Norwegian energy company Statoil said Monday it expected some economic spillovers would come from support centers for its Johan Castberg field. The company said the northern port city of Hammerfest, located in Finnmark county, would serve as supply and helicopter base for the development of the Johan Castberg field. Statoil said it aims to invest around $135 million per year on the field, which it said would equate to about 1,700 man years, a unit of the work done by one person in a year. “We will seek to recruit as many as possible from Finnmark to the offshore organization,” Siri Espedal Kindem, a regional vice president for Statoil, said in a statement . “We have therefore contacted the county administration […]