10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Magseis to Conduct Seabed Seismic Acquisition for Hess Denmark

    29 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Magseis has been awarded a contract by Hess Denmark ApS for seabed seismic acquisition in the southern part of the North Sea using the company’s proprietary MASS system and the Artemis Athene. The duration of the contract is estimated between 45 – 60 days and work will commence upon completion of the ongoing Oseberg and […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Equinor forced to shut down four fields due to strike

    5 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance

    Equinor has been forced to shut down four of its offshore fields following an escalation in strike action by oil and gas workers.

  • Malaysian AET Wins Major North Sea DP Contract with Statoil

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    AET, a leading global owner and operator of a fleet of 82 petroleum tankers, has on 12th September 2012, agreed to enter into a long-term contract with Norwegian energy giant Statoil ASA to operate two specialists DP2-type shuttle tankers. The vessels will be operated through a joint venture company, AET Sea Shuttle AS, formed between […]

  • Norway Opens New Barents Sea Area for Oil Exploration

    26 April 2013

    The Norwegian Government on Monday presented its proposal to open for petroleum activity in the south-eastern Barents Sea. “This is a historic day. Opening the first new region for petroleum activity since 1994 will allow us to explore new, promising areas for oil and gas, provide new opportunities and new impetus in Northern Norway, and […]

  • MOL Norge gains safety consent for North Sea exploration well

    31 August 2018
    Exploration & Production

    MOL has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the North Sea using the Rowan Viking drilling rig.

  • 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.

  • Aker Solutions cuts first steel for Wintershall’s Nova project

    24 May 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil services company Aker Solutions has started fabrication on Wintershall’s Nova project in the North Sea.

  • 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 […]

  • Equinor and DNO delineate 2023 oil & gas discovery with appraisal well and sidetrack

    26 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor and compatriot oil and gas operator DNO have completed an appraisal well and sidetrack said to further delineate the 2023 Heisenberg oil and gas discovery in the Norwegian North Sea. Heisenberg, a new shallow play located in license PL827SB in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea, is now estimated […]

  • Offshore drilling results confirm CO2 storage capacity for Northern Lights project

    10 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Northern Lights has confirmed the storage capacity of at least 5 million tonnes of CO2 per annum in the North Sea licence off Norway.

  • Norway: NPD to Acquire Seismic in Northeastern Sector of Barents Sea

    22 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Government has decided that the NPD will map the geology in the northeastern part of Norway’s new sea area in the Barents Sea. According to the plan, the seismic surveys will start this summer and continue into 2013. This will provide important knowledge regarding possible oil and gas resources in this area. “We have […]

  • Magseis Continues Red Sea Campaign

    2 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian seabed seismic services player Magseis said it has completed the initial part of Saudi Aramco’s seabed seismic survey together with its partner BGP. Following a short yard stay and mobilisation the company said that the crew has now begun acquisition on the extension that was previously announced on March 17, 2017. Magseis CEO, Idar Horstad, […]

  • Vår Energi optimistic about production targets as North Sea FPSO ramps up

    10 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Norwegian upstream oil and gas player Vår Energi has achieved peak production at its floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit working at a field in the North Sea off Norway.

  • ConocoPhillips files plan for North Sea re-development

    1 July 2019
    Project & Tenders

    ConocoPhillips has submitted a Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for a re-development of the Tor field in the Greater Ekofisk area in the North Sea to Norwegian authorities. 

  • 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.

  • MAN GenSet Engines to Power Esvagt Aurora

    4 September 2012

    On 26 July 2012, Zamakona Shipyard S.A. delivered the 87 m long standby vessel ‘Esvagt Aurora’ to the ESVAGT AS company, belonging to the Danish multinational A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group. The vessel is powered by a diesel-electric set-up featuring, among others, 4 × MAN 6L21/31 engines – 1,320 kWm per engine: this is the third vessel […]

  • MOL hits dust in North Sea well

    10 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Oil and gas company MOL Norge has drilled a dry well located at Mandal High in the southern North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Norwegian firm secures its first seismic node project

    8 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Norwegian Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has secured what it says is its first seismic node project, as part of its strategy to diversify its offerings and enhance vessel utilization. EMGS is set to undertake a fully pre-funded ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic survey in the Barents Sea in collaboration with Velocitas Geo Solutions. The survey, expected to kick […]

  • WATCH: World’s largest offshore construction vessel takes former platform’s jacket out of North Sea as recycling time comes

    15 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Vessels

    Allseas has performed another removal task in the North Sea with its giant offshore construction vessel for Aker BP, a Norwegian oil and gas player.

  • Horisont Energi looking for new partners for Barents Sea CO2 exploration license as ORLEN withdraws

    14 October 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Storage, Transition, Vision

    ORLEN Upstream Norway, part of Poland’s ORLEN Group and formerly known as PGNiG Upstream Norway (PUN), has decided to withdraw from the Polaris CO2 exploration license, the only CO2 storage located in the Barents Sea, with Horisont Energi now assessing the way forward for the project. The Polaris license is located several hundred meters below […]

  • Top 10 Most Expensive Cruise Ships Ever Built

    8 August 2014

    A cruise ship is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages. The voyage is a part of experience, as well as the different destinations along the way. Transportation is not the prime purpose, as cruisers operate mostly on routes that return passengers to their originating port. There are even “cruises to nowhere” or “nowhere voyages” […]

  • Total, ExxonMobil in North Sea Assets Exchange (Norway)

    8 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    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 […]