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  • Norway: Draupne Becomes Ivar Aasen

    11 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    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 […]

  • North Sea Oil Rig Helicopter Flights Partially Resume

    22 April 2010

    Flight restrictions affecting Helicopter flights to offshore oil platforms in the UK and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea have been… [mappress] Source: Aberdeenjournal,April 21, 2010;

  • Norway: Five Zones for Offshore Wind Development

    25 February 2013

     The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy now makes the results from a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of 15 offshore wind zones in Norway available for public consultation. The SEA gives an interesting update on how offshore wind could develop in Norway and it gives an excellent update on how technology for deep water may […]

  • 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 […]

  • Maersk Drilling’s giant rig XLE-2 finally in Stavanger

    10 October 2014
    Exploration & Production

    Following a 12,345 nautical miles long journey from Singapore, the XLE-2 drilling rig, dubbed largest of the kind in the world, has arrived in Stavanger, 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.

  • 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. […]

  • Statoil: Johan Castberg Development Put Off

    5 June 2013

    Statoil as operator has recommended a delay of the investment decision for the Johan Castberg project in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Statoil has continued to mature the resource base and development plans for the project. There are still uncertainties related to the resource estimate and investment level. “In addition, the Norwegian government has recently proposed […]

  • Equinor gets clearance to use COSL Drilling’s rig at North Sea field

    17 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Equinor its consent to use a COSL Drilling-owned semi-submersible rig for drilling activities at a field in the North Sea off Norway.

  • NPD Starts Seismic Survey Off Jan Mayen

    5 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Starting today, 5 June, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate will collect 2D seismic data off Jan Mayen. The collecting, which will be carried out by the vessel M/V Nordic Explorer, will continue until the beginning of August. According to the plan, a total of 9,200 kilometres (63 lines) of seismic data will be collected in this […]

  • Premier Oil Hires ‘Maersk Guardian’ for Myrhauk Well

    20 December 2013

    Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with Premier Oil Norge AS for the jack-up Maersk Guardian for a one well drilling operation, the Myrhauk exploration well, in the Norwegian North Sea. The duration of the contract is approximately 62 days. The contract will commence in direct continuation of the present Lundin Norway AS contract during […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fridman sells UK North Sea fields

    12 October 2015

    Swiss company Ineos has agreed to acquire a portfolio of natural gas assets in the North Sea from a UK subsidiary of DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG, which is part of the LetterOne Group, owned by the Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman. Ineos will buy gas fields, including the Breagh and Clipper South fields in the Southern North […]

  • Johan Castberg becomes even cheaper as Statoil awaits Parliament approval

    10 April 2018
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian government on Tuesday presented a development plan for the Statoil-operated Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea for the approval by the country’s Parliament (Stortinget).

  • 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, […]

  • Point Resources hires DOF platform supplier

    31 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipping company DOF has won a new contract for one of its platform supply vessels.

  • Noreco Updates on UK and Norwegian Operations

    16 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) provides the following update on its operational activities. The FPSO Voyageur Spirit has been on location at the Huntington field in the UK North Sea since 3 October 2012. Hook-up of risers, and completion and commissioning of the FPSO is now taking place. The exact timing of the start-up activities […]

  • Norway: GL Noble Denton to Showcase at ONS 2012

    28 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    GL Noble Denton, the global independent technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, will poll hundreds of industry professionals on the current issues affecting the oil and gas market in the northern seas at Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) 2012, 28-31 August, 2012. Despite being recognised globally as a mature province, the North Sea region […]

  • DNO continues North Sea ‘hot streak’ with fresh oil & gas find

    26 March 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has made an oil and gas discovery in a license it operates in the Northern North Sea using a semi-submersible rig owned by China’s CMC and managed by Odfjell Drilling.

  • Wintershall Dea sheds infrastructure assets in Norway to focus on upstream

    1 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wintershall Dea has agreed to sell its 5.0304% interest in the Nyhamna terminal to CapeOmega and its 13.255 % interest in the Polarled pipeline to Solveig Gas Norway.

  • Russian billionaire Fridman nears deal for E.ON’s North Sea assets

    7 October 2015

    Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s LetterOne fund has emerged as the frontrunner for the acquisition of German utility E.ON’s Norwegian North Sea assets, three industry and banking sources said on Tuesday.

  • MAN Diesel power for cruise ships

    18 September 2007

    On 15 September 2007, the ‘Norwegian Gem’ was transported from the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg along the River Ems to the North Sea. The latest luxury liner in the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet will be powered by five 12V48/60B engines from MAN Diesel, the Augsburg-based large-bore diesel engine specialist. The engines’ combined output is 72 […]

  • Neptune Snaps Up Edison’s North Sea Assets

    14 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Neptune Energy has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Energean to acquire Edison E&P’s UK and Norwegian producing, development and exploration assets for an initial cash consideration of $250 million. The purchase is contingent on Energean completing its proposed acquisition of Edison E&P. The portfolio will provide Neptune with material growth in […]

  • Equinor and PGS extend cooperation for another two years

    24 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has exercised an option to extend the multi-year 4D framework agreement with PGS, established in March 2021, by two additional years. The framework agreement covers 4D monitoring surveys on the Norwegian and the UK continental shelf. As a part of the agreement, Equinor has two two-year options. From the current agreement, […]

  • Greenpeace loses lawsuit appeal against Norway’s Arctic oil drilling plans

    23 January 2020

    An Oslo appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit by environmentalists against the Norwegian government and its granting of new exploration licenses in the Arctic Barents Sea back in 2016.