10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Norwegian union demands to be involved in rig accident investigation

    15 January 2016

    Industri Energi, a Norwegian workers’ union, demands to take part in the investigation of the death of an oil worker that happened in December when a giant wave hit the COSL Innovator drilling rig in the North Sea. “We want to be involved in the investigation which cost the life of one of our members,” says […]

  • First NordLink Cable Starts Falling Into Place

    1 August 2017
    Storage

    The installation of the 1.4GW NordLink high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea interconnector between Norway and Germany has started, Norway’s Stattnet reports.

  • PSW developing shore power system for Northern Lights

    26 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    PSW Power & Automation has won a contract with Aker Solutions to design and deliver the shore power system at the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the North Sea.

  • Wellesley gets licence to drill North Sea wildcat

    21 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Rules & Regulation

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Wellesley Petroleum for a well in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Norway allocates funds for tech R&D, seismic surveys

    7 October 2015
    Equipment

    The Norwegian government has today presented its national budget for 2016. In it, among other things, the Government proposes to allocate NOK 173 million ($21.03M) for offshore seismic surveys. A major part of the sum would be used to map the Barents Sea and obtain information about the geology of the area. “It is believed […]

  • JAXPORT Receives Cruise Ships Displaced by COVID-19

    16 March 2020

    Four cruise ships will dock at JAXPORT and remain at the port during the voluntary suspension of US cruise operations.

  • Fincantieri to Build Oceanographic Ship for Norway

    29 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • ‘Safe Bristolia’ running loose in North Sea

    4 January 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The article has been updated to include a statement by Prosafe One of Prosafe’s semi-submersible accommodation vessels is running loose in the UK North Sea and Prosafe is trying to regain control of it after a towline connecting it to a tugboat snapped on Sunday.  According to the Norwegian news website Aftenbladet, the incident occurred due […]

  • European energy woes spur ‘all-time high’ demand for Norwegian gas

    24 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Europe’s imbalanced energy market combined with other factors has generated an “all-time high demand for Norwegian natural gas.”

  • Aker BP given nod for three North Sea wells

    20 June 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Aker BP has been given a permission by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill three wells in the North Sea.

  • Confirmation of ‘significant’ oil discovery in North Sea comes with details galore

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

    Aker BP recently revealed a new oil discovery in the North Sea off Norway, which was made using a Saipem-owned rig.

  • ConocoPhillips gets start-up consent for North Sea redevelopment

    1 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Oil major ConocoPhillips has secured consent to start up the Tor II field facilities located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • COSL rig to spin the drill bit at North Sea wildcat this month

    7 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Vår Energi has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities to spud an exploration well in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway, using one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs.

  • Port of Seattle Inks 15-Year Lease Deal with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

    12 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Seattle signed a 15-year lease with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), parent company of Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, to serve as a homeport for the company’s cruise ships sailing to Alaska. The deal secures NCLH’s ships in Seattle for the full term of the lease and provides passenger […]

  • Statoil: All Set for New Exploration Wells in the Barents Sea

    23 October 2010

    “Having tested our oil spill preparedness plans ahead of the imminent drilling operations in the Barents Sea, we can now confirm that they perform as planned,” says Knut Harald Nygård, Statoil’s new exploration manager for the Barents Sea. The three operators, Statoil, Eni and Lundin, together with NOFO (Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies) […]

  • Subsea 7 to support Centrica in NCS projects (Norway)

    30 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 has announced the award of a long term agreement with Centrica to provide support to Centrica throughout early phase Concept engineering, FEED, SURF project execution and Life of Field operations on an exclusive basis. The agreement is applicable to the Centrica portfolio on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and has a duration of five […]

  • Arctic to Reverse Decline in Norwegian Oil Production

    20 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    A poll conducted at the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference in Stavanger has revealed that industry professionals see Arctic exploration as a viable solution to Norway’s declining oil production rates. 74% of participants said that the development of sizeable reserves in Arctic waters offshore Norway could reverse the country’s diminishing North Sea production rates by […]

  • North Sea-bound 2,900-ton module for offshore platform all set to sail away toward gas project

    31 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Aker BP has confirmed the completion of a utility module’s construction phase a year after the first steel was cut for a platform, which is destined to be deployed at its gas development project in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • SubseaPartner to Dive for Teekay

    10 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    The Norwegian-based diving contractor SubseaPartner has been awarded a contract to provide air diving services at the Hummingbird Spirit FPSO operated by Teekay. According to the company, project delivery is scheduled to take place in British sector this year. Olympic Shipping has been chartered by SubseaPartner to supply the dedicated mother vessel. “The capabilities of […]

  • Solstad Offshore in fleet reshuffle with two vessels sold

    25 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has recently sold one vessel, secured an extension for another, and sold one vessel for recycling.

  • Magseis Set to Expand Fleet

    21 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian seabed seismic services player Magseis said it has entered into an LOI with an undisclosed provider of offshore vessels regarding a potential charter of one of their vessels. In addition, the agreement includes an option for the lease of certain seismic equipment. The company said it expects that Q1 2017 revenues will be at least […]

  • Ramboll to Monitor Counter Filling Ops for Submarine Wreck

    7 April 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Ramboll has been commissioned to support the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) in the environmental monitoring of the installation of a supporting counter-fill for the sunken German WWII submarine U-864. The rediscovery of German WWII submarine U-864 off the Norwegian west coast in 2003 prompted concerns that the vessel’s cargo of mercury could severely pollute surrounding […]

  • Gallery: ‘Blue King’ on sea trials

    11 March 2015

    Norwegian ship designer Ulstein has shared a couple of photos of the ‘Blue King’ platform supply vessel. The images show the vessel on sea trials, and according to Ulstein’s Facebook page, the vessel’s performance so far is “great”. According to Ulstein, Don Johansson, a member of the sea trial crew, took the images today. The […]

  • Probe underway after worker suffers ‘serious injury’ on jack-up rig

    14 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norway’s safety regulator is investigating an incident involving “serious personal injury” on a jack-up rig, working in the North Sea.

  • Hammerfest LNG Production Shut (Norway)

    20 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Production at Statoil’s LNG plant at Melkøya, Hammerfest has been shut down after power failure just before 14.30 pm on Monday. The incident resulted in the emergency response organisation being mobilised, and personnel were according to instructions evacuated from the inner area to the outer plant area. No one was injured during the incident. The […]