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The visual representation of my analysis of Norway\'s oil industry which I presented at Mills Social Sciences Conference in 2009. This was an excellent opportunity to educate the Mills community on the world\'s most strategic commodity: oil. Norway is worthy of careful examination in part because of their unique positive correlation between the discovery of oil and the improvement of women\'s rights.
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NorwayA Model for Oil Production and Women's Rights
Prelude: Blessings & Curses of Oil
• Nigeria
• Saudi Arabia
• Venezuela
• Iran
• Iraq
Norway: Setting the Stage
• Historical Development
• Government
• Women’s Rights
• Economy
• Oil Industry
Norway Profile
Population 4,600,000
Corruption Index
8
GDP per Capita
$43,000
Government Type
Constitutional Monarchy
Geographic Size
≈ New Mexico
Norway TimelineSettled by Germanic
people
United with Denmark &
Sweden
Sweden leaves union
Norway becomes a
country
1913: Women’s Suffrage
Equal Pay Act Passed
Oil Discovered
700 - 800 1319 1521 1905 1958 1960s 2005
Ranked #3 Quality of Life
Index
Women’s Rights in Norway
• No. 1 World
• 1913 Suffrage
• 1958 Equal Pay Act
• 2007 Female Majority in Storting
The Economy in Norway
• Mixed Welfare Capitalism
• Nationalized Industries
• Differentiated & Stable
Oil: Discovery, Production, & Export
• Discovered Offshore• Limited Exploration/
Production• Nationalized• Buyers: UK, USA,
Netherlands, France, Germany
Impact of Oil on Norwegian Society
• Standard of Living
• Sovereign Wealth Fund
• First World Problems
Lessons Learned
“Norwegian oil policy has been characterized by clarity, consistency, and continuity, as well as by a certain degree of boldness in relation to the international oil industry”
- Øystein Noreng
