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  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • SHI strengthens its dominance in the global drill ship market

    2 May 2006

    Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) announced on May 2 that it won US$550 million worth of order to build a drill ship from Norwegian ocean energy development firm Ferncliff Drilling AS. This will be the worlds largest drill ship ever to be built. A drill ship is an offshore drilling facility that prospects for crude oil […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • Aibel, Centrica ink frame agreement for Norwegian fields

    30 October 2015

    Centrica Energy Norway has awarded Aibel a frame agreement for Field Development projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The duration of the agreement is five years plus options for an additional five years. All project phases are included in the agreement, from various study phases and pre-engineering work to the entire execution phase of an assignment; […]

  • EMGS eyes revenues potential owing to Barents Sea multi-client library

    30 May 2016

    Following the recent award of ten new production licenses offshore Norway, the geophysical services company Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) expects to generate multi-client revenues, owing to its Barents Sea multi-client library.  To remind, earlier in May, Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced the offer of ten new production licenses in the 23rd licensing round on […]

  • 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 […]

  • Largest Rig Upgrade Deal for Semco (Denmark)

    5 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Denmark-based Semco Maritime has secured a rig upgrade order from the world’s largest rig operator Transocean. The project will be carried out in Norway and involves a staff of 700 people. Semco Maritime has just been awarded a new contract for the upgrade of the rig “Transocean Leader”. The project amounts to some USD 50.5 […]

  • Thumbs-up for Equinor to begin drilling at North Sea field

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

    Equinor has received consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway, using a KCA Deutag Drilling-managed rig.

  • Magseis starts Red Sea seismic survey for Saudi Aramco

    1 August 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has together with its partner BGP Arabia officially started operations on Saudi Aramco’s project in the Red Sea.  Magseis was awarded Saudi Aramco’s S78 project for large-scale ocean bottom seismic acquisition in the Red Sea in February 2016. The company said on Monday that the project started following a period of preparation and testing. […]

  • Subsea 7 Cleared to Dive at Oda Field

    4 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Spirit Energy has received consent from Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for manned underwater operations on the Oda field. The underwater operations will be carried out by Spirit Energy’s contractor Subsea 7 using the Seven Falcon and Seven Atlantic diving support vessels. According to PSA, scheduled start-up is Q3 2018. The activities will last around […]

  • COSCO Cuts Steel for Axis Offshore’s First Newbuild, China

    1 March 2013

    Axis Offshore and Cosco celebrated, on 28th February 2013, steel cutting for the first semi-submersible accommodation unit to be delivered in February 2015. The Axis Offshore site team manager, Mr. Magnus Olsson, congratulated the yard project manager, Mr. Wang Jianqiang, on the planned progress made by Cosco. The unit, of Global Maritime’s GM500A design, will […]

  • Det Norske: Oil Presence Confirmed at Espever High (Norway)

    30 October 2012

    Det norske oljeselskap ASA today announced that core samples confirmed oil presence in appraisal well 16/2-14 (PL 265), in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The well is being drilled with Ocean Vanguard rig on the Espever High, which is part of the Johan Sverdrup field. “Drilling operations in the reservoir section is in […]

  • 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, […]

  • Equinor strikes oil near Johan Castberg field

    10 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor has made an oil discovery near the Johan Castberg field, located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.

  • Premier sells all Norwegian assets for $120M

    16 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Premier Oil, an independent exploration and production company, has agreed to sell Premier Oil Norge AS (PONAS) which comprises all its Norwegian assets, to Det norske oljeselskap ASA for a cash consideration of $120 million. According to the company’s press release on Monday, the proceeds will be used to pay down its debt and represents […]

  • TGS, EMGS Expand Barents Sea 3D Survey Area

    8 May 2014

    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 four additional blocks in the Hoop area of the Barents Sea to bring its total joint ownership of multi-client EM data in this area […]

  • 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. 

  • Statoil takes next step in Barents Sea project with investment of over $642M

    12 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Statoil and its partners have decided to invest just over NOK 5 billion ($642.2M) in the further development of the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea, which will provide feedstock for the LNG plant at Melkøya in Hammerfest.

  • 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 […]

  • German-Norwegian Energy Partnership to Be Expanded

    21 February 2013
    Authorities & Government

    Norway’s role as one of Germany’s most important energy suppliers 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: Oil Spills in the North Sea

    8 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil has reported that an undetermined amount of oil leaked into the North Sea this morning during tanker loading operations at the Statfjord A platform. The oil spill was observed in the sea close to the OLS B loading buoy, while the tanker “Hilda Knutsen” was being loaded. The OLS B loading buoy […]

  • Miko Marine Announces Successful First Full-Size Trial Of Shiparrestor System (Norway)

    12 August 2010
    Equipment, Research & Development

    Miko Marine AS, of Oslo, can now confirm that it has successfully completed the first full-scale test of its pioneering ShipArrestor system. This enables a helicopter to attach a sea anchor on a tow line to an unmanned vessel such as a tanker that is drifting without power. By reducing the speed of the ship’s […]