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  • NCL Sees Record Earnings Despite Cuba Sanctions

    9 August 2019
    Business & Finance

    The company generated GAAP net income of USD 240.2 million in the second quarter of 2019.

  • Bayerngas picks up drilling permit for Norwegian wildcat well

    28 September 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Bayerngas Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well offshore Norway.  The well 35/9-13 will be drilled from the Songa Enabler Cat D drilling rig, after completing the drilling of wildcat well 7317/9-1 for Statoil in production license 718, the Norwegian offshore regulator said on Thursday. The drilling program […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Total Sells its Stake in Gassled to Silex Gas Norway AS for USD 870 million

    8 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Total announces the signing of an agreement with Silex Gas Norway AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz, to sell its entire stake in Gassled (6.4%) and related entities for a price of NOK 4.64 billion (approximately US$ 870 million). The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant authorities. Gassled is a joint venture […]

  • 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 […]

  • Noreco sheds Oselvar interest

    1 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Noreco Norway AS, a subsidiary of Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco), has announced the sale of its 15% participating interests in the Norwegian shelf licenses PL274 and PL 274 CS, which includes the Oselvar field with associated tax balances, to CapeOmega.  Noreco sold its interest for a total consideration of NOK 201 million ($25.6 million). […]

  • P2D to clean Statoil’s pipeline network

    27 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Pipelines 2 Data, a provider of intelligent pipeline solutions for the oil & gas industry, have announced a major milestone in Norwegian expansion plans. A long-standing parallel framework agreement has been awarded to the Aberdeen based company by Norway oil giants Statoil to clean and survey their extensive network of pipelines. Commenting on the success, […]

  • 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

  • Statoil halts Veslefrikk drilling

    12 March 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Statoil has informed that the licence partners have decided to temporarily halt drilling on Veslefrikk field, located in the North Sea.  According to Statoil, the stoppage is due to the time that will be needed to interpret new seismic data, which can help in bringing profitable new drilling targets on the field to maturity. The […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Det norske gains green light for North Sea well

    10 March 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske oljeselskap a drilling permit for well 16/1-26 S, offshore Norway.  The well 16/1-26 S will be drilled from the Maersk Interceptor jack-up drilling rig in production licence 001 B, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The drilling programme for the 16/1-26 S well relates to […]

  • Green light for Faroe to use Oselvar & Trym facilities and pipelines

    8 December 2016

    Faroe Petroleum has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to use the facilities and connected pipelines for the Oselvar and Trym fields, offshore Norway.  Earlier this week, Faroe completed the previously announced acquisition of interests in five Norwegian North Sea producing oil and gas fields from Dong Energy. The fields include […]

  • All systems go for Equinor to drill two North Sea wells

    28 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway, using one of Transocean’s rigs.

  • Wellesley gears up for North Sea drilling campaign

    9 May 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas explorer Wellesley Petroleum is about to begin its offshore drilling campaign in the North Sea off Norway. 

  • While one gets dropped, nine oil & gas projects still going ahead

    21 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Aker BP has decided to move ahead with nine out of ten oil and gas projects for which PDOs were previously handed over.

  • VIDEO: Kvaerner loads out main deck of Edvard Grieg platform

    24 March 2015
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Main deck load out of Edvard Grieg platform at Kvaerner Stord. from Magne Langåker on Vimeo. Norwegian fabrication company Kvaerner has released a time-lapse video showing the transport of Edvard Grieg’s main deck to barge.  Namely, on March 20, 2015, the main deck frame of the Edvard Grieg platform topside was transported on barge at Kvaerner Stord. According […]

  • Equinor takes steps to deliver oil & gas from North Sea platform with fewer carbon emissions

    22 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Equinor and its partners have decided to change their power solution at an offshore platform in the North Sea off Norway to cut emissions.

  • PHOTO: Norway’s oil minister officially opens Ivar Aasen field

    13 February 2017
    Project & Tenders

      Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Søviknes officially opened the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea on Monday, February 13.  Oil production from the Aker BP-operated field started on December 24, 2016, four years after the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) was submitted. The total cost of the project was in […]

  • BMT Delivers Metocean Support for Total’s Martin Linge Field in Norway

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    BMT ARGOSS (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has recently completed a comprehensive evaluation of meteorological and oceanographic environmental conditions for the Martin Linge field in the Norwegian sector of the northern North Sea. BMT’s assessment also included the installation routes of associated subsea assets, a submarine power cable to Kollsnes (Norway) across the Norwegian […]