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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • ExxonMobil Gets Approval for Assets Sale to Vår Energi

    25 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    ExxonMobil has received approval from European Commission to sell its non-operated upstream assets in Norway to Vår Energi, a company owned by Eni and HitecVision. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns given the companies’ moderate combined market positions resulting from the proposed transaction. ExxonMobil announced the sale of assets […]

  • ExxonMobil in $4.5 Bln Norway Assets Sale to Var Energi

    27 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with Vår Energi, a company owned by Eni and HitecVision, for the sale of its non-operated upstream assets in Norway for $4.5 billion. The sale is a part of the company’s previously announced plans to divest approximately $15 billion in non-strategic assets by 2021. “Our objective is to have the […]

  • BHGE Wins Subsea Services Extension with Equinor

    27 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), has received a three-year extension to a subsea services frame agreement with Equinor for its operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. BHGE will provide support for several installations including Troll, Snorre B and Tordis/Vigdis, with the deal marking more than 40 years of collaboration between the two companies. Services […]

  • TechnipFMC’s Dunfermline Campus rolls out 1,300th subsea tree

    15 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    TechnipFMC’s Dunfermline Campus in the UK has achieved a milestone with the completion of its 1,300th subsea tree. The milestone subsea tree, completed on 14 September, is set for delivery to Equinor’s Snorre project offshore Norway. Since its opening in 1974, the facility has delivered XTs to 34 customers in 21 countries and one-third of the deliveries have […]

  • Norway Gives Green Light for Vigdis Subsea Boosting Station

    3 July 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the Vigdis boosting station increased oil recovery (IOR) project in the North Sea. Vigdis field, located in the Tampen area of ​​the North Sea, has been developed with seven subsea templates and produces oil through the Snorre field. The boosting station will help to increase recovery and accelerate […]

  • 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 […]

  • DeepOcean Wins Vigdis Boosting Station Gig

    5 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Equinor for performing marine operations in connection with installation of the Vigdis Boosting Station and associated in-field structures and flexibles. The award to DeepOcean covers project management, engineering and offshore installation activities. The offshore work includes marine operations for rock removal, installation and tie-in of Subsea Lines and […]

  • Kongsberg joins Hywind Tampen crew

    21 January 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with Wood to supply positioning and monitoring equipment for the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm. Kongsberg will supply its DPS position reference system and Motion Reference Unit (MRU) for what will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm. The DPS exploits all available GNSS infrastructure to deliver […]

  • Neptune Energy set to drill two North Sea wells

    12 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Neptune Energy a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Neptune Energy gears up for Dugong sidetrack

    10 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Neptune Energy has decided to drill a sidetrack well to further evaluate the size of its Dugong discovery located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

  • Heerema’s Sleipnir vessel getting busy after landing new installation job

    22 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Heerema Marine Contractors has been awarded a contract by HSM Offshore for the transportation and installation of Dana Petroleum’s P11-Unity platform.

  • 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 […]

  • Norske Shell Gets Nod to Use Island Constructor on Knarr and Ormen Lange

    12 April 2019

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given consent to Norske Shell to use the Island Constructor mobile drilling facility for activities on the Knarr and Ormen Lange fields. The consent covers the use of Island Constructor for well-related operations on the Knarr and Ormen Lange fields. The Ormen Lange, located 120 kilometers north west of […]

  • Aker Solutions, TechnipFMC to Support Equinor in Subsea Sector

    26 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Equinor has signed collaboration agreements with Aker Solutions and TechnipFMC for subsea equipment and services on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and internationally. Equinor is operating close to 600 subsea wells, which account for a considerable share of the company’s total production. “We are building on many years of good cooperation with two world-leading suppliers […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • DOF Subsea and Kværner Team Up on Hywind Tampen Marine Ops

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

    DOF Subsea and Kværner have signed a contract to collaborate and deliver marine operations for Equinor`s Hywind Tampen Project. The contract will be executed in a 50/50 partnership (joint venture). “Hywind Tampen will be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm and is vital for industrialising solutions and reducing costs for future offshore wind power […]

  • Green light for Equinor to deploy well intervention vessel off Norway

    15 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use of one of Island Offshore’s MOUs for light well intervention work in Norway.

  • TechnipFMC lands $187 million worth of new jobs with Equinor

    23 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has awarded two contracts and issued a letter of intent to TechnipFMC for pipelaying and subsea installation for three projects in Norway.

  • IKM Subsea Hosts Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy

    30 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    IKM Subsea recently welcomed Norwegian minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg to it Bryne headquarters. Freiberg had invited himself together with representatives from his Government department to view the ROV Onshore Control Center. “This is like science fiction,” Freiberg was quoted saying. He also added that there is high demand for modern Norwegian technology […]

  • Neptune picks up permit for North Sea appraisal well

    4 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Neptune Energy a drilling permit for an appraisal well offshore Norway.

  • Shell all-set to use well intervention vessel at two North Sea fields

    28 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Shell has received consent from the Norwegian regulator to use one of Island Offshore’s mobile offshore units (MOU) on two fields off Norway.