Biggest wealth fund's bid to dump Big Oil is now but a whimper

Norway's trillion-dollar wealth fund's much-publicized selloff of oil shares could now turn out to be so small that it hardly makes a difference.
Photo: Ole Jørgen Bratland - Equinor/Digital
Photo: Ole Jørgen Bratland - Equinor/Digital
BY MIKAEL HOLTER, BLOOMBERG

After revealing it wants to dump all oil stocks in a market-shattering bang in 2017, Norway’s USD 1.1 trillion wealth fund's actual divestment could now be so small it hardly matters.

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