10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Rolls-Royce wins largest offshore vessels order, worth £83m

    13 June 2007

    Rolls-Royce, a world-leading provider of power systems and services for use on land, at sea and in the air, has won its largest ever offshore marine order, worth £83 million. It will deliver designs and equipment for six new Rolls-Royce UT Design offshore service vessels to OSM Schiffahrt, a joint venture between the Nordcapital Group […]

  • Aker BP granted drilling permit for two North Sea wells

    6 February 2019
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway. 

  • Wintershall gains nod for North Sea wildcat

    23 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for well 10/4-1 in the North Sea.  Well 10/4-1 will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 10/4-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 734. Wintershall Norge AS is the operator […]

  • Solstad vessels win long-term jobs with Equinor in Brazil

    6 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Solstad Offshore has secured long-term contracts for two of its platform supply vessels with Equinor for operations in Brazil.

  • Statoil Ends Search for Missing Man at Visund (Norway)

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

      Statoil ends the search for the 48-year-old man who was reported missing on the Visund platform in the North Sea on Thursday 6 October. The search of the seabed around the platform was unsuccessful. Boats and helicopters have been involved in the search for the missing man. A search party and dog have searched […]

  • Statoil: Barents sea exploration is marathon, not sprint

    7 November 2014

    Statoil has completed its 2013-2014 exploration program in the Barents Sea. According to the Norwegian oil giant, this represents an all-time high exploration activity and 10% of all exploration wells drilled in the Barents Sea since its opening in 1980.   “This is a unique exploration program. A commitment of this size and complexity requires geological, […]

  • North Sea well comes up dry for Wintershall Dea

    21 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has found no hydrocarbons in the Brage South exploration well located in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Report: Scotland should learn from Norway and create oil fund

    17 September 2014

    A new economic analysis of a potential Scottish Oil or Sovereign Wealth Fund has found that in 24 years Scotland could earn the same annual revenue from an oil fund as current revenues from North Sea oil and gas tax receipts. The new economic outlook, undertaken by economists for oilandgaspeople.com, which describes itself as the […]

  • Lundin gets go-ahead for North Sea wildcat

    30 November 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/4-10, in the North Sea, offshore Norway.  The well 16/4-10 will be drilled from the Island Innovator drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 16/4-10 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 544. The area in this licence […]

  • The Most Read News in 2012

    1 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Read the most read Offshore Energy Today news in 2012: Dec:  77 Workers Injured in Rig Listing Incident Released from Hospital (Singapore) This is one of the worst industrial accidents we have seen in recent times, MOM Secretary says.     Nov: FOGL Shares Soar on Scotia Discovery Speculation (Falkland Islands) Shares of Falkland Oil […]

  • Vår Energi’s North Sea FPSO sporting digital connectivity solution in ‘global first’

    11 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Tampnet, a Norway-headquartered provider of offshore high-capacity and low-latency connectivity services, is deploying its technology on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit operated by Norway’s Vår Energi in the North Sea.

  • Lithuania FSRU Conducts Sea Trial

    10 February 2014
    Vessels

    FSRU vessel “Independence” sailed to the sea its own course from South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries. The ship’s sea trial lasted nearly a week. After a long period of engineering, welding, painting, installation and testing FSRU vessel successfully sailed into the open sea. Although there are still some final works to be done, however […]

  • Four Songa Offshore semi-subs named

    3 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has held a naming ceremony for four semi-submersible rigs, Hull No. 3031, 3032, 3034, 3035, ordered by the Norwegian-based Songa Offshore. Around 290 guests attended the naming ceremony held in H quay, at the Okpo shipyard, on October 24, including Frederik W. Mohn, Chairman of the Board […]

  • Norway: Troms Offshore Receives Its Newbuild PSV

    29 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Troms Offshore Supply has received its new build no 773 at STX Søviknes shipyard in Norway. The ship will be given the name MV Troms Sirius in a naming ceremony to be arranged in Stavanger on Thursday 31st May. Troms Sirius is a Clean Design diesel electric PSV (Platform Supply Vessel) with a deck area […]

  • NCLH completes scrubber retrofits on 13 cruise ships

    14 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    Cruise company Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has completed its nearly $200 million, multi-year investment in exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) on certain ships across its fleet with the commissioning of EGCS onboard Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway.

  • ‘Largest’ drone quest puts emission monitoring into gear across 33 North Sea oil & gas assets

    18 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, IT & Software, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition

    Two players, Cyberhawk and Explicit, have started the ball rolling on an offshore drone campaign for emissions measurement in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which is being undertaken on 33 offshore platforms operated by Equinor, Norway’s energy giant.

  • Prestige Cruises Scraps IPO Plans

    13 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    Luxury cruise liner Prestige Cruises International pulled back from an initial public offering in a filling with the US regulators dated on Monday, January 12th. The company initially filed for a USD 250 million IPO in January 2014. However, cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. revealed intentions in September last year to take over Prestige Cruises International, for a […]

  • Statoil to drill wildcat in Barents Sea

    22 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7125/4-3 in the production licence 393 B, in the Barents Sea. Well 7125/4-3 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig,  type Aker H-6e. It was built in 2009 at Aker Stord, is registered in the Bahamas and classified […]

  • New Concrete Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations to Be Installed in English Channel

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    In a few months, the first of a new generation of concrete foundations will be installed for the first time in the English Channel. Optimised production methods and easy installation concept opens up the possibility of major deepwater offshore wind turbine parks. There was applause all round when the base plate for the prototype for […]

  • SubseaDesign to introduce TVO’s BOP solution to North Sea market

    4 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    TVO has signed an agreement with SubseaDesign providing rights to market and commercialize TVO’s patented tethered BOP design for use in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

  • Safety watchdog audits Aker BP’s well plans due to challenging location

    7 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of Aker BP and its planning for exploration drilling in the Barents Sea.

  • Equinor gets permit for fresh North Sea wildcat

    29 January 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

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

  • Lundin Hits Oil and Gas in Alta Well in Barents Sea

    16 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Drilling of exploration well 7220/11-1 on the Alta prospect in production licence (PL) 609 in the Barents Sea is in the process of being successfully completed. The well is located 20 km northeast of the Gohta discovery and some 160 km from the Norwegian coastline.  “This is a breakthrough discovery. RWE Dea are among a […]

  • Equinor prepares for test well on North Sea discovery

    30 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator to use the Deepsea Atlantic rig on the Peon discovery located offshore Norway. The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) said on Monday that Equinor would use the Deepsea Atlantic to drill a test well on the Peon discovery in the North […]

  • Norway: Study on Disposal of Offshore Concrete Facilities

    21 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Some of the concrete facilities resting on the seabed on the Norwegian shelf are nearing the end of their lifetimes. In the coming years, the authorities need to address how to dispose of these. A report has been prepared on disposal of concrete facilities on initiative from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), which invited the […]