10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Norway: Draupne Discovery Renamed Ivan Aasen

    11 September 2012

    The oil and gas discovery Draupne, located centrally in the North Sea, has today been renamed Ivar Aasen. The name was chosen following proposals from the operator and feedback from the advisory committee on names. Sunnmøre-native Ivar Aasen was a leading democratic and national strategist in Norway during the 1800s. He was a poet and […]

  • Norwegian Dawn Runs Aground on Bermuda Reef

    20 May 2015
    Business & Finance

     A cruise ship owned by Norwegian Cruise Line, Norwegian Dawn, ran aground on Tuesday following its departure from Bermuda. “On Tuesday, May 19th at approximately 5:00 pm ET, Norwegian Dawn had a temporary malfunction of its steering system, causing the ship to sail slightly off course as the ship was departing Bermuda, resulting in the vessel […]

  • Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ready for Chinese Market

    27 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Miami-based cruise company Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) will soon launch the first purpose-built ship for China, with ships from all three NCLH brands calling Chinese ports in 2017, according to the company’s President and CEO, Frank J. Del Rio. Del Rio appeared this week along with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings International executives at the CruiseWorld […]

  • Spirit Energy preparing for North Sea wildcat

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

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Spirit Energy a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • West Mira rig returning to work in April after dropping X-mas tree on seabed

    26 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Safety

    Following an equipment failure on the West Mira rig while it was working for Wintershall Dea in Norway, the rig is expected to remain offline for weeks.

  • Wintershall hands in Skarfjell concept, enters next project phase

    15 February 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Wintershall Norge has now submitted the development concept for the Skarfjell field development, located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Wintershall, together with its license partners Capricorn, Bayerngas, Edison and DEA, recently selected a development solution for the Skarfjell field. Under the proposed solution, the reservoir […]

  • Norway’s Equinor spuds North Sea wildcat well

    9 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has started drilling operations on the Kveikje exploration well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Saipem rig spins the drill bit at North Sea prospect

    13 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Aker BP has started drilling an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway, using one of Saipem’s semi-submersible rigs.

  • Manifolds Pair Set for Nova Field

    6 March 2020
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Nova subsea field, located in the Norwegian North Sea, is set to receive its two manifolds in the next months, operator Wintershall Dea said. Built by Aker Solutions, the manifolds were handed over to Subsea 7 (responsible for pipelines and subsea construction), at the yard in Egersund, Norway. Aker Solutions secured the contract for the delivery of […]

  • Norway Ponders 3.5GW Offshore Wind Move

    19 June 2019
    Authorities & Government

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced plans to potentially open two areas for offshore wind development with a combined capacity of up to 3.5GW. The Ministry will send a proposal to open a hearing on the Utsira North area off the coast of Rogaland before summer. In addition, input will be requested for the […]

  • Subsea 7 in SURF work for Oda field

    15 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 has been awarded a sizeable contract by Centrica for the Oda field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The Oda oil field, previously called Butch, was discovered in 2011 in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea, approximately 14 kilometers east of the Ula field. As the operator, Centrica submitted […]

  • Vår Energi all done with intra-group merger

    11 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Norway’s Vår Energi has completed the merger with its wholly-owned subsidiary Vår Energi Norge, previously known as Neptune Energy Norge.

  • Pioneering Spirit vessel removes North Sea platform topsides

    27 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit vessel has removed the Gyda platform topsides from the North Sea, preparing it for recycling and disposal.

  • Meyer Werft Delivers ‘Norwegian Getaway’

    10 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Today during a ceremony in Bremerhaven, Norwegian Cruise Line took delivery of the 145,655 gross ton cruise ship Norwegian Getaway from MEYER WERFT after a building period of only 15 months. The ship, the second of two Breakaway Class ships, is being delivered just nine months after the launch of sister-ship Norwegian Breakaway. Following delivery […]

  • New oil discovery in North Sea ‘not profitable’ at this moment in time

    10 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has made a new oil discovery in the North Sea off Norway, using a Saipem-owned rig.

  • Norway: NPD Names New North Sea South Director

    2 March 2012

    Kjetil Aasoldsen (36) has become a member of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s management team as director of North Sea South, effective March 1. «I look forward to getting started. The southern section of the North Sea is a very exciting area of the shelf, with a mix of mature fields with vast remaining volumes and […]

  • Norway: Government Mulls Barents Sea Gas Pipeline

    26 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      The Norwegian government will consider extending its North Sea gas pipeline infrastructure as far as the Barents Sea if sufficient gas is… (argusmedia) [mappress] Source: argusmedia, August 26, 2011;

  • Equinor comes up empty in North Sea well

    1 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has completed the drilling of an exploration well near the Troll field in the Norwegian North Sea but failed to find hydrocarbons.

  • Norway’s Energy Ministry launches seventh call for CO2 storage licenses

    6 June 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Storage, Transition, Vision

    Three new areas for CO2 storage are up for grabs in the North Sea offshore Norway, representing the seventh time acreage is being announced for CO2 storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The Norwegian Ministry of Energy announced on June 6 that it was inviting interested companies to apply for exploration licenses related to CO2 […]

  • MEYER WERFT Hands Over Norwegian Getaway

    10 January 2014

    Today during a ceremony in Bremerhaven, Norwegian Cruise Line took delivery of the 145,655 gross ton cruise ship Norwegian Getaway from MEYER WERFT after a building period of only 15 months. The ship, the second of two Breakaway Class ships, is being delivered just nine months after the launch of sister-ship Norwegian Breakaway. Following delivery […]

  • Det Norske: Geite Bears No Hydrocarbons

    15 October 2012

    Norwegian operator Det Norske is preparing to plug and abandon the Geite prospect in the North Sea. The company said that the 7/11-13 well, which was spudded in Mid-September, reached Triassic reservoir, but without hydrocarbons. The well, located west of Ula field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, was drilled by the Maersk […]

  • Denmark: Maersk Drilling Gets Letter of Award for New Jack-up Rig

    7 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Drilling has received a Letter of Award from Total E&P Norge AS for one of the two ultra harsh environment jack-up rigs presently under construction in Singapore. The rig will be used for drilling the demanding and complex wells on the Hild field development in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract award is conditional […]

  • Centrica Submits Oda Field Development Plan

    30 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Partners in the Oda field, previously named Butch, located in the North Sea licence PL 405, have submitted its Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Oda field was discovered in 2011, in the Norwegian North Sea, in shallow water approximately 13 kilometers east of the producing […]

  • Total Exchanges North Sea Interests with ExxonMobil

    8 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Total has today announced an exchange of interests with ExxonMobil in a range of producing and undeveloped North Sea assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. In exchange for its interests in the PL089 license (5.6%) and the Sygna (2.52%), Statfjord Øst (2.8%) and Snorre (6.18%) fields, Total will receive from ExxonMobil its 4.7% interest in […]

  • North Sea platform incident: Serious regulation breaches come to light following worker injury and gas leak

    10 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Equinor has been served with a notice of order by Norway’s offshore safety regulator after a probe into an incident.