10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • OneSubsea’s ‘cutting-edge’ tool enables Shell’s field to step up on the gas

    5 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has revealed that its subsea compressor system, which recently came online at a Shell-operated natural gas field in the Norwegian Sea, will allow the operator to unlock new gas supplies for Europe.

  • 28-year-old FPSO secures life extension beyond 2030 as oil flows from subsea tie-back

    4 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has prolonged the lifespan of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit by expanding its active duty past 2030 with a subsea template tied back to the vessel via a new tubing off the coast of Norway.

  • Fresh oil and gas/condensate find comes to light offshore Norway

    22 December 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Equinor, a Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant, has uncovered a new oil and gas/condensate discovery that enriches its hydrocarbon arsenal off the coast of Norway.

  • Norwegian duo’s asset exchange paving the way for North Sea oil & gas discovery’s development

    6 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    An oil and gas discovery in the North Sea, which is expected to reap the benefits of a decision by two Norwegian oil and gas players, Aker BP and DNO, to swap assets, is now poised to witness an acceleration of its development off the coast of Norway.

  • VARD sets up strategic partnership with Norwegian research institute

    18 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Vessels, Vision

    Norwegian shipbuilder VARD, a subsidiary of Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Norwegian research institute NORCE to cooperate on research and innovation related to subsea technology, among other things. The strategic partnership will be focused on topics such as design, construction, on-board and underwater maintenance and drone technology for […]

  • Norwegian self-adjusting mooring buoy set to ease solar-hydro integration

    7 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Vision

    Oslo-headquartered Fred. Olsen 1848 has unveiled its Tension Buoy concept, designed to maintain stable mooring tension for floating solar installations in reservoirs and hydropower dams with large water-level variations.  The solution addresses one of the main technical barriers to pairing floating solar with hydropower, maintaining consistent mooring tension as water levels rise and fall. According […]

  • Equinor gets clearance to use Odfjell Drilling-managed rig at its North Sea field

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

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained the Norwegian authorities’ go-ahead for activities in the Norwegian North Sea, which will be carried out with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean.

  • Drilling ops with Saipem rig cleared for take-off in North Sea

    26 December 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian authorities have given their blessing for exploration drilling activities Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NOC), with a semi-submersible rig owned by Saipem, an Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services giant.

  • Green light for Equinor’s North Sea drilling gig with COSL rig

    3 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for drilling activities in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.

  • Shell and ExxonMobil strike North Sea oil offtake deals with DNO

    18 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    DNO, a Norwegian oil and gas operator, has secured oil offtake agreements with subsidiaries of U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil and the UK-based Shell.

  • North Sea oil & gas drilling ops with COSL rig good to go

    19 February 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured the go-ahead from the country’s authorities to use one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • New export route for North Sea gas output as pipeline gets thumbs-up

    26 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Given its dedication to curbing the decline in gas production over the coming years, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has given its seal of approval for a new gas export solution, delivering another path for gas exports from a platform in the North Sea, which enhances Norway’s energy security.

  • Seal of approval for Vår Energi’s oil & gas drilling ops in North Sea

    24 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Vår Energi has secured the go-ahead for drilling activities in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway.

  • North Sea drilling ops with COSL rig get blessed by the powers that be

    28 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has checked off the list the Norwegian authorities’ green light for drilling activities in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.

  • Two North Sea wildcats on 2017-built rig’s drilling list next month

    20 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for two exploration wells in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, which will be drilled using a rig managed by KCA Deutag, operating under the umbrella of Helmerich & Payne (H&P).

  • All systems go for Barents Sea exploration ops with COSL rig

    21 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has obtained the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for drilling activities in the Barents Sea, which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.

  • New partner joins North Sea gas discovery ahead of appraisal ops

    11 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Orlen Upstream Norway, a subsidiary of Poland’s Orlen, has set the wheels in motion to come aboard a gas discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea by buying a stake held by Norway’s oil and gas player Vår Energi.

  • Latest addition brings Sea1’s operated fleet to 12 AHTS vessels

    5 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Norwegian vessel operator Sea1 Offshore, formerly known as Siem Offshore, has welcomed an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel to its operated fleet.

  • Double win for Equinor in North Sea as two gas and condensate discoveries spring up

    5 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norway’s state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has made two new discoveries of gas and condensate in the Sleipner area of the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which it describes as its largest finds so far this year. The company claims that these discoveries can be developed for the European market through existing infrastructure.

  • Norwegian giant in the clear for drilling ops with COSL rig

    29 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be done with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.

  • New Nordic deal paves the way for Finland to store CO2 offshore Norway

    8 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Storage, Transition, Vision

    Finland and Norway have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that enables the transport of CO2 from Finland, whose soil is unsuitable for permanent CO2 storage, to Norway for geological storage under the seabed. The MoU was signed on September 4 by the Finnish Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala and the Norwegian […]

  • Fresh petroleum discovery sees light of day in North Sea

    28 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norway’s oil and gas company OKEA has made a petroleum discovery in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • Stepping up oil & gas game key for Norway to stave off ‘steep’ drop in production

    29 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    As the global energy security mission continues to keep oil and gas in high demand, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD), reporting to Norway’s Ministry of Energy, has emphasized that the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) will yield more hydrocarbons in the upcoming years.

  • Green light for Vår Energi to spud North Sea exploration well

    9 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Vår Energi, Norway’s oil and gas player, has obtained the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for drilling activities in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • North Sea drilling ops on Equinor’s agenda for this month

    16 January 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received a drilling permit from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) for a wildcat well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.