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  • Lundin Norway AS Gets Drilling Permit for Well 3/8-1

    17 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 3/8-1. Well 3/8-1 will be drilled from the Mærsk Guardian drilling facility at position 56°27’16.93’’north and 4°25’7.30”east. The drilling programme for well 3/8-1 applies to drilling of an exploration well in production license 400. Lundin Norway AS is the operator […]

  • South Korea: Hyundai Heavy Secures Rig Order from Fred. Olsen

    28 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    A wholly owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA has entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for the building of a harsh environment ultra deepwater semi submersible drilling rig with scheduled delivery in March 2015. Total project cost is estimated to USD 700 million (including spare parts, owner furnished equipment […]

  • Aibel wins FEED work for Snorre A

    16 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Oilfield services provider Aibel has been awarded the FEED study for modifications on Snorre A in connection with Snorre expansion. The contract also has an option for the actual implementation phase. The Snorre field, located in the Norwegian section of the North Sea, is to be developed further with a subsea solution to increase recovery. […]

  • Ivar Aasen platform deck set to sail away to Norway (VIDEO)

    23 May 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil company Det norske has informed that the platform deck for the Ivar Aasen field, in the North Sea, was completed at the yard in Singapore on Sunday, May 22, and will sail away to Norway shortly. The Ivar Aasen field is Det norske’s first major development project as operator. The partners in the […]

  • Fourteen zero-emission vessels to receive funding from Enova

    18 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Norwegian government enterprise Enova has announced financial support for seven ammonia ships, two hydrogen ships, five electric ships and one charging facility, in the latest round of the country’s investments in green shipping.

  • DNO ready to deploy well intervention vessel at North Sea field

    7 April 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    DNO has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Island Offshore’s mobile offshore units (MOU) for work on a field.

  • Equinor obtains permit for another North Sea well

    17 March 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Equinor has secured a permit from the country’s authorities for the drilling of another wildcat well, located in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Aker BP picks compatriot firm for oil spill monitoring system

    20 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Environment, Equipment, IT & Software, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Norway’s oil and gas company Aker BP has selected compatriot technology supplier Vissim to develop an expanded digital platform for future oil spill monitoring and detection system on the Norwegian continental shelf. Vissim will develop a software solution that integrates input from a number of different oil spill detection sources, including radars, satellites, and sensors on […]

  • South Korea’s DSME Confirms USD 1.76 Bln Mariner Topside Award

    27 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in a filing with the Korea Exchange confirmed it has secured an order for the construction of a topside for a platform to be installed in the UK sector of the North Sea. The order, valued at approximately USD 1.76 billion, comes from the Norwegian oil giant, Statoil. Under […]

  • Transocean rig gets the go-ahead for ops at Equinor’s North Sea field

    1 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use a Transocean-owned rig for well intervention on a field located in the North Sea.

  • Wood advances CCS projects on Norwegian Continental Shelf

    26 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Scotland-headquartered engineering and consulting business John Wood Group (Wood) is advancing three carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which combined can store up to 21 million tonnes of CO2 annually, the equivalent of nearly half of Norway’s total CO2 emissions in 2023 (46.6 million tonnes). According to Wood, the […]

  • CAA to Review North Sea Helicopter Operations. Aims to Improve Safety

    25 September 2013

    The Civil Aviation Authority,the UK’s specialist aviation regulator, has said it is undertaking a review of North Sea helicopter operations. It is a joint review with the Norwegian CAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and advised by a panel of independent experts. It will study current operations, previous incidents and accidents and offshore helicopter […]

  • SSCV Sleipnir installs Nova module on Neptune’s North Sea platform

    11 May 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Heerema’s Sleipnir, the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, has transported and installed the Nova topside module on the Gjøa platform in the North Sea.

  • Neptune picks up permit for North Sea appraisal well

    4 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Neptune Energy a drilling permit for an appraisal well offshore Norway.

  • Olympic Shipping’s AHTS returns from layup

    20 April 2016

    The Norwegian offshore shipowner Olympic Shipping is gearing up to reactivate one of its offshore vessels. In a statement on Wednesday, Olympic Shipping said that its Olympic Octopus anchor handling tug and supply vessel would return from layup, and start a contract with an undisclosed client. The shipowner said the initial term would be for […]

  • Transocean rig to drill North Sea prospect for ConocoPhillips

    7 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    ConocoPhillips has been granted consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway by the country’s petroleum safety regulator.

  • Report: Statoil’s first Cat-J rig reaches Norway

    22 September 2017

    Statoil’s giant Cat-J jack-up drilling rig has reportedly reached Norway after a long journey from South Korea. Petro.no, a Norwegian oil and gas news website, was first to report that the Askeladden rig arrived at the CCB based on Thursday afternoon. The news of the arrival was later confirmed to Offshore Energy Today by Statoil. The […]

  • NCLH Starts Year on a High Note

    10 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Miami-based cruise company Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has started the year with a record revenue which reached USD 1.2 billion in the first quarter, representing an increase of 6.8% compared to USD 1.1 billion seen in 2016. This increase was primarily attributed to the addition of Oceania Cruises’ Sirena and Regent’s Seven Seas Explorer to the […]

  • MCG to Perform MC2D Survey in Barents’ Hoop Area

    9 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    On the 5th of June, MCG and Exploro mobilized Gardline’s Polar Surveyor for the Super High-Resolution MC2D survey in the Hoop area in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The survey will last approximately two months and final, broadband processing will be completed before year end. DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) will process the data. This Super High-Resolution MC2D […]

  • New oil player gets hold of Tullow’s Norwegian portfolio

    23 June 2017

    Pandion Energy has been pre-qualified as a licensee on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) and received an approval for the acquisition of all licences in Tullow Oil Norge’s existing portfolio including a 20% interest in PL 636 containing the Cara oil and gas discovery. Pandion, a private oil and gas company founded in November 2016 […]

  • Trio to share emergency response resources offshore Norway

    11 January 2017

    Statoil, ExxonMobil, and Gassco have received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to establish and participate in area contingency planning in the Sleipner Utsira area, off Norway.  According to the safety agency, area contingency planning involves cooperation on emergency preparedness between several facilities and fields with the aim of sharing maritime and airborne emergency […]

  • VERIPOS Establishes New Reference Station Facilities in Norway

    1 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Veripos, world leaders for provision of high-precision GNSS positioning solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry, has extended the North West European sector of its global multi-source network with the establishment of new reference station facilities at Hammerfest in northern Norway. The new station, part of Veripos’s worldwide network of over 80 similar reference […]

  • Norwegian King to open Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup field

    9 December 2019

    On January 7, 2020, the Norwegian King Harald V will perform the official opening of the Equinor-operated Johan Sverdrup field center located offshore Norway. 

  • Ithaca Energy hires Solstad vessel for North Sea ops

    19 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has inked a contract for one of its vessels with Ithaca Energy for operations in the North Sea.

  • Statoil shuts down production on Heimdal after fire alarm

    25 November 2016

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has reportedly shut down production from the Heimdal field following a fire alarm on the platform offshore Norway. According to a report by Aftenblad, a Norwegian news website, the alarm went off early on Friday morning but the situation was quickly resolved as there was no evidence of a fire. The news […]