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  • Norway: 21st Licensing Round Awards to Boost EMGS’ Revenues

    16 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) announces that, on the basis of the new production licences awarded to its customers in the 21st Licensing Round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, it expects to realise uplift revenues of USD 5.4 million from the Barents Sea multi-client 3D EM campaign in 2010. These revenues will be recognised in […]

  • Seatrans Opts For DNV GL’s Fleet Performance Management Kit

    2 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian company Seatrans Ship Management has signed up 20 vessels to the DNV GL fleet performance management solution ECO Insight. The contract covers 13 chemical tankers and seven dry-cargo vessels, DNV GL said. “We need to have full insight into the performance of our fleet and use this to continually improve our operations. ECO Insight […]

  • Highlights of the Month: August 2014

    5 September 2014

    Pontoon Loaded with OW Turbine Parts Sinks Off Germany A pontoon loaded with parts for offshore wind turbines sank on Wednesday morning (August 13) in the Baltic Sea, German media informs. Vattenfall Orders Turbines and Servicing from Siemens Vattenfall has awarded Siemens Energy an order for 72 Model SWT-4.0-130 wind turbines for its new Sandbank […]

  • Eni to Drill Barents Sea Well with Scarabeo 8

    15 October 2012

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Eni Norge AS a drilling permit for well 7122/7-6, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7122/7-6 will be drilled by the Scarabeo 8 drilling facility in position 71o16`11.44″ north and 22o19´20.14″ east. The drilling program for well 7122/7-6 concerns drilling of an appraisal well in production […]

  • Norway: Herkules Signs Agreement to Acquire Umoe Schat-Harding and Noreq

    11 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    On Monday 10 June, Herkules signed an agreement to acquire Umoe Schat-Harding AS. The acquisition is being carried out in cooperation with the owners of Noreq AS, who, in parallel, are selling Noreq to Herkules and reinvesting a substantial amount in a new, joint holding company. The transactions are expected to be finalised the first […]

  • Wintershall Partners Up with Lundin in PL359 Licence (Norway)

    4 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell an additional 15 percent interest in PL359, which contains the Luno II discovery. Lundin Norway will sell a 15 percent interest to Wintershall Norge AS (Wintershall) on the same […]

  • Aker BP cleared to use Maersk Reacher rig on Valhall field

    15 October 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Aker BP has received consent from the PSA to use the Maersk Reacher rig as a quarters facility on the Valhall field.

  • PGS in Barents Sea wide-tow Penta Source project

    10 September 2020
    Exploration & Production, Technology, Vessels

    Norwegian seismic player PGS said it has begun a new project in the Barents Sea that uses the most advanced configuration ever towed by a seismic streamer vessel. Last weekend, PGS seismic vessel Ramform Tethys reconfigured from a wide-tow triple source set-up to an even wider penta source solution (5 arrays), with a total source […]

  • NOC: Warm and Cold Water Mixing Causes Arctic Sea-Ice Loss

    17 February 2015
    Research & Development

    Research led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), in collaboration with the University of Bangor, have identified how warm Atlantic water that is flowing deep into the Arctic Ocean is mixing with colder waters above to contribute to sea-ice loss in the Arctic. The results, published  in the Journal Nature Geoscience, show that tidal flows […]

  • Gassco to remove Ekofisk 2/4-S steel jackets and tripod

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Gassco has received consent for the removal of steel jackets and tripod on Ekofisk 2/4-S, in the North Sea, offshore Norway.

  • Norway: Ocean Installer Lands Balder Subsea Contract

    3 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ocean Installer announces contract award from ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS (EEPNAS) for survey and intervention work at the Balder field. The work awarded from EEPNAS for the Balder field is inspection and maintenance of the subsea control system. The work is planned to be performed in early/mid-May, using the chartered vessel “Normand Clipper”. […]

  • PSA Inspects Flexible Risers on Njord A (Norway)

    2 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA ) carried out an audit of operation and inspection of flexible risers on Njord A, as well as in Statoil during the period 19 – 22 June 2012. The objective of the activity was to follow up how flexible risers are operated in Statoil and on Njord A, as […]

  • Lundin Hires ‘Viking Queen’

    23 January 2014

    Lundin Petroleum has hired the ‘Viking Queen’ Platform Supply Vessel from the Norwegian offshore vessels owner Eidesvik for an undisclosed fee. The contract for the PSV Viking Queen is for 15 wells with options for 5 more wells. Duration for the firm period is minimum 900 days. The contract will begin in late 2014. “We are very pleased that […]

  • Norway: Hess to Acquire Further Interests in Valhall and Hod Fields for $496 M in Cash

    21 June 2010
    Business & Finance

    Hess Corporation  today announced it has exercised its right to pre-empt Total’s sale to BP of its interests in a pair of Norwegian North Sea offshore fields, Valhall and Hod. Hess will gain additional interests of 7.85 percent in Valhall and 12.5 percent in Hod for $496 million in cash. Together with the completion of […]

  • Polarcus Receives LOI from Wintershall for Seismic Survey Offshore Norway

    26 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Polarcus Limited has received a Letter of Intent from Wintershall Norge ASA for a 500 square kilometer 3D seismic acquisition project over PL577 in the Norwegian North Sea, offshore Norway. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will be acquired during the 2011 summer season and is expected to run for […]

  • Subsea Facility Development Planned for Rutil

    9 January 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    In December, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) received the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the 34/10-53 S (Rutil) discovery in the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen area in the North Sea. Production start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2017. Rutil is a gas discovery. The operator Statoil and licensees are planning for a subsea […]

  • Norway: Lundin to Use Bredford Dolphin at PL 519

    10 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted consent to Lundin Petroleum for exploration drilling in the Norwegian part of the North Sea with the Bredford Dolphin offshore drilling rig. The consent relates to the drilling of exploration well 6201/11-3 which is part of production licence 519 with Lundin Norway AS as the operator. The planned position […]

  • Subsea 7 Dives at Ekofisk (Norway)

    15 August 2012

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted consent to ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (CoPSAS) to conduct manned underwater operations in connection with installation of the Ekofisk 2/4 VB facility. The consent covers work in connection with the 2/4 VB SSWI project, where CoPSAS is installing a new subsea facility – 2/4 VB – for water injection […]

  • Faroe granted drilling permit for another Brasse well

    3 July 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Faroe Petroleum Norge a drilling permit for the well 31/7-2 A, offshore Norway.  The well 31/7-2 A will be drilled from the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig in production license 740 in the North Sea, which contains the Brasse discovery. The drilling program relates to the drilling of an appraisal well. Faroe […]

  • Norway’s Equinor resumes production at Hammerfest LNG plant

    14 January 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Norwegian energy giant Equinor has brought back online its Hammerfest liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility located on Melkøya Island in northern Norway. As reported by LNG World News last week, the LNG export facility was shut down on January 4 due to “technical challenges” with a compressor reinjecting CO2. “The plant came in operation again […]

  • IKM Subsea Bags Aker BP Gig

    14 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Aker BP has awarded IKM Subsea an ad hoc call-off agreement for light IMR services on the Norwegian continental shelf. The duration of the contract is 3 years with additional 6 years of options. IKM Subsea will provide onshore project management, engineering, tooling preparation and offshore operations utilizing its Merlin ROV fleet. “We are humble […]

  • PSA Inspects Use of Lifting Equipment on Valhall Field

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    During the period 7-9 May 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of use of lifting equipment on the BP-operated Valhall field, as well as working environment conditions on Valhall QP. The objective of the audit was to verify the company’s management of technical, operational and administrative conditions relating to use […]

  • Bibby Offshore Extends Charter of Olympic Ares

    24 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Olympic Ship AS has entered into a three-year charter agreement with Bibby Offshore Limited for the vessel Olympic Ares, a multi-functional subsea support & construction vessel. The charter extends the current charter in place, now ending in late 2017. The charterer has combined options for an additional three years for a total of six years. […]

  • Norway: No Negative Effects of EM Surveys on Wildlife?

    15 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    An environmental impact assessment published in November 2011 is the latest study to declare EM surveying environmentally benign, reported EMGS, a Norwegian electromagnetic survey specialist on its website. The environmental impact assessment commissioned by the International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) concludes that EM sources, as currently used, have no potential for significant effects on […]

  • Lundin Gets Green Light for Exploration Drilling in PL 501, Offshore Norway

    10 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Lundin Norway AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/3-4 with the Bredford Dolphin mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 501 in the North Sea, 40 kilometres southwest of Grane and Balder. The shortest distance to the Norwegian coast is 140 kilometres. The well has the […]