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  • Statoil wins big in Norwegian APA awards

    17 January 2017

    In connection with the Award in Predefined Areas (APA) 2016 offered by the Norwegian government on Tuesday, Statoil has been awarded interests in 29 exploration licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Statoil said that out of those 29 licenses, 16 were awarded to Statoil as operator and 13 as a partner. “New discoveries are […]

  • Statoil: Tyrihans project approved

    16 February 2006

    The Norwegian Storting (parliament) has today, 16 February, approved the plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Statoil-operated Tyrihans field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Norway offers offshore oil licenses

    14 December 2005

    Norway offered offshore oil production licenses Thursday to 26 companies that bid for areas in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea.

  • Wintershall dishes out well services contracts for Maria development

    26 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Wintershall Norge AS has awarded a series of four-year contracts for supply of well completion equipment and services for the Maria development it operates in the Norwegian Sea, and for other operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contracts have been awarded to six companies including Halliburton which will provide the largest share of the […]

  • Norway: Statoil Starts Oil Production form Morvin Field

    2 August 2010

    Statoil commenced production of oil from the Morvin subsea field towards the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea Sunday, 1 August. “The field is strategically important for further development and operation of activities in the Norwegian Sea,” says Ivar Aasheim, head of the Operations North cluster in Statoil. “Utilising existing infrastructure and installations was imperative […]

  • Offshore safety watchdog investigates Heidrun incident (Norway)

    24 September 2015

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has decided to investigate an accident involving a dropped object on the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea. According to the agency, this incident occurred on September 22, 2015 during a lifting operation on the production platform’s drill floor, when part of a grating came loose. The latter dropped […]

  • Atlantic Petroleum farms out Norway asset stake to Repsol

    22 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Atlantic Petroleum has announced that the Group has entered into a commercial agreement to farm out 6% of its 15% ownership in licence PL528/528B in the Norwegian Sea. This leaves Atlantic Petroleum with 9% ownership. The deal, with Spanish oil company Repsol,  is subject to government approval. Ben Arabo, CEO, commented. “We are pleased to […]

  • More ‘attractive’ offshore oil & gas acreage up for grabs in Norway’s new licensing round

    8 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has set in motion the Award in Pre-Defined Areas 2024 (APA 2024) round for further exploration activity.

  • Norway: PGNiG Acquires 10% of Gro Licence from Statoil

    25 June 2010

    Statoil has sold a 10% interest in the Gro licence (PL 326) to PGNiG Norway. Statoil keeps a 30% interest in the licence. The Gro licence is located in the Vøring Basin in the Norwegian Sea. Natural gas was confirmed in the licence by an exploration well in June 2009.A new well is currently being […]

  • Final pipe for Polarled Pipeline laid in place

    29 September 2015
    Project & Tenders

    On Monday, September 28, 2015, the final pipe in the 482.4 kilometre long Polarled Pipeline was laid at the Aasta Hansteen field at a depth of 1,260 metres in the Norwegian Sea. According to Statoil, operator of the Polarled project development, Polarled is the first pipeline on the Norwegian continental shelf that crosses the Arctic […]

  • Maersk spuds Tvillingen South well

    7 January 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    North Energy ASA has informed that exploration drilling has started on the Tvillingen South prospect in production licence 510 in the Norwegian Sea. The prospect is located on the Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 28 km southeast of the Kristin field. The well, 6406/6-4, will be drilled with Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig of the Trosvik Bingo 9000 […]

  • Eni Gets Go-Ahead to Use Transocean Spitsbergen on Marulk (Norway)

    10 October 2012

    PSA Norway has granted approval to Eni Norge AS for the use of Eni Gets Go-Ahead to Use Transocean Spitsbergen on Marulk (Norway) for production drilling on the Marulk gas field in the Norwegian Sea. The consent relates to use of the semi submersible drilling rig Transocean Spitsbergen for drilling and completion of a sidetrack on […]

  • Ross Offshore secures survey job with OMV Norge

    27 May 2021
    Project & Tenders

    Ross Offshore has secured a contract with OMV (Norge) to carry out a site survey on the PL 644 Iris/Hades discoveries to the Aasgard C pipeline route in the Norwegian Sea. The Norwegian company will conduct a reconnaissance survey, as well as provide management expertise and a survey spread from Fugro. Offshore operations are scheduled […]

  • Norway: Statoil Receives Eight New Operatorships in 21st Licensing Round

    15 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Holdings in 11 new production licences have been awarded to Statoil in the 21st licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), which was announced by the government today, 15 April. The group received eight new operatorships, with four of these in the Barents Sea and four in the Norwegian Sea. “We are very […]

  • Statoil: Green light for Roald Rygg drilling (Norway)

    2 March 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) for exploration drilling in block 6706/12 located in the Norwegian Sea.  Statoil recently decided to drill a well in production licence 602 in order to test the Roald Rygg Prospect. Statoil is the operator for PL 602 in block 6706/12 in the Norwegian Sea. According to […]

  • PSA audits Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen management (Norway)

    9 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has carried out an audit of how Statoil organises safe materials handling in the development project for the Aasta Hansteen platform in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator on the Aasta Hansteen field, which is in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 140 km north of Norne and around 300 km west of Bodø. […]

  • Norway offers 12 production licenses as part of 24th licensing round

    18 June 2018

    Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is awarding on Monday 12 new licenses in 47 blocks on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

  • Statoil to explore Snefrid Nord prospect (Norway)

    23 January 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill exploration well 6706/12-2, in the Norwegian Sea, using a Transocean-owned rig.  Statoil is the operator for production licence 218 in block 6706/12 in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil applied for consent to drill exploration well 6706/12-2 using Transocean Spitsbergen in a prospect named […]

  • NHS Appoints Fugro for Mareano Hydrographic Survey

    2 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Fugro OSAE GmbH has been awarded a $5 million hydrographic survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS). The survey encompasses an area of over 13,200 km² in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea and is part of Norway’s MAREANO project. A contract option allows for the extension of the survey area by two […]

  • RNNP Reports on Development in Risk of Acute Spills on Norwegian Shelf

    27 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    During the period 2001 – 2011, there was a clear reduction in the number of acute crude oil spills to sea on the Norwegian shelf. Leaks in and damage to flexible risers continues to be an unresolved problem area, which will require attention from the industry in coming years. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) […]

  • More gas for Europe, as German giant unveils plans to develop ‘largest discovery in Norway in 2021’

    13 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Wintershall Dea has submitted a PDO for a gas field in the Norwegian Sea a year after the discovery was made.

  • More gas for Europe as Shell turns on the taps at Norwegian field’s next chapter

    27 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Transition

    Shell has brought online a new phase of its natural gas field in the Norwegian Sea, which is set to augment the amount of gas recovered from the asset, bolstering Europe’s energy security.

  • PGS in Nordland Ridge Survey

    18 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    PGS will conduct a 8 200 sq. km survey of the Nordland Ridge area of the Norwegian Sea, starting early May and to be completed in 2016, the company informed on Thursday. This prefunded GeoStreamer project extends the existing PGS library coverage of the Halten Terrace to provide a regional dataset of over 29 000 sq. km. […]

  • Statoil Gets PSA Nod for Aasta Hansteen Facilities

    19 March 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Statoil consent to use the spar floating production and offloading vessel (FPSO), subsea systems and infield pipelines on the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. Aasta Hansteen field, currently in development, is located in the northern sector of the Norwegian Sea, 120 kilometers northwest of Norne and […]

  • NPD: Twelve Discoveries Made on Norwegian Shelf in 2012

    18 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    So far this year, 12 discoveries have been made on the Norwegian shelf. Six of these were made in the North Sea, and three in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea respectively. A total of 27 wildcat wells have been completed, giving a discovery rate of 44 per cent. So far, 42 exploration wells […]