10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Poland: REMONTOWA Delivers Gas Powered Ferry Landegode

    9 October 2012

    REMONTOWA SHIPBUILDING S.A. has finished construction of the first from the series of four gas powered car–passenger ferries built for one of the biggest Norwegian Owners. Construction of the ferry “Landegode” began in 2011. After successful completing of the sea trials, the vessel was delivered to the Owner. Ceremonial changing of the flag took place […]

  • IMR Orders State-of-the-Art Icebreaker from Fincantieri

    29 November 2013

    In the presence of the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Elisabeth Aspaker, Fincantieri, one of the world leading shipbuilding companies, and the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), the Norwegian governmental body for oceanographic research and fishing, signed a contract today in Oslo for the construction of an oceanographic icebreaker for operating in polar […]

  • Bharati Shipyard in $43.40 mn deal with Norwegian firm

    9 July 2007

    Bharati Shipyard Ltd. (BSL), one of India’s leading private sector shipyards, has bagged a $43.40 million deal from Norwegian firm Sea Cargo Skips AS to design and construct two vessels.

  • Aker BP makes small gas find in North Sea

    7 August 2019

    Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a small gas discovery some six kilometers southwest of the Bøyla field offshore Norway.

  • Magseis in Barents Sea multi-client program

    3 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian geophysical company Magseis has started a multi-client program in the Barents Sea. This survey builds on previous work conducted in the Barents Sea for Statoil and Lundin Petroleum. According to Magseis, in the previous work in the Barents Sea, its Marine Autonomous Seismic System (MASS) has delivered a significant uplift in imaging relative to […]

  • 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).

  • GALLERY: First steel cut for Aker BP’s new unmanned platform

    13 April 2018
    Project & Tenders

     Norwegian engineering and construction firm Kvaerner has cut first steel for Aker BP’s Valhall Flank West project development in the North Sea. The cutting of the first steel for the Valhall Flank West platform deck marked the beginning of construction, which will take place at Kvaerner’s Verdal yard in Norway. Norwegian oil company Aker […]

  • Thumbs-up for Equinor to spud North Sea wildcat

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

    Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Technip Wins Engineering Job for Valemon Development, Offshore Norway

    25 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Technip was awarded an engineering services contract by Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd at Statoil’s Valemon gas and condensate field located in the Norwegian North Sea, about 160 kilometers west of Bergen. The contract covers detailed design, procurement engineering and follow-on engineering support for the Valemon fixed platform topsides. Technip’s operating center in Kuala Lumpur, […]

  • 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 […]

  • VIDEO: Monitoring ‘Snohvit’ World’s First Subsea Oil System

    11 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Snøhvit is the first offshore development in the Barents Sea and the first major development on the Norwegian continental shelf with no surface installations. The seabed facilities are designed to be over-trawlable, so that neither they nor fishing equipment will suffer any damage from coming into contact. No fixed or floating units are positioned in […]

  • Equinor gearing up to drill two North Sea wells

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

    Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for two wells in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Det Norske Hires Prosafe’s Accommodation Rig for Ivar Aasen

    4 April 2013

    Norwegian oil company Det norske oljeselskap ASA  has hired Prosafe’s  Safe Scandinavia accommodation rig on a six months contract scheduled to start in June 2016. The Safe Scandinavia will be deployed at the Ivar Aasen Development Project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea as a support during the commissioning of the platform. Upon expiration […]

  • EMGS Sells Barents Sea Data

    14 December 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian geophysical services company, Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into data licensing agreements with an undisclosed client. The agreements are related to 3D CSEM multi-client data in the Barents Sea in Norway, the company informed. The agreements represent combined revenues of approximately USD 1.4 million. According to the company’s multi-client data library, EMGS in Norway covers […]

  • Equinor’s North Sea wildcat yields no hydrocarbons

    26 June 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has finished drilling a wildcat well in the North Sea with one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs. The drilling activities did not result in a new oil and gas find off the coast of Norway.

  • Magseis to shoot seismic in North Sea

    29 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Magseis has been awarded a contract by Hess Denmark ApS for seabed seismic acquisition in the southern part of the North Sea.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Drilling ops yield fertile ground for carbon storage in North Sea

    14 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Transition

    Equinor Low Carbon Solutions, a subsidiary of Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor, has drilled two appraisal wells in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which are said to possess suitable properties for the injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).

  • NPD Wraps Up This Year’s Seismic Acquisition

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has had a successful seismic season, which wound up 19 August. About 5,600 kilometres of two-dimensional (2D) seismic has been acquired in the northern Barents Sea since 18 July. This is a continuation of the acquisitions which the NPD conducted in the southeastern and northern Barents Sea since 2011. According to […]

  • NPD Favors Unmanned Platforms Option After Rambøll Study

    6 April 2016
    Research & Development

    Rambøll Oil & Gas has submitted a study which sheds light on the advantages and disadvantages of unmanned wellhead platforms. The study was commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), which has taken a positive view of unmanned wellhead platforms, considering concepts of this type to be an important contribution to good resource utilization and an […]

  • Two vessels in Norwegian player’s fleet land new gigs

    11 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has got a hold of two new contracts for a platform supply vessel (PSV) duo with undisclosed companies.

  • Norway Plans to Build World’s First Ship Tunnel

    16 March 2017

    The construction of the world’s first full-scale ship tunnel in Norway could begin as early as next year as the country’s Coastal Administration is in the finishing stages of the project’s feasibility study. Stad Ship Tunnel is planned to span 1.7 kilometres in lenght, 37 metres in height and 26.5 metres in width, allowing ships […]

  • 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. 

  • Infographic: Top 5 Largest Cruise Ships

    18 August 2014

    This infographic shows a list of the top five largest cruise ships in the world, measured by gross tonnage. All of those ships are currently in use, and offer their passengers a myriad of services. The list covers MS Allure of the Seas, MS Oasis of the Seas, Norwegian Epic, MS Freedom of the Seas […]