text: TEHRAN, June 2, YJC - Norwegian Minister of Education and Research Torbjørn Isaksen said his country is ready for exchanging university students and professors with Iran.
  TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - In a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Norway Mohammad-Hassan Habibollah-Zadeh, he also stressed the ministry’s readiness for facilitating bilateral academic and scientific cooperation with Iran.
  He further said bilateral cooperation between Iran and Norwegian scientific and research institutes, including Norwegian Research Council and International Scientific Cooperation Center could pave the way for advancing research goals and exchanging science and know-how between the two sides.
  Habibollah-Zadeh, for his part, said Iran is ready to develop research and educational interactions with Norway.
  He also said the two sides can work on exchanging university professors and students as well as establishing chairs in Persian language, Iranian studies and Islamic studies in Norwegian universities.
  Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday that it has sold a large stake in an offshore Brazilian oil field to Qatar for about $1.0 billion.
  Shell said it has agreed to offload a 23-percent interest in the Parque das Conchas (BC-10) project offshore Brazil to Qatar Petroleum International. The deal remains subject to regulatory approval in Brazil.
  The group will continue to operate the oil field, which currently produces 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.