Norway strike could shut giant Sverdrup oilfield on Oct 14

Norway's Johan Sverdrup oilfield, the North Sea's largest with an output capacity of up to 470,000 barrels of oil per day, will have to close down production unless a strike among workers ends by Oct. 14, operator Equinorsaid on Wednesday.Four smaller oil and gas fields will likely also shut as a result of the strike as early as Oct. 10, on top of six fields that closed earlier this week, an Equinor spokesman told Reuters.A shutdown at Sverdrup and the other fields would almost triple the existi