OSLO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Norway's oil industry employers
struck a wage bargain with the Safe labour union on Tuesday,
preventing a strike at the Mongstad crude terminal and shutdowns
of major offshore oil and gas fields, Safe told Reuters.
Operator Equinor had said a strike could reduce
Mongstad's storage and harbour capacity and disrupt production
at fields responsible for a third of the country's crude output
and more than 40% of natural gas exports.
Norway, western Europe's largest oil and gas producer, pumps
about 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, while gas
production amounts to 2 million barrels of oil equivalent per
day (boed).
(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Gwladys Fouche)