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  • Norway nominates 102 offshore blocks with spotlight on Barents Sea

    13 March 2017

    After the Norwegian government invited oil companies to nominate blocks for the 24th licensing round in August last year, it has now proposed a total of 102 nominated blocks for public consultation. The Norwegian government said on Monday that 93 blocks are in the Barents Sea while the remaining nine blocks are in the Norwegian Sea. Before […]

  • Gallery: Statoil celebrates a decade of production from Kristin field

    4 November 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil has reached a milestone this week, as it has been ten years since the high-pressure/high-temperature Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea came on stream. Discovered in 1996, the Kristin gas and condensate field is located in the south-western part of the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea. It has […]

  • Norway to award 75 offshore blocks to 34 firms

    16 January 2018

    Norway is set to award 75 new production licenses in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea, and the Barents Sea to 34 companies.

  • Equinor cleared to use West Hercules rig on Lanterna well

    13 August 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig.

  • With ‘diversity in the player landscape,’ Norway offers offshore oil & gas licenses to 25 firms

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

    Norway has offered production licenses to 25 companies for further exploration activity on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

  • Statoil to modify Kristin for Maria tie-in (Norway)

    11 December 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Statoil has received an approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority to perform modifications necessary for a tie-in of the Kristin and Tyrihans fields with the Wintershall operated Maria field, in the Norwegian Sea.  Kristin is the Statoil-operated gas condensate field at Haltenbanken (also known as Halten Terrace) in the Norwegian Sea. The field has […]

  • 43 firms apply for acreage offshore Norway

    9 September 2015

    At the application deadline for awards in predefined areas (APA) 2015 on the Norwegian continental shelf, the authorities had received applications from 43 companies, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has informed, saying the numbers were at about the same level as in 2014. Interest is greatest in the Norwegian Sea, but there is also an […]

  • Equinor hits gas and condensate in exploration well offshore Norway

    16 January 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has proven gas and condensate in the Ragnfrid North exploration well, which is located near the Kristin field offshore Norway.

  • Rig duo from Odfjell Drilling’s fleet to conduct hydrocarbon exploration ops in Norway

    8 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    The Norwegian authorities have handed out two drilling permits, which will enable the drilling of an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea and another one in the North Sea, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs for the first one and one of the offshore drilling player’s managed rigs for the second one.

  • PSA audits Statoil’s Polarled

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    On 19 and 20 August 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of the concrete coating of pipes for Statoil’s Polarled pipeline in the Norwegian Sea. The PSA conducted an audit of the application of concrete coating on the Polarled pipeline. The audit focused on Statoil and the company’s follow-up of […]

  • Eni Norge Secures Three Licences in APA 2012 (Norway)

    17 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    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. This award confirms Eni Norge’s long term strategy for the Barents Sea. […]

  • Oil & gas flows from ‘win-win’ subsea tie-back offshore Norway

    4 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has brought online a development project in the Norwegian Sea, which has been tied back to existing infrastructure at a field off the coast of Norway.

  • EMGS in Another Norwegian Data Sale Deal

    28 December 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a new data licensing agreement with an undisclosed oil company. EMGS will provide 3D EM data for the client from the multi-client data library over the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. The contract between the parties is worth a total of USD 4.0 million. In accordance […]

  • Shell to use ‘Island Constructor’ on Draugen

    15 April 2015

    AS Norske Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway  to use the Island Constructor for activities at well 6407/09-A-555-H on the Draugen field, in the Norwegian Sea.  Shell is the operator of the Draugen oil field which is located in the Norwegian Sea in 250 metres of water. The field has […]

  • Aker BP all set to start production from Norwegian gas field

    2 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Aker BP is now ready to start production from Phase 1 of its operated Ærfugl gas and condensate field development located in the Norwegian Sea.

  • NPD to Carry On with Deep-Sea Research (Norway)

    8 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    This summer, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate will continue to acquire geological samples and deep-sea minerals in the Norwegian Sea. The objective is to increase understanding of resources and the geological development of the North Atlantic. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has dedicated resources to acquire seabed samples from the Vøring Spur in the summer of 2016. […]

  • RWE Dea Starts Drilling at PL 435, Offshore Norway

    18 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    RWE Dea Norge started the drilling of a second well in production license PL435 in the Norwegian Sea beginning of the year. The target of this well is, to explore more gas reserves in the license. In September 2010, RWE Dea made its first gas discovery in production license PL435. The well encountered gas in […]

  • WATCH: Maria Subsea Pipeline Project

    21 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The video above shows summer 2016 subsea pipeline installation campaign on the Maria field, Wintershall’s flagship development in Norway. Maria field is located in the Haltenbanken area of the southern Norwegian Sea, some 200 kilometers from the mainland. The innovative field solution involves connecting the two seabed installations to three existing platforms in the Norwegian Sea. In […]

  • Statoil to Remove Loading Buoy from Heidrun

    21 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Statoil Petroleum AS has received consent to remove a loading buoy from the Heidrun oil export solution. Heidrun is located at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea. The water depth at the site is around 350 metres. The field has been developed using a concrete floating tension leg platform over a subsea facility with 56 well […]

  • Lundin drills dust in Lorry prospect

    20 January 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling and evaluation of exploration well 6407/10-4 on the Lorry prospect, in the Norwegian Sea. The well was dry.  The well is located in PL700B, on the northern part of the Frøya High in the southern Norwegian Sea. The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in Upper Jurassic […]

  • Pandion to enter Calypso prospect after swapping license interests with ConocoPhillips

    2 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Pandion Energy has entered into an agreement with ConocoPhillips to swap interests in licenses located in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, respectively.

  • Third time not the charm as another well comes up dry in same North Sea area

    4 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas player Vår Energi has found no hydrocarbons in an exploration well located in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • Statoil to Use Transocean Searcher on Tyrihans Field

    3 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has received consent to carry out drilling and completion with Transocean Searcher in the Norwegian Sea. The consent relates to drilling and completion of production wells on the Tyrihans field. The scheduled start-up date is 16 May 2012, with a duration until 20 March 2013. Tyrihans is located in the Norwegian Sea, approx. 25 […]

  • Norway’s licensing round for oil & gas exploration in predefined areas to offer more offshore acreage

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

    Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has sent a proposal for the announcement of the APA 2023 round, which includes additional blocks.

  • NPD Wraps Up Vøring Spur ROV Expedition

    14 July 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has carried out four ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) dives and has acquired depth data (bathymetry) near the Vøring Spur in the western Norwegian Sea. This year’s expedition resulted in more than 100 kg of samples from the deep water seabed. The deepest completed ROV dive was 3570 meters, NPD informed. […]