Bente Nyland
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Bente Nyland is a Norwegian
geologist
. She is Director General of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
from 1 January 2008, having been appointed by the Government of Norway in a cabinet meeting on 21 December 2007.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
. She is Director General of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate or OD is a Norwegian government agency responsible for the regulation of the petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf. Based in Stavanger it is to ensure that the petroleum resources are allocated in an optimal at the same time as they incur...
from 1 January 2008, having been appointed by the Government of Norway in a cabinet meeting on 21 December 2007.