10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Odfjell nets Johan Sverdrup topside award

    25 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Odfjell Drilling has been awarded the drilling engineering sub-contract for the Johan Sverdrup drilling platform topside. Odfjell Drilling will be one of Aibel’s major sub-contractors for their engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Drilling Platform Topside for Johan Sverdrup in the Norwegian North Sea. Kurt Meinert Fjell EVP Odfjell Drilling Technology said: “We […]

  • Saipem slapped with regulatory order for semi-sub rig after audit finds ‘serious’ breaches

    1 May 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of Saipem and followed it up with an order.

  • Equinor picks Seadrill rig for up to 11 wells in Barents Sea

    19 September 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Seadrill has scored a contract for its West Hercules semi-submersible drilling rig with Equinor.

  • Chrysaor awards long-term gig to DOF platform supplier

    12 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norwegian offshore vessel provider DOF has been awarded a contract for one of its vessels by the North Sea operator Chrysaor.

  • Aker BP gains consent to use Odfjell rig for North Sea well

    14 May 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Aker BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority for exploration drilling in the North Sea offshore Norway, using the Deepsea Stavanger rig. 

  • Statoil to drill exploration well in North Sea with ‘Songa Delta’

    5 January 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Statoil, a Norwegian oil and gas company, has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for exploration drilling in the North Sea offshore Norway using the Songa Delta rig.  Statoil is the operator for production licences 272 and 035 and has received consent to drill exploration well 30/11-11 using the semi-submersible drilling rig […]

  • Aker BP to drill four North Sea wells

    19 December 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP drilling permits for four wells in the North Sea.

  • Transocean piles up more rig work as new drillship starts Shell gig

    19 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Transocean has won a number of new contract awards for its drilling fleet consisting of drillships and semi-subs with emphasis on a long-term gig with Shell for one of its drillship. 

  • Wood Mackenzie: Upstream cost deflation is inevitable

    27 May 2015

    Capital and operating costs in the UK and Norway’s Upstream sectors will decrease steadily this year as operators respond to lower oil prices, according to the latest analysis from Wood Mackenzie. Wood Mackenzie projects that the biggest reductions will come in drilling costs, which could come down by a third by the end of 2016. Near […]

  • Lundin gains nod to drill Alta well with Ocean Rig semi-sub

    8 May 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Oil company Lundin has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea with the Ocean Rig-owned Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig. The well is located in block 7220 in the Lundin-operated production license 609 in the Barents Sea off Norway. The offshore safety body gave its consent […]

  • Nimrod Sea Assets Buys into Volstad Maritime

    21 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Nimrod Sea Assets has completed its fourth transaction for USD6.65m by way of a 17.5% stake in Volstad Maritime II DIS, a partnership which owns the M.V. Oceanic Endeavour. Oceanic Endeavour is a high-end, 16 streamer, seismic vessel bareboat chartered to CGG Eidesvik and then time chartered to CGG Veritas. CGG Eidesvik AS is a joint-venture […]

  • DNV, Vinde to inspect Vår Energi’s assets off Norway

    4 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company Vår Energi has awarded a three-year inspection services contract to a strategic partnership between Norway-based classification society DNV and Vinde Tilkomstteknikk.

  • Det norske Completes Marathon Oil Deal

    16 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Det norske oljeselskap ASA has finalised the acquisition of Marathon Oil Norge AS. Following the integration, Det norske will have close to 500 employees. In 2013, combined production from the two companies amounted to approximately 84 000 barrels of oil per day, making Det norske one of the largest listed independent E&P companies in Europe in terms of […]

  • Equinor to Power Snorre and Gullfaks from Offshore Wind Farm?

    28 August 2018
    Research & Development

    Equinor and partners at Gullfaks and Snorre have decided to explore the possibilities of supplying the Gullfaks and Snorre fields with power from floating offshore wind. This could be the first time an offshore wind farm is directly connected to oil and gas platforms, the company said. The project forecasts a reduction of CO2 emissions […]

  • Statoil Submits Development Plan for Delta 2 Field (Norway)

    30 May 2013

    Together with its partners, Statoil has submitted its plan for the development and operation (PDO) of the Delta 2 field in the North Sea. This development forms part of Statoil’s fast-track portfolio. Senior vice president for field development on the Norwegian continental shelf, Ivar Aasheim, handed over the plan to Norwegian petroleum and energy minister Ola […]

  • Lundin hits oil in Neiden prospect in Barents Sea

    22 November 2016
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Petroleum’s Norwegian subsidiary Lundin Norway has completed the Neiden exploration well 7220/6-2R off Norway as an oil and gas discovery. The well is located in PL609 approximately 60 km northeast of the Alta discovery on the Loppa High in the southern Barents Sea. The main objectives of the well were to prove oil in Triassic sandstone […]

  • Aker Solutions gets FEED job on Equinor’s Wisting FPSO

    21 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Aker Solutions has received a Letter of Intent for a FEED contract from Equinor for the FPSO for the Wisting development in the Barents Sea.

  • Perenco awards North Sea gig to Maersk Drilling rig

    22 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract by Perenco for its Maersk Resolute jack-up drilling rig.

  • Ofgem withdraws cap and floor regime for 1.4 GW interconnector

    19 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    UK energy market regulator Ofgem has withdrawn the cap and floor regime awarded in principle for a 1.4 GW interconnector due to the project having encountered “significant delays”.

  • Lundin takes West Bollsta offshore rig on a 10-well contract

    28 February 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Northern Drilling has won a contract for its harsh environment rig West Bollsta with Lundin Petroleum in Norway.

  • Wintershall abandons dry pair of wells in North Sea

    23 May 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Oil company Wintershall has completed the drilling of two wildcat wells near the Vega field, in the North Sea offshore Norway, without a significant oil discovery.  The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) announced on Monday that Wintershall completed wildcat drilling of exploration wells 35/8-6 S and 35/8-6 A. The wells were drilled about five km northwest of the […]

  • Norway: Simek Shipyard Installs Cargo Crane on PSV NB 126

    15 June 2012

    It’s just one month left until delivery of Platform Supply Vessel NB 126 of UT 755 LC design which is being built at Norwegian Simek shipyard. On Tuesday 12th June 2012, the Cargo crane was installed, and chairs/tables was placed in the Mess Room. Delivery and naming ceremony of NB 126 is scheduled for 12th […]

  • Ekofisk to Remain on Stream Far Longer Than Initially Planned

    11 November 2013

    ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has received consent to use the Ekofisk 2/4 Z facility on the Ekofisk field. The Ekofisk field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea will remain in production far longer than originally planned when the field was first put into production in 1970. This has created a need for a new […]

  • Norway: Det Norske Gets Go-Ahead for Steingeita Drilling

    10 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Det norske has been given the approval by the Norwegian authorities to drill the Steingeita prospect, in production license 460. Det norske was awarded the license in the 2007 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) round. The well is located in the central part of the North Sea, some 175 kilometers west of Bergen and about […]

  • Ulstein PSV Hired by Repsol, Det Norske

    21 June 2013

    ULSTEIN’s yno 298, ‘Blue Guardian’, a platform supply vessel of the ULSTEIN PX121 design, has been contracted to support the jack-up rig Maersk Giant in its work on two subsea wells on the Norwegian continental shelf in the North Sea. The contracts with Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA and Repsol Exploration, respectively, have an estimated total […]