10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Nordic Explorer Concludes 2D Seismic Acquisition Around Jan Mayen

    17 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    In the early morning hours of 10 August, the vessel Nordic Explorer concluded the acquisition of 2D seismic around Jan Mayen. The operation has been underway since 5 June. A total of 9 470 kilometres (64 linjes) have been acquired in this area. The vessel has now completed its assignment for the NPD and has […]

  • Lundin Gets Approval to Drill 16/5-4 Well (Norway)

    19 August 2013

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/5-4, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Well 16/5-4 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 58°42’46.92’’ north 02°35’55.71’’ east for Lundin Norway AS in production licence 501. The drilling programme for well 16/5-4 […]

  • NIB and Statnett Sign Loan for Financing of Subsea Cable Between Norway and Denmark

    19 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Norwegian grid operator Statnett have signed a loan totalling NOK 1,300 million (EUR 165 million) for the partial financing of the new subsea cable between Norway and Denmark and the upgrade of Statnett’s existing cable across the Oslofjord. The 16-year-maturity loan will help finance the construction of […]

  • North Energy to combine petroleum ops in single company after Explora buy

    12 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    North Energy, a Norwegian oil company, has announced a completion of its transaction for an exploration and production company, also from Norway, Explora Petroleum.  North Energy acquired Explora Petroleum for a cash payment of $2.5 million in December 2015. The transaction was conditional on the approval of the Norwegian government. Explora had 18 employees and 16 licences […]

  • Chalk Fields Still Have a Lot to Offer, NPD Says

    17 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the Danish Energy Agency and ten oil companies will cooperate on research and development and share experience to improve recovery from chalk fields on the Norwegian and Danish shelves. The NPD and the Danish Energy Agency have taken the initiative for the Joint Chalk Research programme phase 7. Since 1982, […]

  • Most popular articles of the week, September 15 – 21, 2014

    21 September 2014

    Death on FSO, Jobs slashed in Norway, Oil discovery in Angola, Scotland votes No, No crocs on choppers, NCS rig overcapacity, Exxon drilling halt in Russia, Qataris swoop for Keppel rig…

  • ‘Polar Duchess’ Carry Out to 3,500km2 Seismic Survey (Norway)

    13 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Dolphin Geophysical’s high-end 3D seismic vessel, the Polar Duchess, will start acquisition of new UtStord Multi-Client Survey in the Norwegian North Sea. The 3,500km2 survey is highly prefunded by industry and will commence around June 14th. Acquisition is scheduled to take approximately 3-4 months in total with prioritised acreage being acquired first. To assist clients with initial acreage reviews, Dolphin will perform high-end […]

  • Lundin Spuds Brynhild Development Well Off Norway

    17 June 2013

    Swedish operator Lundin Petroleum has kicked off the drilling of the first development well on the Brynhild field in PL148, located in the Norwegian North Sea. The Brynhild field is located adjacent to the Norway-United Kingdom border, some 210 km from the Norwegian mainland. The development of Brynhild involves the drilling of 4 development wells […]

  • Aiming for oil, Statoil strikes gas in Barents Sea well

    7 August 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Norway’s Statoil has made a small, non-commercial, gas discovery in the Gemini North well, northeast of the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea. The well also proved oil, Statoil said on Monday. “The well was drilled with the ambition of proving up additional oil resources in the vicinity of the Wisting discovery, but like the previous […]

  • Engie gains go-ahead to drill wildcat offshore Norway

    7 June 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Engie E&P Norge a drilling permit for well 36/7-4, offshore Norway.  The well 36/7-4 will be drilled from the Transocean Arctic drilling rig after the rig concludes the drilling of wildcat well 31/7-1 A for Faroe Petroleum Norge in production licence 740. The company gained consent from the Norwegian […]

  • Lundin Receives Approval to Drill Exploration Well in PL 410 (Norway)

    23 October 2013

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/5-5,  in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Well 16/5-5 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility in position 58°38’25.93’’ north 02°20’54.42’’ east in production licence 410. The drilling programme for well 16/5-5 applies to the drilling of […]

  • Norwegian operator’s vessel remains busy until end of 2024

    26 August 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norwegian vessel owner and operator Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has secured a new contract for one of its large platform supply vessels (PSVs).

  • Lundin hits both oil and gas in Alta well

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that drilling of exploration well 7220/11-1 on the Alta prospect in the Barents Sea has been successfully completed and has encountered both oil and gas. The well is located 20 km northeast of the Gohta discovery (well 7120/1-3) and some 160 km from the Norwegian coastline. The main objective of […]

  • Troms Offshore Expands Fleet with New PSV

    17 June 2013

     Troms Offshore Supply AS on Thursday, June 13, took delivery of its new build no 756 at VARD Brevik shipyard in Norway. The ship has been given the name MV Troms Lyra. Troms Lyra is a Clean Design diesel electric PSV (Platform Supply Vessel) with a deck area of 850 m2. Engines and propulsion in […]

  • Total to Extend Skirne and Byggve Lifespan

    31 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Total E&P Norge has been given consent to use Skirne and Byggve offshore gas fields beyond the originally planned operational life. Skirne and Byggve deposit is in the central North Sea, 20 kilometers east of Heimdal at water depth of 120 meters. The field has been developed using two subsea templates tied back to the […]

  • Keppel, Seafox Eye Construction of First Jackup with P&A Features

    28 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has signed an engineering services agreement with Workfox B.V, a subsidiary of the Seafox Group (Seafox), to embark on an engineering study of a purpose-built accommodation jackup rig with well intervention and P&A features. The project, which is named […]

  • 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 […]

  • Fresh Barents Sea discovery gives Equinor option for another Castberg tie-back

    9 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has made a minor oil and gas discovery in the Barents Sea and will consider a tie-back to its operated Johan Castberg field.

  • Danish Authorities Give Nod for Siri Production Restart

    23 December 2013

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved a temporary production solution at the Siri platform in the Danish part of the North Sea.   According to DONG Energy which is the operator of the Siri Fairway fields, this means that production at the Nini, Nini East and Cecilie fields may resume in the first quarter […]

  • Unions Fight for North Sea Jobs

    31 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Maritime and oil and gas unions affiliated to global federations IndustriAll and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) met in Aberdeen 19-20 May 2016 to begin development of an industrial and political strategy to challenge the replacement of quality jobs with cheap labour by employers in the North Sea. The group represents workers from Denmark, […]

  • Noreco: Eik Prospect Disappoints (Norway)

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) is currently drilling exploration well 7228/1-1 on the Eik prospect in the Barents Sea. The preliminary drilling results indicate that the well does not contain commercial quantities of hydrocarbons. The well is located in licence PL396 in the Barents Sea, about 200 kilometres north east of North Cape, and is […]

  • Most popular articles of the week, August 25 – 31, 2014

    31 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Coolest PSV in Norway, Rig order cancellation, Gloomy future for drillers, Helicopter lands on wrong rig, Can you count to 40 billion?

  • Two workers airlifted from Statfjord B following switchboard room incident

    20 August 2020
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Two workers were evacuated on Tuesday from Equinor’s Statfjord B platform offshore Norway after being exposed to smoke following a short circuit in a switchboard room.

  • VIDEO: Time-lapse of Gina Krog load out in South Korea

    15 June 2016
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    The main support frame for the Gina Krog topside has been loaded on to the heavy transport vessel Mega Caravan in South Korea.  Statoil, the operator of the Gina Krog field located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, shared a time-lapse video of the main support frame for Gina Krog’s topside being loaded out in […]

  • Equinor makes minor oil discovery in North Sea

    15 February 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has made a minor oil discovery in the North Sea offshore Norway.