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  • Equinor getting ready to embark on North Sea drilling ops with Odfjell rig

    19 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator to use one of the semi-submersible rigs owned by Odfjell Drilling.

  • Only Barents Sea CO2 exploration license gets new operator

    8 January 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has approved PGNiG Upstream Norway (PUN), part of Poland’s ORLEN Group, as operator and partner with Horisont Energi in the only CO2 storage located in the Barents Sea. Horisont Energi and PUN announced a sales purchase agreement on December 11, 2023, making PUN a license partner in the Polaris CO2 project. […]

  • Spotted: Norwegian Escape Flaunts World’s Biggest Scrubber Systems

    1 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    In today’s spotted we bring you what is deemed to be the world’s biggest scrubber system, which has been installed aboard the Norwegian Cruise Lines’ newest cruise vessel Norwegian Escape. Yara Marine Technologies’ five SOx scrubber systems, installed aboard the largest cruise ship in Norwegian Cruise Lines’s fleet, make the ship more environmentally-friendly. The inline scrubber is […]

  • 15 Companies Buy NPD’s Barents Sea Seismic Data Package

    21 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    As of 19 August, 15 oil companies have purchased the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s seismic data package from the southeastern part of the Barents Sea and the ocean areas off Jan Mayen. The 15 companies are: Chevron Norge AS, Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS, Det norske oljeselskap ASA, AS Norske Shell, Total E&P Norge AS, Lundin Norway, […]

  • Det Norske Expands its Presence in the Barents Sea, Norway

    8 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Det norske has entered into an agreement with Talisman Energy to acquire 10 percent in PL438 in the Barents Sea. The license contains the prospect called Skalle. The license is operated by Lundin Petroleum who plans to drill the Skalle prospect in June this year using the drilling rig Transocean Leader. This agreement strengthens […]

  • Fugro Bags Barents Sea Hydrographic Survey Contract by NHS

    18 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Fugro OSAE GmbH has been awarded a EUR 2.7 million hydrographic survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS). This survey, planned for 2013, is part of the on-going MAREANO project and will encompass an area over 11,000km² in the Barents Sea. The area is located offshore the northern-most part of Norway, close to the […]

  • Statoil Given Final Permission to Drill Apollo Prospect

    2 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian authorities have rejected an appeal from Greenpeace, thereby giving Statoil final permission to begin exploration activities on the Apollo prospect in the Barents Sea. The appeal concerned the company’s discharge permit, and the decision from the Ministry of Climate and Environment states that drilling does not violate the general guidelines for petroleum activities in […]

  • Point Resources takes CHC helicopter for Norwegian ops

    7 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    CHC Group has signed a three-year contract with Point Resources, providing aviation services to the company’s operated Balder, Ringhorne and Jotun fields in the Norwegian North Sea.

  • Norway: Statoil Gets Approval for its Fast-Track Projects

    16 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

      Approval of plans for development and operation (PDO) of the Stjerne and Vigdis North-East fields means that all four of Statoil’s first fast-track projects have secured the go-ahead. The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has given the nod for the two fields today, 16 September, after approving Hyme and Visund South PDOs in June. […]

  • Xena joins Greenpeace in fight against Statoil’s Barents Sea drilling

    24 July 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Eleven activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise took to the water in inflatable boats on Friday to protest against Statoil’s exploration activities in the Arctic Barents Sea, offshore Norway.  The activists were joined by actress Lucy Lawless, known for her role in the TV show Xena: Warrior Princess. It is worth noting that this is […]

  • MOL Norge granted permit for North Sea wildcat

    26 March 2019
    Exploration & Production

    The NPD has granted MOL Norge, a Norwegian unit of the Hungarian oil company MOL, a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.

  • Gassco calls for new export infrastructure development

    14 January 2020

    Gassco, the company running the Norwegian gas infrastructure, called for the construction of additional infrastructure to expand the utilization of resources from the Barents Sea.

  • EMGS sells Barents Sea data

    19 September 2017

    Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into data licensing agreements related to 3D CSEM multi-client data in the Barents Sea in Norway. The Norwegian seismic data provider said on Tuesday the agreement represented combined revenues of approximately $1.2 million. EMGS has recently signed a similar agreement for Barents Sea data representing revenues of approximately $1.8 million

  • Recent North Sea discovery deemed ‘important’ for further exploration activities

    27 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    A new gas condensate discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, made by DNO Norge, is perceived to be a play-opener.

  • Siem Moxie to Be Christened Today in Hamburg

    10 April 2014

    A rather unusual vessel, rarely seen in Hamburg’s cruise terminal, the Siem Moxie will be christened at the terimal today. The Siem Moxie is an offshore infield support (ISV) vessel with an X-Bow design. The vessel was built at the Norwegian Fjellstrand shipyard in Oma. Designed for specific tasks in wind farms in the North […]

  • Argeo secures survey work, orders newbuild AUV

    23 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Technology

    Norwegian marine survey contractor Argeo has ordered a newbuild SeaRaptor 6000 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) from Teledyne Gavia, in parallel with securing a deep-water survey contract in the Pacific region.

  • Oil Production from Statfjord C Resumes

    31 January 2014

    Statoil has restarted production from the Statfjord C platform in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. In an update issued yesterday, the Norwegian oil company said the production was resumed Wednesday evening after required inspection was completed. Statoil was forced to shut down the output from the platform on Sunday morning, after the alarm went off, […]

  • Norway: APA 2011 Brings Two Operatorships for GDF SUEZ

    18 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    GDF SUEZ E&P Norge was today awarded three partnership licenses and two operatorships in the North Sea through the Awards in Predefined Areas round for 2011. The two operatorships are located in the Gjøa area (PL 636 and PL 634). Two of the partnership licenses are located in the northern North Sea, and the third […]

  • 16 more companies join Barents Sea seismic project

    26 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The project for joint seismic acquisition in the southeastern Barents Sea has been joined by 16 new companies. A total of 33 companies are now part of this project, which will secure good data quality and low acquisition costs. A joint acquisition of data will also limit any possible negative consequences for the fishing industry. […]

  • Det norske to drill wildcat in Rovarkula licence in North Sea

    17 June 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske oljeselskap a drilling permit for well 25/10-15 S, located in the North Sea offshore Norway.  The well 25/10-15 S will be drilled from Maersk Drilling’s Maersk Interceptor jack-up drilling rig. The drilling program for well 25/10-15 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in […]

  • 7 Oil Firms Buy NPD’s Seismic Data

    1 July 2013

    As at 28 June, seven oil companies have purchased the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD’s) seismic package from the southeastern part of the Barents Sea and the ocean areas off Jan Mayen. The seven companies are Chevron Norge AS, Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS, Det norske oljeselskap ASA, AS Norske Shell, Total E&P Norge AS, Lundin Norway […]

  • Equinor gets consent to use ‘Deepsea Atlantic’ on Utgard field

    4 July 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has received consent from the PSA to use the Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig on the Utgard field in the North Sea.

  • Beerenberg loses Ekofisk bid. Layoffs ahead?

    9 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian oilfield services firm Beerenberg has failed to secure an extension to a maintenance services frame agreement on the Ekofisk field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The company on Monday afternoon said that it was unsuccessful in its re-tender relating to the maintenance frame agreement for the ConocoPhillips-operated field. Beerenberg said that […]

  • Norwegian gas gets new terminal in Germany

    24 May 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Norway’s Gassco has informed that a new facility in Germany for receiving gas exports from Norway was officially inaugurated in Emden, Germany on Tuesday, May 24, 2016.  This facility replaces the existing Norsea Gas Terminal (NGT) which became operational in 1977 in connection with the development of ConocoPhillips-operated Ekofisk field located in the North Sea, […]

  • Magseis wins seismic survey job in North Sea

    13 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian seismic services company Magseis is finalizing a contract for a 4D seabed seismic acquisition survey in the North Sea.