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  • Equinor makes gas discovery in Barents Sea

    22 November 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has made a gas discovery northwest of Atlantis gas discovery located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.

  • NPD allows Statoil to drill two wells near Gina Krog

    29 May 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wells 15/6-13 A and B, in the North Sea.  According to the NPD, the wells 25/6-13 A and B will be drilled from the Songa Trym drilling rig near the Gina Krog field in the central part of the North Sea. […]

  • German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology Visits Statkraft (Norway)

    5 August 2011
    Research & Development

      Dr. Philipp Rösler, German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, visited Statkraft. Rösler and his delegation was especially interested in Norway’s potential role as a provider of flexibile power generation to support Germany’s growth in wind- and solar power generation. Following a visit to one of Statoil’s platforms in the North Sea, Rösler and […]

  • Kongsberg’s AUV Pioneer Wins MTS Award

    18 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Bjørn Jalving, Executive Vice President Subsea at maritime, offshore and subsea technology developer Kongsberg Maritime has been given the Compass Distinguished Achievement Award from the Marine Technology Society. The award ceremony took place on September 16 at the OCEANS 2014 MTS/IEEE conference in St. John ‘s, Newfoundland, Canada. This prestigious award is presented to an […]

  • Lundin to pay $320M for OMV’s interest in Wisting development

    29 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Project & Tenders

    Lundin has entered into an agreement with OMV to pay $320 million for the acquisition of its entire 25 per cent working interest in the Wisting development.

  • First Subsea completes work on Norway’s first Barents Sea FPSO

    11 August 2015
    Equipment

    First Subsea has completed the installation of bend stiffener connections for gas lift and production risers, power cables and umbilicals, for the Goliat FPSO in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Operated by ENI Norge AS, the Goliat FPSO is the first offshore oil development in Norway’s Arctic region, in the Barents Sea. In total the Goliat […]

  • Wintershall in small oil discovery near Vega (Norway)

    10 December 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 248, is in the process of completing the drilling of a wildcat and appraisal well, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.  According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the wildcat well 35/11-18 and the appraisal 35/11-18 A have been drilled approx. four kilometres west of the Vega Sør […]

  • Dong Energy selects DeepOcean for IRM and ROV inspection services

    18 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    DeepOcean AS, subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has announced that company has been awarded the contract for Inspection, Repair and Maintenance (IRM) and ROV Inspection services on Dong Energy’s subsea assets in Danish and Norwegian waters. The Contract is for two years firm plus options and confirms DeepOcean’s strong position as a provider of […]

  • Lundin cleared to use COSL rig for North Sea well

    11 January 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian offshore safety regulator has given its consent to Lundin to use the COSLInnovator rig to for an exploration well offshore Norway. 

  • Room for improvement found in MOL’s first NCS drilling operation

    10 October 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The PSA has found an improvement point during an audit of MOL Norge’s first drilling operation on the NCS.

  • Statoil gets nod to extend Gullfaks B lifetime

    20 June 2017

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has received consent from the country’s offshore regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to extend the lifetime of the Gullfaks B platform and its associated pipelines, offshore Norway, by almost two decades.  The consent from the safety authority follows the one by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), a government agency whose task […]

  • Four offshore blocks for Spike Exploration (Norway)

    27 January 2015

    Spike Exploration Holding AS (Spike) has been awarded four licenses in the 2014 Norwegian APA (Awards in Pre-defined Areas) Licence Round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf; three in the North Sea and one on Haltenbanken. Work commitments are a mix of reprocessing of seismic and acquisition of existing or new 3D-seismic, all followed by a […]

  • Norway: Statoil Secures Offshore Helicopter Services

    19 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has awarded Bristow Norway a new contract for offshore helicopter services running from Stavanger Airport, Norway. The estimated value of the contract is over NOK 1 billion. All installations with helicopter flights from Stavanger will be served under this contract. Statoil’s helicopter flights from Stavanger go to the Sleipner, Draupner, Volve and Glitne fields […]

  • German Siemens Powers Cat D Drilling Rigs

    15 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Siemens has received an order for the supply of two complete power packages for Statoil’s two new semi-submersible drilling units – Cat D. Purchaser is Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (DSME), one of the world’s largest shipbuilders headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The end customer is Songa Rig AS, the Norwegian branch of […]

  • Norway: Det Norske Gets Go-Ahead for Jette Development

    17 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Det norske oljeselskap ASA has received the go-ahead to develop Jette. Today, the Norwegian authorities approved the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) of the field, which is operated by Det norske. Jette is the company’s first field development as operator. CEO Erik Haugane states that this represents a new milestone for Det norske as […]

  • Polar Onyx gets North Sea gig

    24 February 2021
    Vessels

    GC Rieber Shipping has secured a new charter for the SURF vessel Polar Onyx in the North Sea. Earlier this week, the Norwegian shipowner also agreed a charter extension with DeepOcean for the Polar Onyx. The deal will be in direct continuation of the ongoing charter in Ghana. The extension will see the vessel stay […]

  • Faroe Petroleum Secures Rig for Clapton Prospect Off Norway

    30 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, is announces that it has signed a rig contract securing the Maersk Guardian jack-up rig (photo) to drill the Clapton prospect in late 2011 or early 2012. Earlier this month, […]

  • Scarabeo 5 Cleared for Well Intervention on Snorre

    13 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to use the mobile drilling facility Scarabeo 5 for well intervention in well 34/7-A-10 H on the Snorre field. Spanning blocks 34/4 and 34/7 in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, about 150 kilometers west of Floro, this field has been producing oil […]

  • Successful commitment in Norway

    2 December 2010

    Wintershall is making good progress on the path to becoming one of the most important operators in Norway: at the German-Norwegian energy conference “Energy Security” in Berlin, Martin Bachmann, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall and responsible for Exploration and Production, said he was pleased with the company’s activities in northern Europe. […]

  • Norway: Noreco Gets Drilling Permit for Well 17/6-1 in Production Licence 545

    8 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) ASA a drilling permit for well 17/6-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 17/6-1 will be drilled from the West Alpha drilling facility at position 58° 44’ 15.46’’ north 03° 55’ 34.93’’ east, after the facility completes the drilling of appraisal […]

  • WellConnection Adds ChemTech

    1 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    WellConnection the inspection, maintenance and repair services (IMR) provider for drilling and subsea equipment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf has acquired ChemTech. ChemTech, located at Tananger near Stavanger, provides preparation for inspection and treatment of NORM (Naturally Occuring Radioactive Material) on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Rune Haddeland, CEO of WellConnection, said: “ChemTech´s high competence and extensive experience within inspection and the […]

  • DNV GL’s Carl Arne Carlsen recognized at OTC

    5 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    OTC recognizes DNV GL’s Dr. Carl Arne Carlsen with a Distinguished Individual Achievement Award. The award is in recognition of his “outstanding, significant and unique achievements, and extensive contributions” to the offshore industry, and is presented at the Annual OTC Dinner. Carl Arne Carlsen’s career highlights coincide with major developments in the offshore industry, because […]

  • Equinor getting ready to spud North Sea well in December

    3 October 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an appraisal well in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Poland’s Lotos Starts Drilling at Skagen Prospect, Offshore Norway

    11 November 2012

    The Polish energy company LOTOS Exploration & Production Norge has started the drilling of its first operated exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Exploration drilling on the Skagen oil prospect in production licence 498 in the North Sea began on 9 November. Located about 32 kilometres north-west of the Ula field, this 7/8-7 S […]

  • Safety body looks into barrier management on Equinor’s Gullfaks A

    6 July 2018

    The PSA has found a number of non-conformities and improvement points during an audit of Gullfaks A off Norway.