10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Dry Barents Sea Well for Repsol (Norway)

    8 April 2013

    Gas shows were recorded in the Paleocene interval although no hydrocarbons were found in the Cretaceous and accordingly the well has been declared dry.

  • BG Group: First oil from Knarr (Norway)

    18 March 2015
    Project & Tenders

    BG Group has today announced that the Petrojarl Knarr floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel had started production from the Knarr oil field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.   The FPSO has been leased from Teekay Corporation and is moored approximately 120 kilometres off the Norwegian coast. It has a production capacity of […]

  • Deep Sea Mooring Starts Deepsea Bergen Mooring Work

    18 January 2018
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), a Vryhof company, has started operations under the newly awarded contract to provide pre-lay mooring products and services to the Deepsea Bergen semi-submersible drilling rig on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Austrian oil & gas company OMV has deployed the semi-submersible rig to support drilling activities in the region. With operations coordinated […]

  • Two Barents Sea wells lined up for Transocean rig

    22 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Vår Energi has secured two types of permits from the Norwegian authorities for two exploration wells located in the Barents Sea off Norway.

  • Norway: Ocean Installer Completes Survey Work at Balder Field

    18 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Ocean Installer has successfully completed survey and intervention work at the Balder field, as contracted by ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS. The work was performed in May 2012, according to schedule and in line with Ocean Installer’s quality and HSE standards and requirements. The conducted work encompassed inspection and maintenance of the subsea control […]

  • Five-year gig at two oil & gas fields lands on Aibel’s to-do list in Norwegian waters

    23 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Vår Energi has hired Aibel to handle a maintenance and modification (M&M) assignment at two fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • Inpex dips into another exploration license off Norway

    17 January 2018

    Japan’s Inpex said its Norwegian unit Inpex Norge has been awarded exploration license PL950 in the western Barents Sea offshore Norway as part of the country’s 2017 licensing round.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Norway Eases Cabotage Rules

    2 June 2015

    The Norwegian government has presented a new proactive maritime strategy, acknowledging the government-appointed work group’s advice on a revised net wage scheme, and relaxing of cabotage rules in NIS governing foreign short sea shipping, foreign-going ferries, and the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association reports. The new service contains a series of measures within education and […]

  • Norwegian court’s ruling in favour of Arctic drilling sparks outrage

    23 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Norwegian Supreme Court has ruled against environmental groups and in favour of the government following a lawsuit claiming the government violated the people’s right to a healthy environment by issuing new exploration licences for Arctic drilling.

  • Eni gains green light for Barents Sea well

    13 June 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Eni Norge a drilling permit for well 7222/1-1 located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.  The well 7222/1-1 will be drilled in production licence 226 from Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 drilling rig. Eni also recently received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) in Norway to drill the well with […]

  • Norwegian offshore vessel owner changes name

    2 October 2018

    Norwegian offshore vessel owner changes name

  • MCG Extends Its MC2D Barents Super Tie Survey

    14 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) announced an extension of the multi-client 2D (MC2D) Barents Super Tie towards the east into the newly opened Barents South East (former Disputes Zone between Norway and Russia).   The new lines will tie the existing Barents Super Tie in the west to the areas to be covered by the Group 3D […]

  • 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.

  • North Sea project comes online six months ahead of schedule

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

    Equinor has started production from a project, which is expected to boost production by 26 million barrels of oil equivalents from a field in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Equinor in first-ever drone transport to offshore field

    28 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has completed a logistics operation with a drone to an offshore installation in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Statoil to Use Deepsea Atlantic on Gullfaks Satellites (Norway)

    18 October 2012

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has been given PSA Norway’s approval to use Deepsea Atlantic rig for drilling and completion on Gullfaks satellites. Statoil will use the semisubmersible rig for the permanent plugback of the existing well, as well as drilling, sidetrack drilling and completion of a new well. According to the press release issued by […]

  • Equinor tasked with assessment of improvement points for North Sea platform

    16 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit at one of the Equinor-operated North Sea platforms.

  • Statoil gets nod for increased oil recovery project at Visund

    4 September 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has received an approval from the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for the installation of a new template at the Visund field offshore Norway.  Visund is an oil and gas field in blocks 34/8 and 34/7, 22 kilometers north-east of the Gullfaks field in the Tampen area of the Norwegian […]

  • Norway: NHS Tender Includes Seabed Survey

    10 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian Mapping Authority Hydrographic Service (NHS) has announced that they are seeking for a company to execute hydrographic services. The project includes seabed surveying services in the Barents Sea, under the direction of the MOREANO programme. The total value of the tender is estimated between 20 mln NOK (3.2 mln USD) and 50 mln NOK […]

  • 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 […]

  • Room for improvement found on Johan Castberg

    19 June 2018
    Infrastructure

    Norwegian offshore safety body has found several improvement points during an audit of Equinor’s Johan Castberg.

  • Suncor spuds Niobe exploration well (UK)

    10 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) informed that drilling of the Niobe exploration well in UK licence P1889, in the North Sea, has started. Noreco is partner in the licence with a current equity interest of 22.5 %. Suncor Energy UK Limited is the operator with 49.5% equity interest and Trap Oil Limited has 28% equity […]

  • Norwegian Cruise Line investigated for alleged downplaying of COVID-19 risks

    26 March 2020
    Vessels

    Florida attorney general Ashley Moody’s office has launched an investigation into alleged misleading sales pitches from Norwegian Cruise Line about the impact of the coronavirus. The attorney general’s office said it was looking into media reports of NCL providing inaccurate one-liners to customer concerns downplaying the severity and highly contagious nature of the coronavirus in […]