Search results for: Gullfaks

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  • Thumbs-up for Equinor to begin drilling at North Sea field

    24 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Equinor has received consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway, using a KCA Deutag Drilling-managed rig.

  • KCA Deutag in charge of electrification project enabling Equinor to get its first onshore powered rig

    21 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Transition

    KCA Deutag’s Kenera business unit has been hired for a rig electrification project by Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor.

  • Equinor keeps Archer busy with platform drilling gigs worth over $762 million

    14 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Archer has tucked a long-term contract extension under its belt with Equinor for platform drilling services off the coast of Norway.

  • Go-ahead for Equinor to embark on drilling activities with Transocean rig

    30 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Equinor has received consent to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs on two fields located in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, respectively.

  • Trio snaps up more than $1.75 billion for drilling jobs on Equinor’s 19 offshore oil & gas assets

    14 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has handed out four-year contract extensions to three companies for work on 19 platforms located off the coast of Norway.

  • Seabed survey of potential offshore wind area in North Sea goes to Finnish firm

    15 April 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Arctia has been tasked with carrying out a hydrographic seabed survey of a potential offshore wind farm area in the Norwegian waters.

  • Dutch player rolls out topside for offshore wind-powered North Sea gas platform

    16 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Transition

    HSM Offshore Energy has launched the topside piece of a gas platform, which will be deployed in the Dutch sector of the North Sea and run on offshore wind power.

  • The clean energy pursuit: Speeding up build-out while continuing to innovate

    15 November 2023
    Innovation, Research & Development, Transition

    With an “all of the above” task in its hands, the offshore energy industry has found itself working on innovative and more efficient solutions and nature-inclusive projects, while at the same time trying to build as many new clean energy projects as possible to meet the targets.  

  • Ocean Installer lands work at three oil & gas fields and Northern Lights CO2 pipeline

    23 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Ocean Installer has been awarded a contract by Norway’s Equinor for a subsea line modification project (SLM) 2023-2025, covering three oil and gas fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) and work related to the Northern Lights CO2 pipeline.

  • Equinor receives nod for North Sea drilling ops

    28 July 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway, using a KCA Deutag Drilling-managed rig.

  • Equinor to Extend Lifetime of Gullfaks C

    5 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is giving a green light to using the C platform on the Gullfaks field in the North Sea until 30 June 2036. This corresponds to the entire period of the production licence. In its application, Equinor notes that the facility can be operated at a profit up to 2032, with […]

  • Equinor to Recover More from Gullfaks

    16 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Gullfaks partners have decided to drill seven new wells and thereby improve oil recovery by 17 million barrels. On behalf of the licence partners, Equinor’s executive vice president for Development and Production Norway, Arne Sigve Nylund, presented an amended plan for development and operation (PDO) to the minister of petroleum and energy, Kjell-Børge Freiberg, […]

  • Green light for Equinor to use Odfjell rig on Gullfaks

    13 August 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Equinor has received safety consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Deepsea Atlantic rig on the Gullfaks field located offshore Norway.

  • Equinor to use Transocean rig on Gullfaks well duo

    25 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for drilling and well operations on the Gullfaks field using the Transocean Norge drilling rig.

  • Equinor to Power Snorre and Gullfaks from Offshore Wind Farm?

    28 August 2018
    Research & Development

    Equinor and partners at Gullfaks and Snorre have decided to explore the possibilities of supplying the Gullfaks and Snorre fields with power from floating offshore wind. This could be the first time an offshore wind farm is directly connected to oil and gas platforms, the company said. The project forecasts a reduction of CO2 emissions […]

  • Equinor’s ‘serious’ North Sea oil spill under investigation

    4 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has launched an investigation into an oil spilt from Equinor’s Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea.

  • All systems go for Equinor to dispatch AKOFS vessel for well intervention work off Norway

    16 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of AKOFS Offshore’s well intervention vessels on multiple fields on the NCS.

  • First power flows from world’s largest floating offshore wind farm

    14 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    First power has been produced from the first turbine at Equinor’s Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The power from the first turbine, which was installed in June, was delivered to the Gullfaks A platform in the North Sea on 13 November. The Hywind Tampen floating offshore […]

  • Hywind Tampen floating wind farm now delivering to second oil and gas field

    17 May 2023
    Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Equinor’s Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in operation, has started delivering electricity to the Snorre oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea. The 88 MW Hywind Tampen delivered first power in November 2022. The electricity was delivered to the Gullfaks A platform. Now the wind farm is delivering electricity […]

  • Equinor’s Floating Wind Farm to Power Oil and Gas Installations

    11 October 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Equinor and the Snorre and Gullfaks partners have made a final investment decision for the Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm development. The two updated plans for development and operation will be submitted to Norwegian authorities. The oil and gas platforms will be the first ever powered by a floating offshore wind farm. The wind farm […]

  • Final inter-array cables loaded and ready for world’s largest floating wind farm

    19 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    The final inter-array cable loadout has been completed for Equinor’s Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in operation. The remaining eleven kilometres of 630mm2 dynamic cabling including accessories were loaded onto the Normand Vision, a construction support vessel (CSV) from Ocean Installer, the company in charge of installing inter-array cables on the […]

  • CGG inks long-term 4D imaging deal with Equinor

    23 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    CGG has secured a multi-year contract with Equinor for 4D seismic imaging of multiple towed-streamer and ocean bottom cable (OBC) datasets from the Gullfaks field area in the Norwegian North Sea.

  • Equinor Secures Approval for Extended Operation of Tordis

    12 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Equinor consent to use the facilities on the Tordis field beyond their original operating life. Consent for operation of the Tordis field expires on December 31, 2019. In order to recover the remaining reserves from the field, Equinor has secured consent for the use of the facilities on […]

  • Kværner orders slipform systems for Hywind Tampen floating wind farm

    16 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Kværner has selected German engineering company Dominion for the design, supply, and supervision services for the slipform systems that will erect the concrete wind towers for the Hywind Tampen floating wind project. Dominion said its cylindrical and conical sets of slipform systems can be used multiple times and include hydraulic jacking system, formwork material, yokes […]

  • Ocean Installer lands Hywind Tampen cable installation gig

    14 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for the installation of dynamic inter-array cables on the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm in Norway. The Norwegian company has been contracted to transport and install five 2.5-kilometre-long dynamic inter-array cables in water depths between 260 and 300 metres. These cables will connect existing turbines in the […]