10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Aker BP brings online North Sea project less than two years after first steel

    11 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian operator Aker BP and its partner Pandion Energy have started production from the Hod B in the southern North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Norway: Statoil Submits PDO for Delta 2 Field Development

    30 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    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 […]

  • IMO Condemns Tanker Attacks in Strait of Hormuz

    19 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Kitack Lim said that threats to ships and their crews “are intolerable”.

  • Chrysaor granted permits for two North Sea wells

    11 January 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Chrysaor drilling permits for two wells located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Aibel Builds Subsea Compressors Testing Facility for Statoil

    19 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Aibel has built a new Kårstø testing facility for Statoil which is designed to test subsea compressors. This week the pilot compressor was hoisted into place in the test pool. “Yes, it was lifted into place on Tuesday morning. It weighs 265 tons, and represents an important milestone for the project,” says Ole Kristian Halvorsen, […]

  • 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 […]

  • More improvement needed before West Bollsta rig gets compliance award

    3 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found one improvement point regarding an application for the Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the West Bollsta drilling rig.

  • Dolphin Begins New 3D Multi-Client Seismic Survey in Barents Sea

    3 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Dolphin Geophysical, in association with Searcher Seismic, announces it has commenced acquisition of a new 3,300km2 3D SHarp BroadBand Multi-Client seismic survey in the Maud Basin South area of the Norwegian Barents Sea. The project was originally scheduled to start in April next year, however following the recent Wisting oil discovery, to which this survey […]

  • ExxonMobil gets nod to start up new production well on Balder

    11 July 2016
    Project & Tenders

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ExxonMobil consent to start-up a subsea facility for production well 25/11-E-29 AH on the Balder field, offshore Norway.  ExxonMobil is the operator and sole licensee in production licence 001, in the central part of the North Sea, where the Balder oil field is located. The field, approximately 190 km northwest of […]

  • Report: Dragon Oil extends jack-up rig contract with Eurasia Drilling

    20 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Russian driller Eurasia Drilling Company has reportedly won a contract extension for one of its four jack-up rigs.

  • Safety body checks emergency preparedness at Oseberg Sør

    11 October 2017

    The Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found three non-conformities and four improvement points during an audit of Statoil’s Oseberg Sør platform. The PSA said on Wednesday that the audit was conducted from August 14-23 and that it focused on emergency preparedness and technical safety on the North Sea platform. According […]

  • OMV gains permit for Wisting appraisal well

    2 August 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted OMV a drilling permit for an appraisal well on the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.  The well 7324/8-3 will be drilled from the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig for the use of which the oil company gained consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority in early July. The […]

  • Suretank sponsors Norwegian women’s national rugby team

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Suretank, an Ireland-based provider of engineered solutions to the offshore oil and gas industry, today announced its partnership with the Norway Rugby Federation for the 2014 women’s rugby 7s European Championship, taking place in Bergen, Norway on 7 and 8 June . Suretank is the official sponsor of the Norwegian national women’s 7’s rugby team and […]

  • OMV to spud North Sea prospect with Odfjell rig

    27 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    OMV has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Minesto hires tether connection supplier

    15 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Minesto has selected Norwegian solid composite solutions provider Stangeland Glassfiber Produkter as a supplier of a bottom joint tether connection for Deep Green tidal plant.

  • Aker BP bites dust in North Sea well

    17 April 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Aker BP has drilled a dry well southwest of the Knarr field in the North Sea offshore Norway. 

  • Scarabeo 8 rig awaits Shell work

    5 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Oil major Shell has taken a semi-submersible rig on a term charter from offshore drilling rig provider Saipem.

  • Statoil to Drill Another Well in Johan Sverdrup, Norway

    2 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-18 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-18 S will be drilled from the Ocean Vanguard rig at position 58°49’56.6” north and 2°27’51.2” east on the Johan Sverdrup discovery. The drilling program for well 16/2-18 S relates […]

  • Lundin Starts 16/3-7 Well Drilling

    1 October 2013

    Lundin Petroleum has announced that drilling of appraisal well 16/3-7 on the Johan Sverdrup discovery located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), has kicked off. The well is located in the south-eastern part of the discovery with the objective to establish the depth, quality and thickness of Jurassic reservoir sequences […]

  • Plexus Bags New Order from Premier Oil Norge

    6 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Plexus Holdings PLC has received an order from Premier Oil Norge AS to supply its POS-GRIP wellhead system for an exploration well in the Norwegian Central North Sea.   The well order is estimated at £1 million with revenues starting in August 2015. Under the terms of the contract, Plexus will supply its 18-3/4″ POS-GRIP surface […]

  • VARD Aukra Delivers PSV Troms Arcturus

    3 February 2014

    Troms Offshore has taken delivery of its new platform supply vessel (no 817) from VARD Aukra shipyard in Norway. Naming ceremony for the vessel was held in Bergen on Friday 31st January and the ship was named MV Troms Arcturus. Trroms Arcturus is a clean design diesel electric PSV, 94.5 metres long and 21 metres […]

  • Photo of the Day: Second Siemens SOV Gearing for Launch

    14 October 2016

    Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has shared a photo of the second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) built for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service as the vessel is getting ready to be launched. Ulstein did not reveal the exact date of the launch, but the company revealed earlier […]

  • Ostensjo Rederi Orders Platform Supply Vessel at Gondan Shipyard, Spain

    11 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Gondan shipyard has just signed a new contract with the norwegian shipowner Ostensjo Rederi. This contract came into force the 8th april 2011. The new vessel is a supply vessel that will support the operation of Oil Rigs operating in the North Sea. This new unit will be construction number c444 and will be […]

  • Accommodation jack-up Haven gets more time with Maersk Oil

    8 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Danish oil company Maersk Oil has extended a contract for the accommodation jack-up Haven, offshore Denmark.  The current contract for the use of the accommodation jack-up Haven has been extended with two months. The total value of the extension is approximately $4.5 million. The oil company previously hired the rig in July 2015 for a period of 6 months, […]

  • Lundin Petroleum Spins Drill Bit Offshore Norway

    26 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Lundin Petroleum AB  announces that drilling of appraisal well 16/2-10 on the Espevær/Aldous Major South structure has commenced. The well is located in licence PL265 in the Norwegian North Sea. The Espevær well will test the northern continuation of the Aldous Major South discovery and the western extension of the Avaldsnes discovery in PL501. The […]