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  • Norwegians Urge for Offshore Wind Demo Sites After Survey Reveals Multi-Billion Potential

    6 June 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Norwegian offshore wind industry representatives have urged the government to create a working strategy for the establishment of full-scale demonstration sites after a survey showed that Norwegian companies valued their export potential in the North Sea offshore wind market between 2025 and 2040 at around EUR 6.45 billion. The companies and organisations interested in developing the country’s offshore […]

  • Oil rig adrift

    1 November 2006

    A Norwegian oil rig carrying 75 people is in controlled drift in the North Sea on Wednesday after its tow lines broke loose during a heavy overnight storm. Owner Fred. Olsen Energy, an offshore services group, said the Bredford Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig was being tugged out of Norwegian waters at the time of the […]

  • Northern Lights, NORSAR to monitor North Sea CO2 storage reservoir

    18 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Storage, Transition, Vision

    Northern Lights JV has signed an agreement with independent research foundation NORSAR to monitor a CO2 storage reservoir in the North Sea, a move expected to enhance commercial opportunities for Northern Lights and Norway. NORSAR will establish and operate a permanent monitoring station near Bergen with technology that will detect and analyze seismic activity related […]

  • BG Group resumes production from Knarr

    1 April 2015
    Project & Tenders

    BG Group has re-started production from its Knarr oil field located offshore Norway. The production was shut down last week when fire broke out on the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO. According to BG Group, there was a small electrical fire in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit in a technical room of the vessel. The Petrojarl […]

  • End of contract for Volstad’s IMR vessel

    9 February 2016

    Volstad Shipping, a Norwegian shipping company, has received notice of termination of the charter party for MV Volstad Surveyor from DeepOcean, a subsea services provider.  According to the charter party the contract period would expire September 30, 2016. In an Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Monday, the company said it strongly disagrees with DeepOcean and […]

  • Teekay Shipping Buys Stake in Petrojarl

    1 September 2006

    Teekay Shipping Corp., an operator of crude oil tankers, on Friday said one of its subsidiaries bought a 40 percent stake in Norwegian oil services provider Petrojarl ASA. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under Norwegian law Bahamas-based Teekay must bid for the remainder of the company in the next four weeks Petrojarl owns and operates […]

  • Statoil drills duster in North Sea

    31 August 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil has failed to find oil in its latest North Sea exploration well. The wildcat well 16/7-11, is located in the production licence 72 B in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) granted Statoil a drilling permit for well on August 12. The well was drilled approximately 10 […]

  • OKEA buoyed up as first oil flows from Repsol’s Yme field

    26 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    OKEA has confirmed the first oil production achievement at the Repsol-operated Yme field in the Norwegian North Sea.

  • Man Dies after Fall From Color Magic Cruiseferry

    5 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    A cruiseferry passenger has died after falling overboard Color Magic off the Swedish coast.

  • Statoil: Gjoa Comes on Stream (Norway)

    8 November 2010
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Gjøa oil and gas field developed by Statoil began production at 15.24 yesterday, 7 November, opening the way for more activity in the northernmost part of the Norwegian North Sea. “We envisage that its facilities can make this field a hub for developments in this area,” says Øystein Michelsen, executive vice president for Exploration […]

  • UK player scores more work on Harbour Energy’s North Sea platforms

    13 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    European Power Systems (EPS) has signed a master service agreement (MSA) with Harbour Energy for work on three platforms in the North Sea.

  • Aker BP gains drilling permit for North Sea well duo

    22 May 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The NPD has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two appraisal wells in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Norwegian IMR Seeks Hydrographic Equipment Supplier for Polar Research Vessel

    2 December 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has invited tenders for the supply of hydrographic instruments for a polar research vessel. IMR is seeking two thermosalinographs with PVC manifold and water jacket for shipboard installation to collect information about the sea surface. The instruments will be installed on the polar research vessel ‘Kronprins Haakon’, currently under […]

  • Wintershall Dea embarks on last part of Nova campaign ahead of first oil

    4 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Wintershall Dea has begun the last part of the Nova drilling campaign from the Scarabeo 8 rig after originally starting about a year ago.

  • 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 […]

  • Spirit Energy drills Barents Sea duster offshore Norway

    13 August 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Spirit Energy has completed the drilling of a wildcat well north of the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. The well is dry.

  • Too Many Accidental Discharges at Norwegian Shelf, Oil & Gas Authorities Say

    16 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Emissions of CO2 and NOx from petroleum activities are relatively stable. Discharges to the sea of produced water and oil have not changed much in the last few years either.  The authorities and the oil industry agree that there are too many accidental discharges on the Norwegian shelf. The operators are working to reduce […]

  • Room for improvement found on Statoil’s Veslefrikk B

    17 October 2017

    Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found an improvement point during an audit of Statoil’s Veslefrikk B platform, offshore Norway. The PSA said on Tuesday that it carried out an audit of waves on deck at the Veslefrikk B platform in the North Sea on August 31, 2017. The objective of […]

  • ‘Significant’ oil discovery for Aker BP in North Sea

    25 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Aker BP has made -what it describes as – a significant oil discovery in the North Sea off Norway, using a Saipem-owned rig.

  • Norwegian Oil and Gas Project to Run on Offshore Wind?

    7 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    Norwegian oil and gas major Aker BP has tabled a proposal to power the NOAKA project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf with electricity from shore combined with offshore wind.

  • Sanctions will not affect Dolphin’s seismic ops in Kara Sea

    19 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Dolphin Group ASA has received confirmation from the Export Control Division of the Norwegian Foreign Department that the recently announced contract in the Kara Sea is not subject to the current trade restrictive measures against Russia. Atle Jacobsen, Dolphin CEO, quoted: “Dolphin is extremely appreciative of the prompt reply and clear guidance from the Norwegian […]

  • TGS faces criminal charges

    6 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Økokrim, the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime, has today presented a criminal charge against the Norwegian seismic survey specialist TGS. Tha charge presented is for the violation of the Norwegian Tax Assessment Act and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act related to a contract entered into with Skeie Energy […]

  • AGR Reservoir Studies Included in NPD Atlas of Barents Sea

    24 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    AGR’s Reservoir Management team in Oslo delivered two reservoir studies to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) which have been published in The CO² Storage Atlas of the Barents Sea. The CO2 Storage Atlas of the Barents Sea has been prepared by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, at the request of the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. […]

  • Green light for Lundin to re-enter Barents Sea well

    9 June 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for well 7220/11-3 AR, in the Barents Sea.   The well 7220/11-3 AR will be drilled from Ocean Rig’s Leiv Eiriksson semi-sub drilling rig in production licence 609. Lundin and Ocean Rig signed a drilling contract for a minimum of 3 wells in March 2016. The […]

  • Statoil: Johan Castberg Investment Decision Delayed (Norway)

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    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 […]