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  • Norwegian authorities give go-ahead to Hywind Tampen

    8 April 2020
    Authorities & Government, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Industry has approved the plans for development and operation of the Hywind Tampen project, which will make the Snorre and Gullfaks platforms the world’s first oil & gas platforms to be powered by a floating offshore wind farm.

  • UK-made tools put Equinor’s subsea electrical jumpers to test

    12 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Technology

    UK’s C-Kore Systems has delivered testing tools to DeepOcean that were deployed at an Equinor-operated field in the North Sea to confirm the status of subsea electrical jumpers. C-Kore said that the testing tools were used to “quickly and simply” confirm the status of subsea electrical jumpers on the Tordis field in Norwegian waters. According […]

  • 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.

  • KCA Deutag to optimise two Cat J rigs for Equinor by adding carbon-reduction tech

    15 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition

    KCA Deutag has been appointed to carry out an energy optimisation project for Equinor on two Cat J rigs in the Norwegian North Sea.

  • Equinor gets order from safety regulator over North Sea oil spill

    24 August 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Rules & Regulation

    Following an investigation into an oil spill in the North Sea, Equinor has been given an order from the country’s offshore safety regulator.

  • Equinor Picks JDR and Subsea 7 for Hywind Tampen Cabling

    31 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    JDR Cable System and Subsea 7 Norway have been awarded cabling contracts for Equinor`s Hywind Tampen project. JDR will be responsible for the design, procurement and fabrication of export and inter-array cables. The cables will be fabricated in Hartlepool in the UK. Subsea 7 has been tasked with installation of electrical cables and connection to […]

  • Equinor to become first operator to deploy drones for offshore logistics ops

    22 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition

    Nordic Unmanned has revealed that Equinor will be the first operator to carry out offshore logistics operations using drones.

  • Scana Offshore joins Kvaerner at Hywind Tampen floating wind project

    17 April 2020
    Collaboration, Project & Tenders

    Kvaerner has awarded Scana Offshore with a contract for the supply of mooring equipment for the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind project in Norway. Scana Offshore will deliver 33 hull brackets, used to attach anchoring lines to the hulls on the project’s 11 turbines, and will provide ROV tools for possible replacement of the anchor […]

  • Equinor and PGS extend cooperation for another two years

    24 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has exercised an option to extend the multi-year 4D framework agreement with PGS, established in March 2021, by two additional years. The framework agreement covers 4D monitoring surveys on the Norwegian and the UK continental shelf. As a part of the agreement, Equinor has two two-year options. From the current agreement, […]

  • Lloyd’s Register to work on human-machine interface for Hywind Tampen’s control room

    24 June 2020
    IT & Software, Operations & Maintenance

    Lloyd’s Register has been contracted for Human-Machine Interface (HMI) engineering services for the control room from which the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm will be remotely operated. The company will provide consultancy design services for integration into the onshore control room (OCR) for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in Norway, as well as human […]

  • Archer and Altus bag North Sea contract with Equinor

    19 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has awarded Archer, in alliance with Welltec Oilfield Services and Schlumberger, a contract to provide integrated wireline services.

  • First turbines assembled for Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm

    23 May 2022
    Ports & Logistics

    The first wind turbines have been assembled for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm offshore Norway, Siemens Gamesa said. The 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen will feature a total of 11 Siemens Gamesa 8.6 MW wind turbines installed on concrete SPAR-type floating foundations some 140 kilometres off the Norwegian coast, in water depths of between 260 […]

  • Construction starts on world’s largest floating offshore wind farm

    1 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    The construction has started on the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Tampen, at Kværner Stord in Norway, Equinor said. Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Kværner apprentice Arne Linga started the cutting robot on the project’s first sheet of steel on Thursday, 1 October. Kværner’s assignment will include building eleven floating concrete hulls […]

  • Safety order for Equinor after two cases of possible asbestos exposure

    20 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has given Equinor a notice of an order after two cases of exposure to carcinogenic asbestos fibres.

  • PSA Approves Equinor’s Vigdis Operation Extension

    11 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Equinor a consent to use the facilities on the Vigdis field beyond their original operating life. The consent has been extended to December 31, 2040, instead of the current consent that expires on March 09, 2024. Equinor, who is the operator of the field, applied for consent extension […]

  • Transocean rig in the clear for gig on Equinor’s North Sea field

    6 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use Transocean’s rig for production drilling and completion on a North Sea field.

  • Equinor in North Sea Find

    4 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Equinor has made an oil discovery from the Visund A platform in the Telesto exploration well in the North Sea. The resources are estimated at 12-28 million barrels of recoverable oil. “We are pleased to have made a new discovery on Equinor-operated acreage on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). These are profitable barrels that can […]

  • Concrete hulls for world’s largest floating wind project under construction

    19 February 2021
    Project & Tenders

    Aker Solutions has begun the construction of concrete hulls that will carry the turbines at the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm in Norway. Aker began the concrete slip-forming in Stord this week, of which there will be a total of almost 1.2 kilometers. Hywind Tampen will comprise 11 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines installed […]

  • Subsea 7 plants first cables for Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm

    22 July 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 has laid the first subsea cables in the water for the 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm offshore Norway. JDR Cable System is in charge of supplying the electric cables for the project from its factory in Hartlepool, the UK, while Subsea 7 is responsible for the installation of the cables and […]

  • DEME to Study Floating Concrete Substructures for Equinor

    26 April 2019
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    DEME Offshore has signed an agreement with Equinor to undertake a study examining potential floating concrete substructures for the planned Hywind Tampen wind farm in the North Sea off Norway. The study is a part of the engineering works before the final investment decision. The scope of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract is […]

  • Equinor’s oil & gas output to drop while it shuts in fields as offshore workers go on strike

    5 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Equinor has shut down production at three fields off Norway and revealed plans to do the same with four more due to oil & gas workers’ strike.

  • Norwegians unveil plan to connect Draugen platform to floating wind farm

    29 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Norwegian floating wind technology developer Odfjell Oceanwind, exploration and production (E&P) company OKEA, and utility company TrønderEnergi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly evaluate the potential of developing a floating offshore wind farm that will be connected to the Draugen platform. The project’s floating wind turbines would provide renewable power to the Draugen […]

  • Equinor Gets Nod to Extend Life of Eight NCS Installations

    14 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Equinor has received the authorities’ approval for extending the life of eight installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) during the last three years. The eight life extensions involve Gullfaks A, B and C (2036), Oseberg East (2031), Snorre A and B (2040), Norne (2036) and Åsgard A (2030). Several of these installations were originally […]

  • Granada davit cranes for world’s largest floating offshore wind farm

    7 January 2021
    Heavy lifting, Project & Tenders

    Aker Solutions has awarded Granada Material Handling with a contract to supply eleven davit crane units for use at the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind project in Norway. The company will design, supply, third party certify and commission 11 individual crane units. Granada said that each of its Python crane units has been specifically designed […]

  • Equinor gearing up to drill two North Sea wells

    12 April 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for the drilling of two wells located offshore Norway.