On Monday, the Norwegian government ordered a settlement between striking oil workers and the oil companies. The strike had affected about 13% of Norway's oil output, and may have escalated. Workers were striking over pensions, and the oil industry said that they would lock workers out on Monday night, causing a shutdown. The government said that they did not want to intervene in the dispute, but needed to for economic reasons. The oil companies and workers will now proceed to compulsory arbitration.
See "Norway intervenes to avert oil industry closure", Vegard Botterli and Nerijus Adomaitis, Chicago Tribune, July 9, 2012