Both Norway and Russian can from today start mapping the hydrocarbon potential of the delimited waters in the Barents Sea. A Norwegian seismic vessel is already on its way to the area. One month after the exchange of ratification documents, the Norwegian-Russian treaty comes into force. On the seventh of June, the Norwegian and Russian foreign ministers exchanged the documents in a ceremony in Oslo. On the seventh of July, the forty years of unsettled border relations in the Barents Sea have come to an end. Read More