10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Eni nets two Norway licences

    20 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Eni Norge has been awarded two licenses as part of the APA 2014 – Awards in Pre-Defined Areas. Following the award, Eni Norge is now operator in PL 806 in the Barents Sea, with a share of 40 per cent, while E.ON E&P,  Edison International and Petoro are partners with 20 per cent respectively. 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 […]

  • Equinor mulls concept for Barents Sea oil field, hands out study contracts

    12 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has awarded contracts for concept studies to progress the Wisting project development, in the Barents Sea, towards a final concept select decision.

  • Esvagt vessel wins North Sea extension

    20 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Esvagt will continue to provide guard vessel duty and standby preparedness on the Yme field offshore Norway.

  • Norway joins forces with European countries on autonomous ship operation

    16 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Norway has signed a new agreement with the UK, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands to facilitate better cooperation on the international operation of autonomous vessels.

  • Maersk Drilling Orders Ultra Harsh Jack-Up Rig from DSME

    25 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Drilling has ordered a new ultra harsh environment jack-up rig, XL Enhanced 4, to be built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. The rig is scheduled for delivery in mid-2016. The total project cost for the rig is USD 650m including a turnkey contract with the yard, owner […]

  • Norway: Eni to Carry Out Drilling with Scarabeo 8 on Goliat Field

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Eni Norge AS has received consent to carry out drilling with the Scarabeo 8 mobile drilling facility. The consent relates to the drilling of appraisal well 7122/7 – Goliat, which is part of production licence 229 in Norwegian Barents sea. Water depth at the site is 382 metres. The operation has an estimated duration of […]

  • Statoil to Modify Sleipner for Connection with Utgard Field

    20 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil has received consent from Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to make modifications at Sleipner A and T to connect to the Utgard field. The consent is for the necessary modifications to the Sleipner A and T facilities in order to receive and process the well stream from Utgard oil and condensate field. Utgard is situated on the […]

  • Dragados Offshore Hires IKM for Eldfisk Contract Support

    30 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    IKM Testing will contribute Dragados within cleaning, pneumatic and hydraulic testing, pigging and torque. The contract has been awarded by Dragados Offshore, a company that services the Oil and Gas industry from the three main business centres: the headquarters’s office in Puerto Real and the Yard in Algeciras, in Spain, and the Yard of Tampico […]

  • Equinor gets go-ahead for drilling ops with COSL rig

    23 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which will be drilled with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe.

  • Statoil Reports Missing Person at Visund Installation (Norway)

    6 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      A person has been reported missing after not showing up for work this morning at the Visund installation. The installation is in the North Sea and is operated by Statoil. A search of the installation started at once. The search has now been extended to the sea. Helicoptres and vessels are conducting the search. […]

  • Archer nets five-year deal for services on Aker BP platforms

    24 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Archer has secured a five-year contract from Aker BP for the provision of platform drilling operations and maintenance services in the North Sea.

  • Norway: Statoil Ready for Gudrun Development

    17 June 2010

    The plan for development and operation (PDO) of the North Sea Gudrun field was approved by the Norwegian Parliament on 16 June. Production is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2014. ”This is an important day for us,” says Øystein Michelsen, executive vice president for Exploration & Production Norway (EPN). “The Gudrun field […]

  • Norwegian exploration player turning into full-cycle E&P as Repsol exits Brage

    17 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Rex International, is buying Repsol’s interest in the Brage field located offshore Norway.

  • TGS, EMGS Team Up in Barents Sea

    3 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    TGS and Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) have agreed to further expand the Companies’ previous cooperation agreement in the Barents Sea. TGS will partner with EMGS to acquire electromagnetic (EM) data over approximately ten new blocks in the Nordkapp and Tiddly areas. The new 3D EM data will be acquired by the M/V Atlantic Guardian. Data […]

  • Norwegians call for licensing of two 500 MW floating wind projects in 2020

    5 May 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Several Norwegian ocean stakeholders have asked their country’s government to start the announcement of two full-scale floating offshore wind farms with the aim of granting licenses during 2020. In a letter sent to leading Norwegian politicians, the stakeholders said that the government should clarify licensing and framework conditions for two floating wind projects with a […]

  • Equinor and partners give $3.4M worth of contracts to local geophysical services firm

    4 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has secured contracts with a combined value of approximately $3.4 million with Equinor and partners for surveys in Norway. EMGS reported at the end of May that it had entered into several agreements with Equinor and partners for fully pre-funded multi-client survey acquisitions in the Barents Sea. The first of the fully pre-funded […]

  • Shearwater scores offshore South Africa

    18 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian seismic exploration company Shearwater GeoServices has secured a contract to carry out a “major” 3D seismic exploration survey offshore South Africa. The survey will be acquired by the Amazon Warrier and will cover more than 6,000 sqkm of 3D seismic data. The project is planned to last for approximately four months. According to Shearwater, […]

  • Eni gets new licence in UK North Sea

    26 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Eni has been awarded a new production licence in the UK North Sea, resulting from an application made in the 32nd UK Offshore Licensing Round.

  • Equinor granted permit for North Sea well

    10 March 2020
    Exploration & Production

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

  • iSURVEY delivers landmark North Sea project

    8 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Technology

    The UK entity of Norway-based offshore surveyor iSURVEY has completed its largest project to date. The seven-figure project has seen a 10-strong group of offshore survey experts complete a 6,300 kilometres of survey since mobilisation in late July. According to iSURVEY, this also breaks the Aberdeen-based team’s single contract value record. The contract, which consisted […]

  • MacGregor Bags Subsea Crane Order

    18 November 2013

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to deliver a 250-tonne SWL active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane for the 120m construction vessel, Island Intervention. An existing vessel operated by the US/Norwegian partnership between Edison Chouest Offshore and Island Offshore requires greater lifting capability; a MacGregor 250-tonne SWL AHC subsea crane fulfils the upgrade requirements. […]

  • Fire breaks out on Deepsea Atlantic rig off Norway

    9 January 2017
    Exploration & Production

    A fire broke out on the Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig working for Statoil at the Johan Sverdrup field, off Norway.  According to a report by the Norwegian news website Offshore.no, the fire broke out last Wednesday in the rig’s drill tower. After it was extinguished, it broke out again. The situation was brought under control […]

  • Double contract wins for UK decom player in North Sea and Africa

    8 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Northern Ireland-based pipeline decommissioning specialist Decom Engineering has secured two contracts to carry out cutting operations on decommissioning projects in the North Sea and offshore West Africa. According to Decom, the two contracts are worth more than £300,000 and will see the company deploy its cold cutting saws which were designed and developed for energy sector […]

  • Det norske to buy Noreco’s Norwegian licence portfolio

    2 March 2016

    Noreco’s subsidiary, Noreco Norway, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Det norske oljeselskap for the sale of its remaining exploration licences, employees and a cash balance of ca. NOK 45 million, to be adjusted for working capital. The effective date of the transaction is January 1, 2016. According to Det norske, the […]