Workers of a number of companies in the extractive industry in Norway went on strike, demanding higher wages. The suspension of work of the companies will reduce oil production.

The workers demand higher wages to compensate for rising inflation. The Norwegian government said it was closely monitoring the conflict and was ready to intervene to stop the strike, Reuters quoted rbc.ua as saying.

Norway’s oil and gas production will be cut by 89,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day on Tuesday because of the strike, of which gas production will be 27,500 bpd. 

The strikes began at midnight local time at three fields – Gudrun, Oseberg South and Oseberg East – and will spread to a total of seven fields.