That was coming eventually anyway. Norway has steadily been climbing in crude production from offshore, and with the huge royalties the government collects from exported eventually that comes back as lower local taxes overall including fuel taxes. We see the same thing in Alberta where a Constitutional quirk gives the Province authority over oil&gas. The Provincial Government has zero longterm debt, about 10 billion CAN in a trust fund (total population less than 3 million), and is expected to have a budget surplus of 6-8 billion CAN for this year. It has resulted in the lowest overal fuel taxes in the country, lowest personal income, and business taxes. So low that even with the Canadian federal income tax included it rivals even the lowest of the US states.