10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Solstad Farstad sells anchor handling trio to Brazilian Navy

    7 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian offshore shipping company Solstad Farstad has sold three of its anchor handlers to the Brazilian Navy in a deal worth approximately $24 million.  Norway’s newly-formed OSV provider has participated in a public auction in Brazil for the sale of three anchor handling tug and supply (AHTS) vessels to the Brazilian Navy, whereby the Brazilian […]

  • Austria’s OMV spuds large gas prospect in Norway

    1 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Austrian oil and gas company OMV has started drilling operations on the Oswig exploration well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • CGG seismic data to back Northern Lights JV’s CO2 storage projects

    10 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Research & Development

    CGG has licensed its high-end Northern Viking Graben multi-client seismic data set in the Northern North Sea to Northern Lights JV DA, for use in its ongoing and future CO2 storage developments.

  • ‘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.

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Viking Cruises to Build World’s 1st Hydrogen-Powered Cruise Ship?

    29 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Cruise ship owner Viking Cruises unveiled plans for a liquid hydrogen-fuelled cruise ship in an effort to develop the world’s first cruise ship with zero-emission technology. Serge Fossati, project manager at the shipping company, presented the plans at the Norwegian Maritime Authority’s Safety at Sea Conference in Haugesund. To feature a length of around 230 metres, the cruise […]

  • Saipem awarded new offshore drilling contracts worth US$ 460 million

    12 November 2009

    Saipem has been awarded two new offshore drilling contracts for a total value of approximately US$ 460 million. The contracts are for the charter of Saipem’s Scarabeo 5 and Perro Negro 2 offshore drilling rigs, in Norway and UAE. Norwegian oil company Statoil awarded the contract to Saipem for the charter of the semi-submersible 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.

  • No clearance for Shelf Drilling’s rig to work in Norwegian waters hinders start-up of drilling gig

    4 June 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Shelf Drilling has disclosed plans to keep discussing options with the Norwegian offshore safety regulator to obtain an AoC for one of its jack-up rigs.

  • Lundin spuds appraisal well in Barents Sea

    25 March 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum), through its subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway), has announced that drilling of appraisal well 7220/11-2 in PL609, in the Barents Sea, has started. The Alta discovery is located 10 to 20 km northeast of Lundin Petroleum’s Gohta discovery in the Barents Sea South and approximately 160 km from the Norwegian coastline. The […]

  • New Contract for Jack-Up Rig ‘Maersk Guardian’

    23 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • NPD Begins 2D Seismic Survey Off Jan Mayen

    5 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Starting today, 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 area. The […]

  • Most popular news of the week, February 3 – 9, 2014

    9 February 2014

    Read the most popular news of the week. Contract awards, field development plans, oil discoveries, subsea awards, offshore acquisitions

  • Norwegian Cruise Takes Over Prestige

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prestige Cruises International, Inc., parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, in cash and stock for a total transaction consideration of USD 3.025 billion, including the assumption of debt, the company announced in a press release. “The acquisition of […]

  • Lundin picks up drilling permit for Barents Sea wildcat

    29 June 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for wildcat well 7220/6-3 in the Barents Sea. Earlier this week, the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority, granted Lundin consent to drill the 7220/6-3 well using the Ocean Rig-owned Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling program under the permit […]

  • Statoil lands go-ahead for North Sea wildcat

    27 August 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 25/11-28, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.  Well 25/11-28 will be drilled from the semi-submersible drilling rig Songa Trym. The drilling program for well 25/11-28 concerns the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 169. Statoil is […]

  • Norway: Another North Sea field closing

    17 March 2016
    Exploration & Production

    After recent reports of planned shutdowns for the Jotun, Varg, Jette, and Oselvar fields, another oil company has decided to shut down an oil field located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.  Namely, Norwegian oil giant Statoil will reportedly stop production from the Volve field located in the North Sea offshore Norway. The Volve oil […]