Unions have agreed to a wage deal, averting a strike at floating offshore oil and gas drilling rigs that would have disrupted exploration, unions and company representatives said. According to the unions, 438 workers on three rigs were prepared to strike initially if the talks failed, but no immediate disruption to oil and gas production was expected. Initial wage talks between the Norwegian Shipowners' Association and the three trade unions broke down last month but resumed on 20 June under the guidance of a state-appointed mediator.
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