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  • Gulf of Mexico as Compared with the Barents Sea and Lofoten, Norway

    15 September 2010

    It is highly unlikely that a potential blowout off Lofoten could have a comparable blowout rate as the blowout on the Macondo prospect in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the conclusion of NPD´s comparison of petroleum-related conditions in the spill area in the Gulf of Mexico and in The Norwegian Sea, the waters off […]

  • Statoil gains nod to use Odfjell rig for Mim well

    28 December 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea with the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig.  The well 6507/3-12 will be drilled in production license 159B, where Statoil is the operator, in block 6507/3, in the Norwegian Sea west of Sandnessjøen. The Norwegian […]

  • EMGS in Norwegian Data Sale

    11 May 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) said it has entered into various agreements with oil companies involving data licensing (late sales) related to 3D CSEM data from the library in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea. The agreements represent revenues of USD 3.5 million. According to the company’s multi-client data library, EMGS in Norway covers 50,000 square kilometers of […]

  • RWE Dea Wins Seven New Production Licenses in Norway

    27 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Norwegian Government has awarded RWE Dea Norge seven new licenses, of which two as operator in the latest Awards in Predefined Areas round for 2011 (APA 2011). The two licenses awarded to RWE Dea as operator, each with a 40% share are situated next to the company’s operated license PL330 in the northern part […]

  • Norway: RWE Dea Nabs 7 Licences in APA 2011

    27 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Government has awarded RWE Dea Norge seven new licenses, of which two as operator in the latest Awards in Predefined Areas round for 2011 (APA 2011). The two licenses awarded to RWE Dea as operator, each with a 40% share are situated next to the company’s operated license PL330 in the northern part […]

  • Baker Hughes chemicals for Norwegian oil fields

    9 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s Statoil has awarded Baker Hughes an eight-year contract to design and supply production chemicals to the offshore Norne field and the deepwater Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. Work is anticipated to begin in July 2015, and the contract also includes an extension option of four years. “This award demonstrates our commitment to […]

  • Norway Awards 24 Licenses in 22nd Licensing Round

    12 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian government has decided to offer 24 licenses in its 22 licensing round. The awards include 20 licenses in the Barents Sea and four in the Norwegian Sea. Out of the 36 companies which applied for the acreage in this round, 29 companies have been offered shares, while 14 companies are offered operatorship.  “I am very […]

  • NPD boosts Norwegian total petroleum resource base

    25 February 2016

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s estimate of total discovered and undiscovered petroleum resources on the Norwegian shelf has increased with 0.1 billion standard cubic metres of oil equivalents (Sm3 o.e.) from last year to about 14.2 billion Sm3 o.e. Forty seven per cent of these resources have been sold and delivered. It is expected that 7.6 […]

  • Lundin Petroleum Secures Seven Exploration Licences in 2012 APA, Norway

    16 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Lundin Petroleum AB (“Lundin Petroleum”) announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has been awarded seven exploration licence interests in the 2012 Norwegian Licensing Round (Awards in Predefined Areas, APA). The awarded licences include four licences in the North Sea, two in the Norwegian Sea as well as one licence in Barents Sea. […]

  • Norway: Statoil and Partners Submit Aasta Hansteen PDO

    9 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Statoil and the Aasta Hansteen partners have submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) of the field to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Furthermore Statoil and the Polarled Development Project partners have submitted the plan for installation and operation (PIO). This represents a step forward in the development of the petroleum activities in […]

  • DEA clinches two Barents Sea blocks in Norway bid round

    19 June 2018

    German oil and gas company DEA has been offered two licenses in the Barents Sea in the 24th licensing round in Norway.

  • Norway launches 2016 licensing round for mature areas on NCS

    17 March 2016

    Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on Thursday, March 17, 2016, announced this year’s licensing round, the APA 2016, comprising the predefined areas with blocks in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. According to the ministry, in the APA 2016 round, the predefined area has been expanded by 24 blocks in the […]

  • EMGS enters prefunding agreements for Norwegian surveys

    9 June 2017
    Equipment

    Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into prefunding agreements related to 3D CSEM data surveys in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea in Norway using the conventional technology and the new Deep Blue source. The agreements represent revenues of approximately $3 million and the data will be acquired during the 2017 summer season, the company […]

  • Aasta Hansteen: Norway Step Closer to Its First Deepwater Project

    8 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s Statoil has today submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Aasta Hansteen field to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Furthermore Statoil and the Polarled Development Project partners have submitted the plan for installation and operation (PIO). This represents a step forward in the development of the petroleum activities in the […]

  • Statoil Finds Oil in Svale North Prospect (Norway)

    11 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Statoil has together with partners in PL128 made an oil discovery in the Svale North prospect in the Norwegian Sea, approximately nine kilometres northeast of the Norne field. Exploration well 6608/10-15, drilled by the Songa Trym drilling rig, has proven a 45 metre oil column in the Åre formation and a 45 metre oil column […]

  • ConocoPhillips makes ‘significant’ oil discovery off Norway

    22 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    ConocoPhillips has made a new oil discovery in production license 891 located 14 miles north-northeast of the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Havila’s 20-year-old subsea vessel gets contract extension in Brazil

    12 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norwegian offshore vessel operator Havila Shipping has secured a contract extension for its subsea vessel Havila Harmony with Brazilian company OceanPact. Founded in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, OceanPact offers services for the study, protection, monitoring and sustainable use of the sea, the coast and marine resources for different sectors, such as oil & gas, […]

  • Norway turns the spotlight on Barents Sea in 25th licensing round

    19 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Rules & Regulation

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy launched the 25th licensing round, encompassing 136 blocks in the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea off Norway.

  • Statoil’s Polarled pipeline installation begins (Norway)

    27 March 2015
    Project & Tenders

    The Allseas’ Solitaire pipe-laying vessel yesterday, March 26, 2015, embarked on the first stage of the Polarled installation project in the Norwegian Sea. The 482-kilometre long pipeline will transport gas from the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea to Nyhamna in western Norway. Statoil is operator during the development of the Polarled project and […]

  • Neptune Energy gears up for Grind

    7 January 2020
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian offshore safety body has given its consent to Neptune Energy for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the West Phoenix rig.

  • DEA sells its share in Norwegian gas infrastructure to CapeOmega

    18 December 2017

    DEA has sold its ownership in the Nyhamna onshore gas processing plant, the Polarled gas pipeline and Gassled, the Norwegian gas transportation network, to CapeOmega.

  • Repsol to drill Stordal wildcat with ‘Transocean Spitsbergen’

    2 March 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Repsol Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Spanish oil company Repsol, has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea with the Transocean Spitsbergen rig.  Repsol Norge is the operator for production license 705 in the Norwegian Sea where the well 6705/7-1 will be drilled. The PSA has […]

  • Eni Norge Wins Operatorship in Barents Sea PL 697 (Norway)

    17 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    As part of the Awards in the Predefined Areas (APA) round for 2012 Eni Norge has been awarded operatorship in PL 697 and partnership in PL 696 in the Barents Sea, as well as partnership in PL 091 D in the Norwegian Sea. Eni Norge said it was pleased with the award. It confirms their […]

  • Statoil Discovers Oil in Svale North Prospect

    11 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Statoil has together with partners in PL128 made an oil discovery in the Svale North prospect in the Norwegian Sea, approximately nine kilometres northeast of the Norne field. Exploration well 6608/10-15, drilled by the Songa Trym drilling rig, has proven a 45 metre oil column in the Åre formation and a 45 metre oil column […]

  • Equinor gets approval for Ragnfrid Nord drilling

    6 June 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil company Equinor has received consent to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.