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  • Norway and Russia in Barents Sea Seismic Data Trade-Off

    26 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and Russian petroleum authorities (Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency, Rosnedra) have entered into an agreement to exchange seismic data from the areas around the demarcation line in the Barents Sea. “This agreement is extremely important, it allows us to achieve a better understanding of the regional geological conditions on both […]

  • 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 […]

  • Prysmian’s cable-making ops at full blast for two big North Sea oil & gas projects

    26 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian is hard at work at its factory in Norway to provide cables for two oil and gas development projects in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway. Thanks to these projects, the Italian player’s headcount has gone up.

  • Plexus Nets Centrica Contract

    9 January 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Plexus has signed a four year framework agreement with Centrica to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for jack up exploration wells in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.   Under the terms of the four year agreement, Centrica can request up to three further one year extensions following the end of the initial […]

  • 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, […]

  • DNO gets nod to plug North Sea wells with Dolphin rig

    1 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has given DNO Norge consent for the use of the Borgland Dolphin rig for a permanent plugging of wells offshore Norway.

  • New wildcat on North Sea asset’s drilling agenda next month

    30 June 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    OKEA has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast, which is scheduled to be drilled in July 2025.

  • VIDEO: Wintershall Dea installs subsea pipelines for Nova project

    28 August 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Wintershall Dea has completed the installation of the subsea pipelines and umbilicals for the operated Nova project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

  • Tullow gets go-ahead for North Sea wildcat

    18 May 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Tullow has obtained an approval to conduct exploration drilling in its licence in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The drilling permit, granted by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, is for the wellbore 16/5-6, located in the production licence 776. Tullow will use the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig for the wildcat well. Tullow Oil Norge AS, […]

  • Prestige Takeover Pushes NCL to Fourth Quarter Loss

    18 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Miami-based cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line ended 2014 with USD 338.4 million net income, but reported USD 25.6 million net loss in the fourth quarter due to the USD 3.025 billion purchase of Prestige Cruise Holdings, parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. The annual revenue increased by 21.6% to USD 3.1 billion from USD 2.6 billion […]

  • 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.

  • Norway rejects Greenpeace appeal. Statoil given final Apollo nod

    2 June 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian authorities have today rejected an appeal from Greenpeace, thereby giving Statoil final permission to begin exploration activities on the Apollo prospect in the Barents Sea.

  • 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.

  • Statoil Spuds ‘Cliffhanger’ Well in North Sea (Norway)

    10 July 2013

    Statoil has kicked off drilling of exploration well 16/2-18S in PL265, west of Johan Sverdrup field, in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The well will target the Cliffhanger North prospect, located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The well is located in PL265 west of the bounding fault […]

  • Edvard Grieg jacket sailing to North Sea location

    16 April 2014
    Project & Tenders

    An offshore jacket completed two weeks ago at Kvaerner’s Verdal yard, yesterday left the yard and is now on its way to be installed in the Norwegian North Sea. The jacket, destined for the Lundin Petroleum-operated Edvard Grieg field, weighs 14 500 tonnes. The jacket will stand up 134 metres in vertical position. With this delivery, Kvaerner […]

  • 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 […]

  • E.ON sells Norwegian E&P business for $1.6 billion

    14 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    German energy company E.ON has agreed to sell its Norwegian exploration and production business for $1.6 billion to DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG. Under the agreement, DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG, formerly know as RWE Dea, will obtain equity interests in 43 licenses including a 28 percent interest in Skarv and a 30 percent interest in Njord […]

  • 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.

  • World’s largest crane vessel lifts Wintershall Dea’s Nova topside module

    8 May 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    The world’s largest crane vessel, Sleipnir, has lifted Wintershall Dea’s Nova field topside module from the Rosenberg WorleyParsons yard in Stavanger, Norway.

  • BP gains nod for life extension of Tambar platform

    8 July 2016

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given the green light to BP to use the platform on the Tambar field in the North Sea offshore Norway until January 1, 2022. The NPD, a government agency whose task is to manage the oil and gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, said that this coincides with […]

  • Faroe Petroleum Spuds Clapton (Norway)

    24 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Faroe Petroleum has announced that drilling has started on the Clapton prospect in the Norwegian North Sea (Faroe 40% and operator). Well 2/8-18 S is Faroe Petroleum’s first operated well in Norway and will target the Clapton Prospect located in PL440 S in block 2/8, approximately 5 km east of the Eldfisk East Field and […]

  • Meyer Werft: Cruise Ship ‘Norwegian Breakaway’ Delivered

    25 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Today, Norwegian Cruise Line took delivery of the 146.600 GT cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway from MEYER WERFT after a building period of only 18 months. Extensive tests and trials of all systems and intensive training of the crew kept everyone busy in the last weeks prior to the delivery in Bremerhaven. Norwegian Breakaway is the […]

  • Seventeen Companies Enter Barents Sea Seismic Deal

    10 December 2013

    A group comprised of 17 oil and gas companies has established a project for joint seismic acquisition in the southeastern Barents Sea. Statoil is the operator of the project. At the request of the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, the industry, via the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, has taken the initiative to jointly […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]