10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Transocean’s plethora of new rig deals fetches $1.2 billion

    20 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Transocean has won a bundle of new contracts and extensions in Mexico, Australia, Norway, Lebanon, and the East Mediterranean Sea.

  • Thumbs-up for Equinor and Vår Energi to fortify emergency preparedness in Barents Sea

    10 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Equinor and Vår Energi have received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator for contingency planning in the Barents Sea.

  • Two Cruise Firms Get Approval to Sail to Cuba

    8 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Cuban government has granted its approval to two cruise line majors, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Royal Caribbean Cruises, to begin cruises to Cuba. Namely, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings said that it will start sending its cruise ships in March 2017 as all three of its brands, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent […]

  • Deepsea Stavanger rig set for work on Skarv field

    23 February 2018
    Exploration & Production

    AkerBP has received consent from the PSA to use the Deepsea Stavanger rig for workover and recompletion of wells on the Skarv field.

  • Wintershall Submits Nova Field PDO

    16 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Wintershall has, together with its partners, submitted the Plan for Development and Operation for the Nova field in the North Sea to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Hugo Dijkgraaf, Wintershall Norge managing director, handed the Nova document to the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Søviknes. Nova will be developed as a […]

  • TenneT Starts NordLink Cable-Laying in German North Sea

    4 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Transmission system operator TenneT has begun laying its NordLink subsea cable section in the German North Sea. During the next weeks TenneT will wind out 99 kilometres into the seabed between the cable landfall at the Büsum dike (Schleswig-Holstein) and southwest of the Island of Sylt through the tidal flat area (Wadden Sea). Next year, […]

  • Meyer Werft Announces Float Out of Norwegian Encore

    9 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Encore is scheduled to leave Meyer Werft covered building dock II on August 17.

  • VIDEO: Statoil Unveils New Subsea Concept

    19 April 2016
    Equipment, Research & Development

    Norway’s Statoil has presented a new subsea concept at the Barents Sea Conference in Hammerfest, designed to reduce cost and increase efficiency. The new concept, called Cap-X, is estimated to cut costs by as much as 30% compared with conventional technology. According to Statoil’s video, which further explains the concept, this could be the standard […]

  • Seismic campaign completed at Aker BP and OMV’s CCS license

    18 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Aker BP and OMV have completed the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey over their carbon capture and storage (CCS) license area in the Norwegian North Sea. Norwegian seismic company PGS with its vessel Ramform Atlas carried out the campaign over the Poseidon CCS license located approximately 100 kilometers off the Norwegian coast. According to […]

  • Norwegian Cruise Line to Customize One Newbuilding for Chinese Market

    12 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Cruise Line will introduce what the company calls ”the first purpose-built ship customized for the China market” in 2017, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ CEO Frank Del Rio revealed Monday during the CruiseWorld China summit in Shanghai. Currently under construction, Norwegian Cruise Line says that the new ship is designed “specifically for the China market with […]

  • VIDEO: Norwegian Escape Floated Out

    17 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The 164,600-gt cruise ship Norwegian Escape, built for the U.S. cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line, was floated out of Meyer Werft’s covered building dock II on August 15th, after merely 18 months of construction in Papenburg, Germany. The new ship will now be subjected to more tests to be carried out in the harbor, along with the remaining […]

  • Norwegian Pearl Passenger Falls Overboard, Search Underway

    13 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The United States Coast Guard is searching for an unidentified woman who fell from a Norwegian Cruise Line’s cruise ship on Thursday, 22 nautical miles off the coast of Cuba, the Coast Guard said. “Watchstanders at Coast Guard 7th District command center received the initial report at approximately 7 p.m. from crew of the Norwegian […]

  • Norway: Subsea 7 Bags Tordis SURF Contract

    15 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $70 million from Statoil on the Tordis Area in the North Sea. This contract is for the engineering, procurement and installation of two 10” 12 km oil production pipelines, together with a pull-in to Gullfaks C and tie-in at the […]

  • VIDEO: Norwegian Escape Floated Out

    17 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The 164,600-gt cruise ship Norwegian Escape, built for the U.S. cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line, was floated out of Meyer Werft’s covered building dock II on August 15th, after merely 18 months of construction in Papenburg, Germany. The new ship will now be subjected to more tests to be carried out in the harbor, along with the remaining […]

  • Norway and France forge ties on carbon capture and storage

    20 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The governments of Norway and France have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to cooperate on the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The aim of the agreement is to promote the development of CCS by creating a framework for cooperation between the two countries to facilitate their sharing of technical knowledge, […]

  • Wintershall Dea preparing to drill North Sea well

    27 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Wintershall Dea Norge has received a drilling permit from Norway’s authorities for a wildcat well located in the North Sea. 

  • Competition authorities nod for Norwegian OSV trio merger

    25 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    A merger between three Norwegian offshore supply vessel providers, Solstad Offshore, Farstad Shipping, and Deep Sea Supply, has been cleared by all relevant competition authorities.  The merger that will create Solstad Farstad, a new OSV player in Norway with a fleet of 154 vessels, was first announced on February 6, 2017. The statutory plans were approved […]

  • Equinor hits a dry patch in Barents Sea prospect

    1 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has found no commercial hydrocarbons in an exploration well in the Barents Sea, which was drilled with COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rig off the coast of Norway.

  • North Sea Hat-Trick for DOF Subsea

    18 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    DOF Subsea has been awarded three new contracts in the North Sea. The first of these contracts will see DOF Subsea undertake a workscope in the Norwegian North Sea involving subsea construction support and pre-commissioning operations from the Geosund during December 2018. In addition, the company has been awarded a contract for the initial phase […]

  • Edda Ferd PSV Departs for Sea Trials (Spain)

    18 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Gondan Shipyard announced that yesterday, 17 October, the Edda Ferd PSV departed for Gijon port to carry out sea trials. The Edda Ferd (hull C-444) Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) features a new propulsion concept including diesel generator sets with variable rpm developed together with Siemens’ BlueDrive Plus C concept. A hybrid solution with two battery […]

  • Solstad takes over as president of Norwegian Shipowners Association

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    On Monday March 31st, Lars Peder Solstad was elected new president of the Norwegian Shipowners Association (NSA). He takes over the position from Trond Kleivdal. “Norway has one of the world’s largest and most advanced fleets. The maritime industry creates jobs across the country and contributes 160 billions of annual values. Norwegian shipping plays an […]

  • Three companies win CO2 storage license in Norway’s North Sea

    18 August 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has granted an exploration license for CO2 storage on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in the North Sea to three companies. The exploration permit, located east of the Sleipner Øst field, has been allocated to Sval Energi, Storegga Norway and Neptune Energy Norway. Sval Energi will be the […]

  • Neptune Energy fires up Gjøa P1 development

    23 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Operator Neptune Energy and its partners have started production from the Gjøa P1 development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

  • Norwegian shipyard to build the ‘world’s largest’ hydrogen-powered ships

    18 April 2024
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norwegian shipyard Myklebust Verft has been selected to build two hydrogen-powered ferries ordered by compatriot transport company Torghatten Nord. Once delivered, the newbuilds will be ‘the world’s largest’ hydrogen ships and will be bunkered with hydrogen produced in Bodø.

  • Norway: Seven Oil Companies Buy NPD’s Seismic Data Package

    11 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate today reported that seven oil companies have purchased it’s seismic data package from Lofoten and Vesterålen, and several more have indicated their interest. The seven oil companies that have purchased the seismic data package are Statoil, ExxonMobil, Norske Shell, RWE Dea Norge, GDF Suez, Dong Energy and Det norske oljeselskap. The […]