Norway raises emergency level, coordinating with armed forces over oil and gas drone threat

Norway is coordinating with its armed forces, police, and oil and gas industry operators as it raises its “emergency preparedness” following sightings of unidentified drones near offshore oil and gas facilities in the North Sea, energy and petroleum minister Terje Aasland said Sept. 27 in an emailed statement. It comes amid heightened European tensions over the war in Ukraine. Aasland…