10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Norway clears OKEA’s buy of Equinor’s Aurora discovery

    15 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved OKEA’s acquisition of Equinor’s operated 40 per cent working interest in PL195 and PL195 B, which include the Aurora discovery.

  • North Energy abandons oil activities in Norway

    7 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian oil company North Energy is putting a stop to petroleum activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) with the sale of its last license, located in the Barents Sea, to the Swedish oil company, Lundin.  North Energy said on Friday that its subsidiary North E&P has signed an agreement with Lundin Norway to sell […]

  • With all approvals in the bag, Aker BP cleared to fast-track North Sea field development

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

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved a plan for the development and operation for Aker BP’s field in the North Sea.

  • Vår Energi granted permit to drill Barents Sea wildcat

    8 September 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Rules & Regulation

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for a wildcat well located in the Barents Sea off Norway.

  • Magseis scoops seismic survey deal in Saudi Arabia

    10 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Magseis, a Norwegian seismic survey company, has been awarded Saudi Aramco’s S78 project for large-scale ocean bottom seismic acquisition in the Red Sea. Magseis won the contract together with its partner BGP. The project has an expected duration of 9 months + 1 year and is expected to start during July 2016. According to the […]

  • Autonomous exploration of marine minerals

    10 June 2020
    Exploration & Production, Research & Development, Technology

    16 industry, research and public players have partnered in GCE‘s Centre for Deep Sea Innovation to step-change autonomous exploration. The main application is towards marine minerals, but the potential is far greater, GCE said. Specifically, the Centre’s main goal is to increase deep sea exploration efficiency of marine minerals with a factor of 10. It […]

  • Statoil, Petoro Splashing $1.4 Bln to Boost Gullfaks South Production (Norway)

    22 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Statoil and its partner Petoro have decided to further develop Gullfaks South in the North Sea by investing NOK 8.5 billion (USD 1.44 billion) in two new subsea templates and six extra wells. This will boost recovery by 65 million barrels of oil equivalent. Increasing recovery from Gullfaks South will be implemented as part of Statoil’s […]

  • Statoil, Petoro Invest in Gullfaks Subsea Templates and Wells (Norway)

    22 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil and its partner Petoro have decided to further develop Gullfaks South in the North Sea by investing NOK 8.5 billion in two new subsea templates and six extra wells. This will boost recovery by 65 million barrels of oil equivalent. Increasing recovery from Gullfaks South will be implemented as part of Statoil’s fast-track developments. […]

  • Statoil: Johan Castberg is a major boost for Northern Norway

    13 September 2016
    Equipment

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has said that its Johan Castberg development in the Barents Sea will „be important to Norwegian industry and have strong ripple effects.“ The company has, as operator of the Johan Castberg project, distributed a proposed impact assessment program (PDF in Norwegian) for what is says is the largest field yet to […]

  • Edison readies Haribo spud

    16 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Edison Energy Norge AS is getting ready to spud the Haribo prospect in PL616, located some 10 kilometres from the Valhall platform in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea. According to Marine Traffic data, the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Searcher is heading to Haribo location and it is being towed by Viking Supply Ships-owned […]

  • Safe Scandinavia to Move to UK North Sea in 2013

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner of semi-submersible accommodation/service rigs has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract is 187 days with on-site operations planned to commence April 2013. […]

  • ConocoPhillips files development plan for $1.2 bln North Sea project

    10 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation

    ConocoPhillips and its partners have submitted a PDO for a project in the Greater Ekofisk Area with investments totalling around $1.2 bln.

  • Aker BP’s Hod wells in North Sea come up dry

    28 March 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Aker BP has concluded the drilling of appraisal well 2/11-12 S and wildcat well 2/11-12 A located near the Hod field in the North Sea offshore Norway. Both wells were classified as dry. 

  • Solstad Offshore finds work for six vessels

    4 May 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norwegian vessel owner Solstad Offshore has entered into medium-term contracts for six of its vessels with undisclosed clients.

  • Eni and NCA to share emergency response resources on Goliat field

    25 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) and Eni Norge have entered into a mutual assistance agreement for support vessels on the Goliat field, in the Barents Sea. According to Eni’s press release, the agreement is the first of its type in Norway. “This is an effective way to make use of shared oil spill protection resources,” […]

  • Wellesley appoints new Norway head

    29 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian oil and gas explorer Wellesley Petroleum has appointed the company’s new Norway country manager. Wellesley Petroleum said on Friday that it chose Kari Langvik Østhus to lead the company in Norway as “the operator enters a new phase of activity.” Langvik Østhus is a co-founder of Wellesley and has previously worked as an exploration […]

  • Offshore Safety Watchdog Orders BP to Review Its Risk Management Measures (Norway)

    29 April 2013

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway today submitted a notification of order to BP in relation to the oil leak which occurred on the P platform at Ula Field in the southern section of the Norwegian part of the North Sea in September 2012. The oil safety watchdog requested BP to review its management system for the NCS with a […]

  • Technip Wins USD 380 mln Bøyla Field EPIC Contract (Norway)

    20 June 2012

    Technip, a France-based oilfield services provider, has been awarded by Marathon Oil Norge AS an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract, worth above USD 380 million, for the Bøyla field development. The field is located  in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, approximately 225 kilometers West of Stavanger, Norway, at a water depth […]

  • Det norske moves to cut costs. Posts net loss for 3Q

    4 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s Det norske oljeselskap reported a net loss of $166 million in the third quarter 2015, compared to a net loss of $17 million in the third quarter of 2014. Revenues were $281 million in the third quarter of 2015, compared to $18 million in the third quarter of 2014. The Norwegian independent oil company said […]

  • Atlas Professionals’ personnel for Det norske

    20 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Dutch provider of recruitment and HR services Atlas Professionals has signed a framework agreement with the Norwegian oil operator Det norske oljeselskap. According to a statement by Atlas Professionals, the four-year deal becomes effective on June 1, with an option for Det norske to extend for another two years. Under the new agreement, Atlas Professionals […]

  • Norway: Polar Duke 3D Vessel Starts its First Project for TGS

    20 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Dolphin Group ASA  announced today that 3D vessel Polar Duke yesterday entered into production on her first project for TGS Nopec ASA in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea. Polar Duke was taken on charter in Stavanger on May 10th and mobilised directly on prospect in less than ten days and is presently […]

  • ConocoPhillips Secures Accomodation Rig for Eldfisk (Norway)

    25 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has awarded Prosafe a two-month contract for use of the Safe Scandinavia for accommodation support at the Eldfisk Platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. On site operations are planned to commence in May 2012. Furthermore, reference is made to press release dated 12 January 2011 where Prosafe announced the […]

  • Lundin Spins Drill Bit at Another Johan Sverdrup Appraisal Well

    10 June 2013

    Lundin Norway AS has annonuced announce that drilling of appraisal well 16/3-6 in PL501 on the Johan Sverdrup field located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), has kicked off. The well is located on the north eastern flank of the field with the objective to establish the depth, quality and […]

  • Norway Gives Green Light for Vigdis Subsea Boosting Station

    3 July 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the Vigdis boosting station increased oil recovery (IOR) project in the North Sea. Vigdis field, located in the Tampen area of ​​the North Sea, has been developed with seven subsea templates and produces oil through the Snorre field. The boosting station will help to increase recovery and accelerate […]

  • Johan Sverdrup Appraisal Kicks Off (Norway)

    26 March 2013

    Lundin Petroleum has announced that the appraisal well 16/2-17S has commenced in the Statoil-operated PL265 on the Johan Sverdrup discovery, located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The well is located in PL265 and close to the western bounding fault of the Johan Sverdrup discovery. The main objective of the […]