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  • King Lear: Statoil’s New High Impact Discovery (Norway)

    2 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • Statoil Gets Nod to Use ‘Polar Pioneer’ Rig (Norway)

    12 August 2013

    Norwegian oil company Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent to use the Polar Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig. The consent, given by the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority, applies to permanent plugback of well 31/5-J-41 and sidetrack drilling of well 31/5-H-2 in the Troll field in the North Sea in production licence 085. Water depth at […]

  • Lundin Norway Divests Interest in Brynhild Field

    28 June 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Lundin Norway has entered into a sales and purchase agreement with CapeOmega to divest a 39 percent working interest in the Brynhild field in PL148 in the Norwegian North Sea. Lundin Norway will retain operatorship and following the transaction will have a 51 percent working interest in the Brynhild field, a subsea tie-back to the […]

  • Two manifolds ready for Wintershall Dea’s Nova field

    6 March 2020
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Wintershall Dea has marked another milestone in the development of its operated Nova field located offshore Norway. 

  • Rosneft, Statoil Begin Pingvin Drilling in Barents Sea

    18 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Rosneft together with Norwegian company Statoil Petroleum AS started exploration operations at the Pingvin License PL713 prospect in the Norwegian section of the Barents Sea. The first exploration well Pingvin-1 will be drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen rig. The water depth is 422 meters and the drilling target total vertical depth (TVD) is 1516 meters. […]

  • Aker Solutions to Supply Umbilicals for Statoil’s Svalin C Project

    23 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 for the design and fabrication of a control umbilical for Statoil’s Svalin C project on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is undisclosed. Scope of work includes a six kilometre long control umbilical, connectors, engineering and project management. “We are very pleased to be awarded […]

  • ConocoPhillips set for Hasselbaink well in North Sea

    9 December 2019
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted ConocoPhillips a drilling permit for a well in the North Sea offshore Norway. 

  • Det norske gets approval to drill North Sea well

    10 April 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap AS a drilling permit for well 16/1-22 S, in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The oil company will drill the well using the Maersk Interceptor jack-up rig in production licence 001 B, after completing the drilling of appraisal wells 16/1-21 S and 16/1-21 A. The drilling […]

  • Maersk Drilling Secures Contract for Maersk Guardian Rig in Norwegian Sector

    16 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Drilling announced that it​ has signed a drilling contract with Lundin Norway AS for the Maersk Guardian jack-up rig for exploration in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The contract is for two wells with a total duration of approximately 135 days. Commencement of the contract is expected to be the second half […]

  • 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.

  • Danish firm lands long-term gig on Norwegian Continental Shelf

    27 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has handed out a long-term deal to Semco Maritime for the provision of temporary staffing services for offshore nurses on the NCS.

  • Report: Statoil soon to put Castberg development proposal on the table?

    26 October 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Statoil, a Norwegian oil and gas giant, is reportedly moving towards presenting a proposal on how to develop its 600-million barrel oil field in the Barents Sea, the Johan Castberg, to the country’s oil regulator, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).  According to Reuters, the regulator’s Director General, Bente Nyland, said on Monday that  Statoil was expected […]

  • Lundin drills duster in Storm well

    23 December 2014
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 555, has completed drilling of wildcat well 33/2-1, located in the North Sea. The well is dry.  The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Storm prospect, which is located 200 km northwest of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and 65 km northwest of the Snorre field in the […]

  • Vår Energi picks up where it left off with offshore drilling activities

    16 July 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Vår Energi is resuming its drilling activities in the Barents Sea and the North Sea, which were postponed this spring due to the corona pandemic and oil price collapse.

  • Aker BP hands out another multi-million deal for North Sea power from shore project

    2 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Aker BP has picked Multiconsult Norge for work on a power from shore project at a recently sanctioned development in the North Sea.

  • OMV boosts Norway presence

    25 June 2008

    OMV has strengthened its position offshore Norway by acquiring a 30% interest in the PL 301CS exploration licence from Talisman and DONG. The new license is located in the Norwegian North Sea, approximately 300 km south-west of Stavanger and less than 30 km north-east of the producing UK Jade field, in which OMV holds an […]

  • Drilling Cost in Norway Higher Than in UK

    17 August 2012

    An expert group established by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum has in its report revealed that drilling costs in Norway are much higher than in other North Sea nations. “The report from the rig commission lays the basis for taking the measures need to increase the future availability of mobile units on Norway’s continental shelf,” […]

  • Statoil in Barents Sea Asset Swap with Total

    13 May 2013

    Statoil and Total have reached agreement on asset swap in the Barents Sea. Statoil acquires 10% equity in PL535 in exchange for 10% equity in PL395. Production licenses PL395 and PL535 are situated on the Bjarmeland Platform in the central Barents Sea, where both companies have proved gas resources: Ververis discovery in PL395 (2008) and […]

  • OMV gearing up to drill two North Sea wells

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

    OMV has secured a drilling permit from Norway’s authorities for two exploration wells in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.

  • Statoil, Total Swap Barents Sea Assets

    13 May 2013

    Statoil and Total have reached agreement on asset swap in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. Statoil acquires 10% equity in PL535 in exchange for 10% equity in PL395. Production licenses PL395 and PL535 are situated on the Bjarmeland Platform in the central Barents Sea, where both companies have proved gas resources: Ververis discovery in PL395 […]

  • Norway: New Drilling Contract for Bredford Dolphin

    23 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Dolphin AS, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA , has entered into a Letter of Award with Premier Oil Norge AS for a one well drilling contract with the semi-submersible drilling rig Bredford Dolphin for operation on the Norwegian continental shelf. Commencement of the contract is estimated to August/September 2011, in direct continuation with […]

  • Eni Norge names new MD

    16 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Ruggero Gheller has been appointed new Managing Director at Eni Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of Eni, an Italian oil giant.   Gheller has held several international leadership roles, including experience in the USA, North and West Africa. His latest experience is as VP of the Italian Southern District, Central and South Europe Region, with Eni S.p.A. […]

  • Equinor closes Veslefrikk chapter in readiness for decom ops

    22 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has shut down the Veslefrikk field, located in the North Sea, in preparation for the upcoming decommissioning activities.

  • Polish firm pursuing operator role for only CO2 exploration license in Barents Sea

    5 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Horisont Energi has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with energy company PGNiG Upstream Norway (PUN), part of Poland’s ORLEN Group, under which PUN aims to enter as a partner and operator in the only CO2 exploration license in the Barents Sea. The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced the award of the Barents […]

  • Aker BP gains drilling permits for North Sea wells

    21 August 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP drilling permits for two wells in the North Sea, offshore Norway. NPD said that the wells 25/2-19 S and 25/2-19 A would be drilled using the Maersk Interceptor drilling rig in the North Sea production license 442. The drilling program for well 25/2-19 S relates to […]