344 results found for 'Aasta Hansteen'

344 results found for 'Aasta Hansteen'
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  • Aibel in new round of job cuts

    12 January 2016

    Aibel, a Norwegian service company for the oil and gas industry, has reportedly decided to trim its workforce some more. The company which in the past two years cut its headcount by more than 700 workers due to spending reductions by the oil companies, will lay off a 100 workers more, Stavanger’s Aftenbladet reported Monday. […]

  • Offshore safety body looks into Wintershall’s use of West Phoenix rig

    6 April 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The PSA has found several non-conformities during an audit of Wintershall’s qualification and follow-up of the West Phoenix drilling rig.

  • Norway: Aibel to Connect Kristin Platform to Polarled Pipeline

    6 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Aibel is to carry out modifications to Kristin valued at NOK 200 million. The task is to connect the platform to the new Polarled pipeline. The contract has been awarded as a part of the framework agreement Aibel has with Statoil on maintenance and modifications to Kristin. “This is a major M&M contract, and a […]

  • Aibel to bank $560 million from four new contracts with Equinor

    23 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has signed contracts with Aibel worth around NOK 5 billion (about $560 million), including options.

  • Centrica kicks off Ivory well drilling

    6 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Atlantic Petroleum has announced that drilling of the Centrica-operated Ivory well (6707/10-3 S) in PL 528B, in the Norwegian Sea, has started. Atlantic Petroleum Norge has a 9% working interest in PL 528B located in the Norwegian Sea. The licence is located adjacent to the Statoil-operated Aasta Hansteen field development which is due to come […]

  • Centrica Makes Minor Gas Find (Norway)

    8 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Centrica Resources Norge AS, operator of production licence 528 B, has reported that it’s about to complete drilling of wildcat well 6707/10-3 S. The well was drilled about 20 kilometres northeast of the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. The primary and secondary exploration targets for the well were proving petroleum in Upper Cretaceous […]

  • Aibel to Connect Kristin Platform to Polarled Pipeline

    6 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Aibel is to carry out modifications to Kristin valued at NOK 200 million (USD 32.4 million). The task is to connect the platform to the new Polarled pipeline.   The contract has been awarded as a part of the framework agreement Aibel has with Statoil on maintenance and modifications to Kristin. “This is a major […]

  • EIA: Norway remained third largest natural gas exporter in 2015

    29 December 2016

    Norway retained its position as the third largest natural gas exporter, behind Russia and Qatar, and produced 4.1 Tcf of dry natural gas in 2015, according to the latest report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

  • Statoil’s Gina Krog Platform Project Moves Forward, Norway

    5 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract to provide Korean shipbuilding firm Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) with turbomachinery equipment and services for a new oil and gas production platform being built to support the production activities of Statoil Petroleum AS and its partners Total S.A. and Det Norske in the Gina […]

  • Photo News of 2017

    2 January 2018

    Take a look at some of the amazing photos that made the news last year! https://subseaworldnews.com/2017/01/24/photo-full-house-at-aibel/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2017/02/01/photo-heerema-presses-on-with-culzean-jacket-work/ This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subseaworldnews. Photo Jan De Nul Takes Delivery Of New Multipurpose Vessel This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subseaworldnews. Photo Topaz […]

  • Centrica Starts Ivory Well Drilling

    6 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Atlantic Petroleum has started drilling of the Ivory well (6707/10-3 S) in PL 528B located in the Norwegian Sea. Atlantic Petroleum Norge has a 9% working interest in PL 528B. The licence is located adjacent to the Statoil-operated Aasta Hansteen field development which is due to come on stream in 2017. The Ivory well is […]

  • Statoil awards Polarled pipelay surveillance contract to DNV GL

    18 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    DNV GL, a Norwegian technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, has been awarded an offshore pipelay surveillance contract by Statoil. The company said that the contract is for monitoring quality assurance throughout the Polarled pipeline installation campaign. Statoil is installing the 480km long Polarled gas pipeline that will have capacity of 70 million cubic […]

  • Two workers injured on Statoil’s Mariner project in Korea

    21 April 2016

    Two workers were injured while working on the Mariner project in South Korea for the Norwegian oil company Statoil. This means that Statoil has had three accidents at work at three different shipyards in Korea.  Statoil’s spokesperson told Offshore Energy Today that one incident happened last fall at the Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard when the worker […]

  • Transocean lands 22-well contract with Statoil

    21 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Transocean has been awarded a contract for the harsh environment semi-submersible rig Transocean Spitsbergen by Statoil. According to Transocean’s statement on Thursday, the rig has received a 22-well contract with an estimated duration of 33 months; plus two one-well options in the Norwegian North Sea. The estimated firm backlog associated with the contract is approximately $286 […]

  • Centrica Resources Norge hits gas in Norwegian Sea

    8 December 2014

    Centrica Resources Norge made a minor gas find in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Statoil wins big in Norwegian APA awards

    17 January 2017

    In connection with the Award in Predefined Areas (APA) 2016 offered by the Norwegian government on Tuesday, Statoil has been awarded interests in 29 exploration licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Statoil said that out of those 29 licenses, 16 were awarded to Statoil as operator and 13 as a partner. “New discoveries are […]

  • Norway Gives Green Light for Ormen Lange Plant Expansion

    10 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent for start-up of the expansion of the gas plant at Nyhamna in Møre og Romsdal County. This should allow the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea to increase production by 25-30 billion standard cubic meters (Sm3) of gas. The upgrade – also called Nyhamna expansion – consists […]

  • Higher oil prices, cost cuts lift Statoil to 2Q profit

    27 July 2017

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has managed to return to profit in the second quarter of 2017, helped by higher oil prices and cost cuts. The company’s net income for the second quarter 2017 was $1,43 billion, compared to a loss of $302 million a year ago. “Our solid financial results and strong cash flow are […]

  • Wintershall drills dry well in Norwegian Sea

    18 February 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Wintershall has failed to find hydrocarbons after drilling a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Atlantic Petroleum, Rocksource Enter Farm-In Deal

    2 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces that the Group has entered into a farm-in option agreement with Rocksource ASA regarding the PL528 licence in the Norwegian Sea. Through the farm-in option agreement, Atlantic Petroleum shall purchase five percent (5%) and has an option to purchase up to fifteen percent of the participating interest in PL528. Atlantic Petroleum […]

  • Norway opens 2015 NCS licencing round

    21 April 2015

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has today announced the awards in pre-defined areas (APA) 2015 licencing round, comprising the predefined areas with blocks in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. The objective is to award new production licences in these areas at the beginning of 2016. The application deadline is September 2, […]

  • 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.

  • Saipem collects $900 million in new contracts

    20 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has secured two contracts, one in Brazil and one in Norway, for a total amount of approximately $900 million. The first contract was secured with TotalEnergies in partnership with Aker Solutions do Brasil for the Lapa South-West development project, a deepwater oil field in the Santos Basin, located 270 kilometers […]

  • Dockwise Wins Heavy Marine Transport Deals Worth $175 Mln

    9 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announces that Dockwise has recently been awarded numerous new contracts for heavy marine transport as well as transport and installation (T&I) services. The contracts were awarded since mid-June and carry a combined total value of approximately USD 175 million. Various short term heavy marine transport contracts were acquired, primarily for […]

  • Norway’s offshore industry through Øyvind Sætre’s lens

    13 December 2017

    Browsing through Linkedin the other day, I’ve stumbled across a beautiful photo of two heavy lift vessels carrying the giant Aasta Hansteen topside out of the Westcon yard in Ølensvåg, Norway.