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  • U.S. Senator Hoeven in Europe Working on Energy Plan

    16 April 2014

    Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) was in Norway as part of a week-long Senate delegation to Europe to help build a long-term energy plan that will help reduce Ukraine’s and the region’s dependence on Russian natural gas.  Hoeven and the Senate delegation met in Norway Monday with high-ranking Norwegian energy officials and senior executives of Statoil, […]

  • Green light for Statoil’s third Barents Sea well

    3 July 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil a drilling permit for wellbore 7325/4-1, in the Barents Sea off Norway.  The permit comes after the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), Norway’s offshore safety body, gave Statoil consent to use the Songa Enabler drilling rig for the well. The well 7325/4-1 is located in the Hoop area in […]

  • FPSO sets its sails toward North Sea project with oil production extension to 2045 in mind

    13 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Vår Energi has confirmed the tow-out of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel from the Worley Rosenberg yard to a field in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • Aker BP in small gas discovery in North Sea

    7 August 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Aker BP has completed the drilling of a wildcat well and an appraisal well located in the North Sea and made a small gas discovery as a result.

  • DONG Energy to Shut Down Oselvar Field

    24 February 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    DONG Energy has confirmed the shutdown of the Oselvar field located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. According to the company’s statement the Oselvar field has not lived up to its initial expectations. The field was put in production in April 2012, and the expected lifetime of the field was 20 years. DONG […]

  • Statoil Selects TechnipFMC for Visund Nord

    14 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    TechnipFMC has been awarded an extension to its ongoing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Statoil in the Norwegian North Sea. The ongoing EPC project covers the provision of subsea equipment including template structure, manifold and two subsea trees including wellheads and modifications of control systems to the Visund Nord improved oil recovery project, whereas the extension includes installation of the template structure […]

  • Aker BP Finds Oil in NOAKA Area

    12 July 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Aker BP has made an oil discovery in the NOAKA – North of Alvheim Krafla Askja – area in the Norwegian section of the North Sea. Aker BP is about to complete the Liatårnet exploration well in licence 442 in the NOAKA area. The well has proved oil with a gross resource estimate of 80-200 […]

  • Norway: Wintershall Ready to Drill Skarfjell Well

    1 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    In parallel to drilling the appraisal well in the Maria field, Wintershall Norge is now operating another drilling project in Norway. The Skarfjell exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea will provide information as to the potential hydrocarbon reserves in that area. It is planned to drill around 2,800 meters into the […]

  • Statoil Gets Approval to Use COSLPromoter at Troll (Norway)

    10 January 2013

    Statoil Petroleum ASA has received consent to use COSLPromoter for drilling, completion, well workover, well intervention and plugback of production wells on the Troll field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The consent relates to use of the semi-submersible COSL Promoter drilling facility to drill the 31/2-N-14 and 31/2-K-13 wells which are part […]

  • ACE Winches to Axe UK Jobs

    17 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    ACE Winches has advised its employees of potential headcount reductions at its UK facilities in Turriff, Aberdeenshire. The company is currently in consultation with its staff and said it is making every effort to mitigate any potential impact on its employees. As a result of this process it is anticipated that about 30 positions will […]

  • Technip Secures Gjoa Field Contract (Norway)

    8 March 2011
    Project & Tenders

      Technip was awarded by GDF SUEZ an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract, worth approximately €45 million, for the Gjøa field development located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. This contract covers: * engineering and fabrication of two smoothbore gas export risers to connect the Gjøa platform with the gas export pipeline, […]

  • Statoil picks up drilling permit for North Sea well

    7 February 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The NPD has granted Statoil a drilling permit for wildcat well 16/1-29 S, in the North Sea.

  • Statoil Gets Approval for Barents Sea Exploration Well

    17 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wellbore 7220/5-2, cf in the Barents Sea. Well 7220/5-2 will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility at position 72° 33′ 40.29″ north and 20° 23′ 54.84″ east. The drilling program for well 7220/5-2 relates to drilling of a wildcat […]

  • Aker Solutions Wins USD 983 Million ConocoPhillips’ Eldfisk EPC Contract (Norway)

    18 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Aker Solutions has signed an EPC contract with ConocoPhillips to deliver the topside and bridges of the production platform for the Eldfisk 2/7 S, in the North Sea. The contract value is approximately NOK 5,5 billion. The contract award is subject to Norwegian authorities’ approval of the plan for development and operation (PDO). The topside […]

  • NorSea Wind to Use Nordic Unmanned Drones for HVDC Platform Inspections

    15 June 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Technology

    NorSea Wind (NorSeaGroup Wind) has signed a five-year agreement with Nordic Unmanned (NU) for the provision of drone services for the works on nine TenneT’s HVDC platforms, for which NorSea Wind won a five-year contract earlier this year.

  • Wood scores Hammerfest LNG development gig

    29 August 2018
    Project & Tenders

    UK-based services provider Wood said it has provided technical support for Equinor’s LNG facility at Melkøya Island, Norway, as part of a new contract secured under an existing master services agreement.

  • WATCH: Pioneering Spirit Drone Video

    16 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The video above shows Allseas’ giant, the 382 meters long and 124 meters wide, DP platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit. In June 2010, the Swiss-based offshore company awarded the contract for building Pioneering Spirit, to the South Korean shipyard Daewoo. When built, Pioneering Spirit will have a topsides lift capacity of 48,000 t […]

  • Oil firms show interest in new Barents Sea blocks

    4 December 2015

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has revealed a list of companies that applied for acreage offshore Norway, as part of the 23rd licensing round in the country. The deadline for applications for production licenses expired on Wednesday, December 2. Twenty-six companies applied for acreage situated mostly in Barents Sea. For comparison, a total of 36 […]

  • DeepOcean stays alone in contract with Equinor as TechnipFMC opts out

    19 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean is taking 100% ownership of the pipeline repair and subsea intervention (PRSI) Pool Services contract with Equinor, formerly operated in a joint venture (JV) with TechnipFMC. To remind, Equinor has operational responsibility for what is said to be the world’s most extensive subsea pipeline system for transportation of gas as the […]

  • Fresh subsea gig offers ‘large’ operator option to keep DeepOcean busy in UK for up to a decade

    25 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    DeepOcean has won a new multi-year subsea assignment off the coast of the UK with an undisclosed operator on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Det norske Awards Claxton Its Largest Riser Gig

    3 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Claxton, an Acteon company, has been awarded a multi-year contract with Det norske oljeselskap ASA of Norway. The biggest single riser contract in Claxton’s history. Running from January 2014 until June 2020 (with optional periods of 1+1 year), the contract includes high- and low-pressure risers, auxiliary equipment and services offshore Norway. The scope of work includes […]

  • Solstad Offshore brings in new deals for PSVs in UK

    18 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has won several contracts for platform supply vessels in the UK.

  • GALLERY: Plan submission for powering Gullfaks and Snorre with offshore wind

    16 October 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil major Equinor, along with its partners in the Snorre field, has submitted a development plan of supplying power from floating offshore wind to the field via the Hywind Tampen wind farm.

  • ConocoPhillips Extends Contract for COSLRigmar Until May 2014 (Norway)

    14 September 2012

    COSL Drilling Europe has announced that ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has extended the contract for COSLRigmar on the Ekofisk Field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, with 7 months to 1 May 2014. In addition there are options in the contract for a duration of up to 6 months which are available for CoPNO […]

  • Incident during restart delays Huntington

    15 December 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has informed that production from Huntington field, located in the UK North Sea, has been further delayed due to an incident during restart of the CATS riser platform. Noreco says that according to information received from the field operator, the riser platform will be closed at least until December 18, 2014, […]