10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • German-Norwegian Energy Partnership to Be Expanded

    21 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Norway’s role as one of Germany’s most important energy supplier is to be further reinforced, as advocated by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel during a state visit to Oslo on Wednesday. “It is my firm conviction that Norway will also play a role in future as an important pillar of the German gas supply, and we […]

  • Det Norske Secures Drilling Permit for North Sea Wildcat

    12 August 2013

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for wellbore 2/1-15, in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. Well 2/1-15 will be drilled from the Mærsk Giant drilling facility at position 56°52’58.14’’N and 3°12’47.53’’E following completion of the drilling of wildcat well 2/1-16 S for Talisman Energy Norge AS […]

  • Polarcus Bags XArray Project in Barents Sea

    13 June 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Polarcus Limited has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) for an XArray project in the Norwegian Barents Sea for an undisclosed client. The survey is due to start in August 2016, after required authorization has been obtained. It will run for approximately four weeks, the company informed. This extends the Polarcus North West Europe campaign and replaces the previously announced […]

  • Technip bags Snorre job

    10 August 2010

    Technip has bagged a deal with Statoil for the development of the Snorre field in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract is worth approximately €23 million. The contract covers the welding and installation of a 9 kilometer-long rigid steel flowline to connect the Snorre A and B platforms. It also includes installation and tie-in of […]

  • PSA OKs Dong Energy’s North Sea Drilling Plans (Norway)

    7 November 2012

    DONG E&P Norge AS (DONG), a subsidiary of Denmark’s Dong Energy, has received approval from the Norwegian authorities to conduct exploration drilling in the North Sea. DONG is the operator of production licence 147, which includes the Trym field in block 3/7 in the southern part of the North Sea. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway […]

  • Eni, Statoil Find Oil & Gas Off Norway

    9 January 2012

    Eni announced Havis oil and gas discovery in the Barents Sea, about 200 km off the Norwegian cost. The discovery, made with the Havis 1 NFW exploration well in a 365 meter area of water and at a depth of approximately 1,750 meters, revealed between 190 and 315 Mbbl of recoverable oil and between 4 […]

  • New gigs for DOF vessels in Brazil and North Sea

    29 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipping company DOF has won new contracts from Petrobras and Chevron. 

  • HydraWell bags P&A job in UK North Sea

    9 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    HydraWell has signed a contract with an undisclosed UK-based supermajor to provide equipment and personnel for plug and abandonment (P&A) services in the UK North Sea.

  • Norway Opens New Test Area for Autonomous Ships

    7 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norway has opened an autonomous shipping test bed in Horten on the Oslofjord, the third of its kind in the country.

  • Refinitiv: Johan Sverdrup crude game-changer for North Sea and global oil market

    24 October 2019

    First oil cargo from the giant Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea started loading onto tankers on Thursday following its arrival from the offshore field to the Mongstad plant north of Bergen earlier this week. 

  • Equinor gets more info on oil discovery to gauge development option

    2 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has wrapped up drilling activities at an appraisal well in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway with one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs.

  • Siri is back in production

    25 January 2010

    Production has started at the Siri field in the North Sea after several delays. Norwegian Energy Company reports that the field which has been shut down since 31 August, is back in production. “With Siri back in production, the production from the satellite fields Nini and Cecilie can also be resumed.”

  • Seacontractors adding two ex-DOF vessels to its fleet

    14 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    The Netherlands-headquartered maritime service provider Seacontractors has acquired two vessels formerly owned by Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group.

  • Heavy Swells Hamper Sunken Frigate Lifting Operation

    27 February 2019

    The frigate collided with oil tanker Sola TS at the Sture terminal in Norway in November 2018.

  • Norway to Deploy Drones to Sniff Out Sulphur Polluters

    27 September 2018
    Rules & Regulation

    Norwegian Maritime Authority to use drones in ship inspections as of 2019.

  • Philippines repatriates over 13,000 distressed seafarers

    13 April 2020
    Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    A group of 668 seafarers landed today at an airport in Manilla, the Philippines, breaking the 13,000 figure of repatriated seafarers who were displaced by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The latest wave is the second of three groups planned to arrive today in the country’s capital as part of a massive governmental campaign to return […]

  • Lloyd’s Register to provide risk assessments for Johan Sverdrup

    6 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Lloyd’s Register Consulting has been awarded a substantial contract with Aker Solutions to deliver a suite of risk analyses at the Johan Sverdrup field on the Norwegian continental shelf

  • Siem Offshore Handed Contract Cancellations

    1 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian support vessel operator Siem Offshore Inc. has received notices of termination for three vessels that were booked for work in 2015. Karmorneftegaz SARL has sent the termination notices in respect of seasonal work in the Kara Sea for the two Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels Siem Topaz and Siem Amethyst and for Platform Supply […]

  • New assignment for Equinor to tackle nonconformities at North Sea project

    12 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Norway’s regulator is awaiting a response from Equinor regarding the way the identified nonconformities will be sorted out.

  • Two months after production start, Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 officially opens

    14 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has officially opened the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup field located in the North Sea offshore Norway, following the start of production in December 2022. Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland made the official opening on 13 February. The second phase consists of a new platform, five […]

  • Statoil: Drill bits won’t be spinning in Barents Sea this year

    30 January 2015

    After the news that Rosneft has pulled breaks on its Arctic drilling plans for 2015, another oil company has followed suit. According to Bloomberg, Norway’s largest oil company Statoil has opted against drilling any new wells in the Barents Sea this year. A Statoil spokesperson told the business news agency that the company would set its […]

  • Merkel: German-Norwegian Energy Relations to Be Expanded

    21 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s role as one of Germany’s most important energy supplier is to be further reinforced, as advocated by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel during a state visit to Oslo on Wednesday. “It is my firm conviction that Norway will also play a role in future as an important pillar of the German gas supply, and we […]

  • Statoil: 2400 people to work on Johan Sverdrup hook-up. First group sails away

    3 May 2018

    Statoil is starting mobilization of 2400 workers who will work on the hook-up, finalization, and eventually start-up the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.

  • Edison comes up dry in Haribo prospect

    21 July 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Noreco Norway has informed that the Haribo exploration well in the North Sea has been drilled to total depth without encountering hydrocarbons.  The well will now be plugged and abandoned as the targeted high porosity reworked chalk reservoir was not found. Spudded on June 21, 2015 the well was drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Searcher on […]

  • Norway: Statoil Strengthens its Position in the Barents Sea

    14 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Statoil and OMV in Norway have entered into an agreement regarding swap of interests in two licences in the Barents Sea. Statoil will take over 15 percent of OMV’s 40 percent interest in production licence 537. The licence was awarded in the 20th licensing round in 2009 with OMV as the operator. Statoil previously had […]