Norway has some of the world’s strictest environmental laws for offshore oil production, but such concern doesn’t come from the government alone. The Norwegian petroleum industry is ethically conscious in its protection of the fragile marine environment because it understands the country’s simultaneous dependence on the ocean’s resources – both now and after the petroleum resources are used up. Norwegian oil and gas environmental projects and areas of focus include utilizing CO2 for increased oil production, oil spill detection systems, cleaning of formation water from oil production and the recovery of crude oil vapours.