norsk olje og gass is member of OGP (International Association for Oil and Gas Producers).
Norsk olje og gass is also member of the Confederation of Norwegian industry which in turn is member of Businenss EuropeMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
Norsk olje og gass is a non-profit organisation and is 100% financed by member companies
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Technical Working Group for Risk Management and Best Available Techniques for hydrocarbons exploration and production#E03348 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3348 #Observer #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Spcified subject of lobbying:
Regulations and legal question regarding:
- Energy and climate policy
- Fiscal issues
- Licensing issues
- Health, Safety and Environment
- Human relation issues
- industry policy
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 17 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject current issues of the Oil and Gas association Norway Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
- Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Package supply security and in particular the LNG strategy, EU-Norway relations in the field of energy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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