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He was not sure. They moved for family reasons, as described in one of the first few paragraphs of the article.
by dmoy 5y ago
He was not sure. They moved for family reasons, as described in one of the first few paragraphs of the article.
- AlexCoventry 5y agoHe was telling everyone who would listen that Norway would find oil, and needed to prepare itself. > His was a lonely, contrarian voice. After examining exploration results, he wrote a report that warned Norway was sleeping, that even though no one had found oil yet, it was only a question of time. And time was short: the country’s leaders needed to prepare Norway to become an oil nation, but they were doing nothing. “I was a constant reminder that they were doing everything wrong,” al-Kasim says pointedly. Only his closest colleagues would listen.
- MichaelZuo 5y agoI imagine he came to that conclusion only after he reviewed the exploration reports, maps, and other internal documents within the ministries.
- dgemm 5y agoI think he recognized from the exploration results that the local geology was very favorable even if they hadn't hit actual oil yet.