Nordic Countries: Energy

International

The most widely noted development involved Trump's expressed interest in acquiring Greenland, a territory of Denmark. This has raised concerns regarding the potential disruption to critical climate change research conducted on the island's ice sheet. Separately, Cuba announced a prohibition on airline refueling on the island, attributing the measure to a deepening energy crisis caused by the long-standing US economic blockade.

In the Western Hemisphere, Vista Oil & Gas, led by Miguel Galuccio, completed its purchase of the Argentine operations of the Norwegian firm Equinor. This transaction establishes Vista as the largest private oil company operating within Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation.