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  • Aker BP finds partner for North Sea discovery

    23 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian E&P player Aker BP has sold a part of its 100% interest in the Storklakken discovery in the North Sea to PGNiG Upstream Norway, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Polish oil company PGNiG.  Aker BP plans to submit the Plan for Development and Operation of the Storklakken discovery to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy this […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 offshore vessel owner changes name

    2 October 2018

    Norwegian offshore vessel owner changes name

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • TGS and CGG team up for survey job in North Sea

    23 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    TGS and CGG have secured a contract to carry out the acquisition and imaging of a dense ocean bottom node (OBN) multi-client seismic survey in the Sleipner area of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • Edison spuds Haribo exploration well

    22 June 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Noreco Norway AS announced that the drilling of the Haribo prospect in Norwegian licence PL616 in the North Sea has started. Noreco Norway holds a 20% interest in the licence. Edison Norge is operator with 25% interest, Concedo 20%, Lime Petroleum Norway 15%, North Energy has 15% and Skagen 44 5% interest. The Haribo well (2/11-11) 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 […]

  • Norway: Storm rips door off Knarr FPSO

    15 January 2016

    An incident has occurred on a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the North Sea offshore Norway operated by oil major BG Group that is soon to be acquired by another major, Royal Dutch Shell.  According to the Norwegian media reports, on December 30, 2015, a strong storm tore off a door from a […]

  • Video: Waves4Power turns on wave device

    6 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish wave energy developer Waves4Power has released a video showing its WaveEL wave energy system being turned on and feeding power to the Norwegian grid.

  • Norway: APA 2011 Awards Two Operatorships to GDF SUEZ

    18 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    GDF SUEZ E&P Norge was 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 is […]

  • Statoil Submits Fast-Track Development Plan for Katla (Norway)

    2 May 2011

      Statoil has submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Katla discovery in the North Sea to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Total investments are estimated at NOK 5.4 billion in current NOK. The Katla discovery was proven in March 2009, and is situated 13 kilometres south-west of the Oseberg […]

  • Equinor prolongs Archer’s North Sea assignment for 24 months

    28 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Oil services company Archer has won a two-year contract extension with Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor in the North Sea.

  • Faroe Petroleum buys Dong Energy’s Norwegian fields for $70M

    15 July 2016

    Danish energy company Dong Energy has agreed to divest ownership in some oil and gas fields in Norway to Faroe Petroleum. The company will through its Norwegian subsidiary DONG E&P Norge AS divest ownership shares in five producing Norwegian oil and gas fields the Ula field (20 percent working interest); two tie-back fields to Ula, namely: Tambar (45 […]

  • NCLH orders up to eight next-generation cruise ships at Fincantieri

    16 April 2024
    Vessels

    Cruise company Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has revealed a major fleet expansion program with the order for up to eight next-generation cruise ships to be built by Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri.

  • Norway: Statoil Hires Prosafe Accommodation Rigs

    10 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Prosafe, an owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation/service rigs, has been awarded two separate contracts by Statoil Petroleum AS (‘Statoil’) using the Safe Scandinavia and Regalia.  The Safe Scandinavia will be used for accommodation support at Snorre A in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea for a nine-month firm period. On site operations are […]

  • Equinor cleared to drill wildcat well in North Sea

    13 March 2020
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given Equinor a drilling permit related to the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea.

  • Fugro Kicks Off Mareano Survey in Barents Sea

    10 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Fugro has begun a hydrographic survey encompassing an area of Norwegian waters of approximately 15000 square kilometres. The contract was awarded by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service and has a value of 34.5 million NOK (approximately €3.8 million). The survey is part of the Mareano programme, for which Fugro has completed a number of surveys since 2006. The […]

  • New North Sea oil discovery springs up as Othello opens new play in ‘dry belt’

    2 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    DNO has made a new oil discovery in the southern North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which is described as a play opener in an area previously dubbed ‘the dry belt,’ where little exploration interest was noted in recent years.

  • WATCH: ‘Vital’ piece starts 670-km trip to Aker BP’s North Sea field

    5 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance

    A key piece of equipment has embarked on a journey from a shipyard in Norway to a North Sea field operated by the Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP.

  • Eni gets drilling permit for appraisal well in Barents Sea

    22 November 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Eni Norge a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. 

  • Longboat and Japan’s JAPEX weeks away from bringing new Norwegian player to life

    22 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Longboat Energy and JAPEX are expected to complete all the steps for the creation of their Norwegian joint venture (JV) by mid-July 2023.