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BY TOMAS KRISTIANSEN AND RITZAU FINANS

Published: 28.10.13 at 10:57

ANNAPOLIS

Tank pool Norient, of which Norden is one the two biggest partners, is growing in the United States as a direct consequence of the enormous discoveries of shale oil in the country. According to the Head of Norient in the US, Jesper Rask, business in the North American market has doubled since 2011, when he became head of the office in Annapolis, outside Washington. And as things are looking now, nothing indicates that the shale oil and gas adventure is going to end anytime soon. On the contrary:

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