OSLO, May 10 (Reuters) – Norway offered 92 new blocks to explore for porn 18 young oil and gas in the Norwegian and the Barents Sea on Wednesday in so-called APA round, the country’s oil and energy ministry said. « We need to find more gas in the Barents Sea to put in place new infrastructure. Further exploration is important to ensure that Norway remains a secure and predictable supplier of oil and gas to Europe, » Minister of Energy and Petroleum Terje Aasland said in a statement.

(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by Alison Williams)