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  • AGS North Sea contract cancelled

    26 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian ocean bottom node seismic company Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) said it has received a cancellation on a small contract in the North Sea. The contract was scheduled to be executed in second quarter 2020. AGS had not previously announced this contract, however the company said it was communicated as firm in its Q4 2019 […]

  • With clearance in hand, Equinor set to use Transocean rig for North Sea drilling

    1 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

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

  • Future CEO Appointed at NCE Subsea

    16 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Owe Hagesæther has been appointed as the future CEO of Norwegian Centre of Expertise Subsea. “Among many qualified applicants for the position as CEO of NCE Subsea, Owe stood out as the candidate with the personal and professional skills we are looking for,” says Tove Ormevik, Chair of the Board for Norwegian Centre of Expertise […]

  • Anchor Contracting Appoints New Managing Director (Norway)

    1 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Jørgen Jorde is appointed as Managing Director of Anchor Contracting AS. Jørgen Jorde has served as project manager and technical director of Anchor Contracting since he entered Inocean as responsible for SURF & Renewable in beginning of 2012, a position he will continue holding. Jorde has more than 20 years of experience in the industry […]

  • Equinor to plug Huldra well using Deepsea Bergen rig

    17 September 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Production from Huldra started in 2001 and was terminated in 2014.

  • Anchor Contracting AS Names New Managing Director (Norway)

    1 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Jørgen Jorde is appointed as Managing Director of Anchor Contracting AS. Jørgen Jorde has served as project manager and technical director of Anchor Contracting since he entered Inocean as responsible for SURF & Renewable in beginning of 2012, a position he will continue holding. Jorde has more than 20 years of experience in the industry […]

  • Prosafe mobilizes ‘Safe Scandinavia’ for Statoil gig

    14 March 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Proafe’s tender support vessel Safe Scandinavia has completed onshore acceptance testing and is now mobilizing to the Oseberg Øst installation in the North Sea to start drilling support operations for Statoil. The Safe Scandinavia was converted from a semi-submersible accommodation rig to a tender support vessel at the Westcon yard in Ølensvåg, Norway. The rig arrived at the yard for […]

  • Supply Vessel Crashes into ‘Maersk Innovator’ Rig

    11 December 2013

    An offshore supply vessel crashed yesterday into the Maersk Innovator rig, located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. According to the Norwegian news website Aftenbladet.no, the vessel hit the rig yesterday around 15:00. No injuries have been reported. Jacob Korsgaard, CEO of Maersk Drilling Norge, told Aftenbladet that the boat had lost its […]

  • GDF Suez to drill Barents Sea well with Transocean Barents rig

    14 February 2014

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 7218/8-1, in the Barents Sea. The company will use the Transocean Barents drilling rig for the operation, following completion of the drilling of wildcat well 7222/11-1 for Det norske oljeselskap in production licence 657. GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS […]

  • Lundin spuds Neiden wildcat

    5 October 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Lundin Petroleum’s wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway has started drilling of exploration well 7220/6-2 on the Neiden prospect in the Barents Sea.  The Neiden prospect is located in the northern part of PL609, some 60 km northeast of the Alta discovery and approximately 200 km from the Norwegian coastline. Lundin Petroleum estimates the Neiden prospect […]

  • Norwegians to Show Report on Offshore E&P in Asia (Singapore)

    16 April 2013

    Rising energy demand from Asia Pacific countries is a key factor driving the growth in regional offshore oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) activities. In response to this, The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Singapore, Innovation Norway in alliance with DNV and Norwegian Business Association (Singapore) is staging the ASIA OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE today in […]

  • ConocoPhillips Hires DOF Subsea for Works in North Sea

    30 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian-based specialist subsea service company DOF Subsea Norway has secured a contract with ConocoPhillips under the current frame agreement for Diverless Marine and Subsea Services. The contract is for debris removal utilising DOF Subsea’s construction support vessel the Skandi Skolten. The work will be carried out at the former sites of the Albuskjell 2/4 F, […]

  • Maersk’s Tyra redevelopment to revive Faroe’s Trym

    23 March 2017

    Following an agreement between Denmark and Maersk Oil which enables a full redevelopment of the Tyra field in the Danish North Sea, production from the Faroe-operated Trym field off Norway will not cease next year as it had been previously expected.  Earlier on Thursday, Maersk Oil informed about the agreement with the government of Denmark which will […]

  • Statoil marks 30th anniversary of Heimdal gas field

    30 May 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil major Statoil has marked thirty years of production from the Heimdal field located in Block 25/4 of the Norwegian North Sea, at the far north-west edge of the Utsira Formation. The Heimdal field was discovered in 1972. Development was approved in 1981 and production started in 1986. The field is operated by Statoil and […]

  • Greenpeace activists end West Hercules rig protest

    30 April 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Greenpeace activists have ended their protest on the Barents Sea-bound West Hercules offshore drilling rig, currently located near Rypefjord village in the north of Norway, after spending 16 hours on the rig. 

  • PSA Inspects Subsea Facilities on Faroe’s Oselvar and Trym Fields

    17 April 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has inspected Faroe Petroleum Norge and its management of the integrity of pipelines and subsea facilities on the Oselvar and Trym fields. The objective of the audit was to gain an overview of the integrity management of pipelines and subsea facilities for which Faroe is responsible as the operator of […]

  • Alfa Laval’s pumping system for Johan Sverdrup platforms

    24 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Alfa Laval, Swedish heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling company, has won an order by Statoil to supply its Framo pumping systems to several oil platforms in the North Sea. The company says that the order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Pumping Systems segment, has a value of approximately SEK 200 million ($24.25M) […]

  • U.S. player tasks Norwegian shipping firm with managing another vessel

    25 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Remøy Shipping has secured a deal to provide management services for another one of Seacor Marine’s platform supply vessels.

  • Total in gas and condensate discovery in North Sea

    17 October 2016
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Total’s Norwegian exploration and production subsidiary, Total E&P Norge, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 30/4-3 S, off Norway, after encountering a gas and condensate.  The well was drilled with the Mærsk Intrepid jack-up drilling rig in production license 043. The license is located in the northeast part of the […]

  • Government to Open South-Eastern Barents Sea for Petroleum Activity

    26 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Today, the Government presented its proposal to open for petroleum activity in the south-eastern Barents Sea. “This is a historic day. Opening the first new region for petroleum activity since 1994 will allow us to explore new, promising areas for oil and gas, provide new opportunities and new impetus in Northern Norway, and boost value […]

  • Equinor makes minor oil discovery in North Sea

    14 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made a minor oil discovery near the Visund field in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Top News of the Week April 1 – 6, 2013

    7 April 2013

    Svenja Installs First Subsea Platform to Support Costa Concordia Refloating Early this morning, the work started on Giglio Island to install platform no. 1, the biggest subsea base which, with the other 5 subsea platforms, will provide a safe supporting structure for the Costa Concordia wreck after it is rotated into a vertical position (“parbuckling”, […]

  • Magseis Starts Barents Job

    2 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian ocean bottom seismic player, Magseis, has kicked off a multi-client program in the Barents Sea, following the completion of work for Chevron in the UK sector of the North Sea. The company’s vessel Artemis Athene will be used to execute the survey, building on previous work conducted in the Barents Sea for Statoil and Lundin Petroleum. The […]

  • Statoil’s Skrugard and Havis Fields Renamed to Johan Castberg

    26 April 2013

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has decided to rename Statoil’s Skrugard and Havis discoveries in the Barents Sea. The field/s will now be called Johan Castberg. According to Barents Observer, Johan Castberg, who served as a parliament member for the then Labour Democrats in the early 20th century, played a key role in developing the […]

  • Unions worried about safety after three incidents offshore Norway

    17 October 2016

    Two Norwegian workers’ unions, Industri Energi and Safe, have warned about an increasing frequency of incidents on the Norwegian Continental Shelf following three separate incidents over the past weekend.  All three incidents occurred on Statoil-operated facilities offshore Norway. First, a well control incident occurred on the drilling rig Songa Endurance on Saturday. Statoil had to evacuate […]