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  • 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 […]

  • Norway: Lundin to Increase Luno Field Reserves

    29 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Lundin Petroleum AB  announces that the gross Proven and Probable (2P) reserves for the Luno field have increased from 95 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) to 149 MMboe. The Luno field is located in production licence PL338, offshore the Norwegian North Sea. The reserves have been re-evaluated incorporating the results of the appraisal well […]

  • Shell cleared for removal and disposal ops at North Sea field

    10 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Shell has received consent from Norway’s regulator for removal and disposal operations, as part of decom activities on a North Sea field.

  • Aker BP gains consent to use Maersk Invincible rig on Valhall field

    28 May 2020
    Authorities & Government, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norwegian oil company Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for plugging and removal work at the Valhall drilling platform using the Maersk Invincible drilling rig.

  • Swedish nod sought for Baltic Pipe section as Poland pushes to cut reliance on Russian gas

    22 March 2019
    Equipment

    The operator of the Baltic Pipe project, designed to cut Polish reliance on Russian gas, has sought permission from Sweden for the pipeline to go through Sweden’s exclusive economic zone.

  • TechnipFMC, Aker land Cara project studies

    24 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Engie E&P Norge has awarded contracts for feasibility studies for the Cara project (PL 636) in the Norwegian part of the North Sea to TechnipFMC AS and Aker Engineering and Technology. The studies intend to show the potential, challenges and opportunities at an early stage of the development. Specifically, they will consider whether the Cara […]

  • Vår Energi puts collaboration in the spotlight for upcoming subsea contract award

    26 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has developed a new collaboration model for suppliers of subsea equipment ahead of a new fabrication and installation contract for its entire operated portfolio. The ongoing tender for the new contract facilitates for suppliers to deliver joint solutions in a three-party cooperation. The approach is in contrast to the more traditional model with several separate sub-contracts, Vår Energi said. According to […]

  • Top News of the Week November 25 – 30, 2013

    1 December 2013

    The World’s First Mobile Ocean Colony Imagine living at sea, raising your children at sea, to going to work at sea, retiring at sea and at the same time moving around the world. Some people have dreams like these. But just a few of them try to make them come true. One of those people […]

  • Tragedy strikes during training exercise as helicopter crash ends in fatality

    29 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Safety

    One of Bristow Group’s search and rescue (SAR) helicopters was involved in an accident around 15 nautical miles west of Bergen off Norway.

  • Statoil picks Deep Sea Supply vessel duo for North Sea ops

    19 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Offshore supply vessel operator, Deep Sea Supply, has been awarded contracts by Statoil for two platform supply vessels for operations in the UK North Sea. Deep Sea Supply said on Monday that the company was awarded a two-year contract plus options for the Sea Frost PSV. Also, the Sea Spider platform supplier was hired for […]

  • Deep Sea Supply Wins AHTS Deals in Malaysia, Brazil

    2 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Deep Sea Supply, a Norwegian owner of offshore support vessels, has secured a 1 year contract for the AHTS vessel “Sea Eagle 1” for operations in Malaysia. The shipowner did not disclose the name of the client, but only said the client was “an international oil company”. The value of the contract, which began in […]

  • Solstad PSV gets five-year job in North Sea

    19 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Solstad Offshore has secured a new five-year contract for one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs) with TotalEnergies in the North Sea.

  • Wilson’s new diesel-electric bulk carriers to run on NES power systems

    13 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) has secured a contract to deliver power systems for eight new diesel-electric bulk carriers being built for Wilson ASA at Udupi Cochin Shipyard in India.

  • Lundin Gets Drilling Permit for North Sea Well

    24 December 2013

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/3-8 S, in the Norwegian Sector of the North Sea.   Well 16/3-8 S will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 58°48’23.35’’ north and 02°40’27.67’’ east in production licence 501 in the central part of the North […]

  • Norway: Statoil Makes High-Impact Find

    2 July 2012

    Statoil has made a significant gas and condensate discovery in the King Lear prospect in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea along with its partner Total E&P Norge. Exploration well 2/4-21 drilled by the jack-up rig Maersk Gallant in production licences 146 and 333, has proven a 48-metre gas/condensate column in the main […]

  • WATCH: MF Hydra starts world’s first voyage on emission-free liquid hydrogen

    31 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    MF Hydra, the world’s first liquid hydrogen-powered ferry operated by Norwegian company Norled, is breaking ground as it starts sailing on zero-emission hydrogen with a blessing from the Norwegian Maritime Authority. The ferry is put into operation today, 31 March, running on zero-emission hydrogen and marking a historic day, both for Norled and for Norway […]

  • Lundin gains nod for Barents Sea appraisal well

    28 March 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for an appraisal well offshore Norway.  According to the NPD’s report on Tuesday, the well 7220/11-4 will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling program for the well 7220/11-4 relates to the drilling of an appraisal well in production […]

  • Samskip Buys Stake in Norway’s Reefer Firm

    10 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Rotterdam’s transportation firm Samskip has completed the acquisition of a 50% stake in Bergen-based owner Silver Green, which operates a fleet of 14 reefer vessels. Silver Green AS, with its primary trading being in the North Atlantic, Baltic, North Sea and Black Sea, is changing its name to Silver Sea AS to mark the finalisation of ownership changes. Silver […]

  • Total gets nod to use ‘Maersk Gallant’ for North Sea wildcat

    14 January 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Total E&P (Total) has received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority to drill an exploration well, in the North Sea off Norway, using the Maersk Gallant jack-up rig.  Total is the operator for production licence 618 with an ownership interest of 60 per cent and it has received consent to drill the exploration well […]

  • Statoil makes small oil discovery offshore Norway

    4 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has made a small oil discovery in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The well is located in the production licence 104, 150 kilometres west of Bergen. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Tarbert Formation). The well encountered a 34-metre oil column in sandstone […]

  • Image of the Day: Olympic Bibby Testing the Water

    16 March 2015

    The image shows Offshore Supply Ship Olympic Bibby blending with the scenery while testing what she is made of. The vessel was pictured while undergoing sea trials in the North Sea on Sunday, March 15th. The 4500 DWT ship has been built in 2015 by Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven. World Maritime News Staff; Image: Kleven/Martin Hauge-Nilsen

  • Arctic Exploration to Reverse Decline in Norwegian Oil Production

    20 September 2012

    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 […]

  • RWE Dea prepares for North Sea wildcat

    4 November 2014

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted RWE Dea Norge AS a drilling permit for the well 35/9-12 S, in the North Sea, offshore Norway.   The wildcat well, located in the production licence 420, will be drilled using the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig, after completing the drilling of wildcat wells 34/6-3 S and 34/6-3 A for Total […]

  • Gina Krog storage vessel lags behind development

    1 February 2017
    Project & Tenders

    A floating storage unit meant for the Statoil-operated North Sea field Gina Krog has reportedly experienced delays, lagging behind the overall project development.  The Gina Krog field is located 30 kilometers northwest of the Sleipner field and around 250 kilometers southwest of Stavanger, Norway. The development plan, submitted in December 2012, entails a platform resting on […]