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  • NPD Nods Aasta Hansteen Start Up

    31 August 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted consent to Equinor for start-up of the Aasta Hansteen facility in the Norwegian Sea, during the course of autumn 2018. Aasta Hansteen is located approximately 320 kilometers west of Bodø in a water depth of 1270 meters. The field is developed with a SPAR platform, a floating installation with […]

  • Norway: Subsea 7 Secures USD 380 Mln Aasta Hansteen Job

    5 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a contract valued at approximately US$380 million from Statoil for the Aasta Hansteen gas field, located west of Bodø in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The contract comprises the design, coating, fabrication and installation of 19km of rigid flowlines; and the coating, fabrication and installation of […]

  • Wintershall Dea farms out Shrek licenses off Norway

    25 June 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Wintershall Dea has farmed out its 30% stake in the Shrek licenses (PL838/838B) in the Norwegian Sea to Lime Petroleum.

  • OKEA finds oil in Norwegian North Sea

    26 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA has made an oil discovery near the Brage field in the North Sea. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), between 0.2 and 0.5 million Sm3 of recoverable oil was proven in connection with drilling well 31/4-A 13 E in the northern part of the North Sea. Drilling of production […]

  • Chevron Wins Exploration Rights in Four Blocks in Norwegian 21st Licensing Round (Norway)

    20 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Chevron Upstream Europe, a strategic business unit of Chevron’s Europe, Eurasia and Middle East (EEME) Operating Company announced that it has successfully bid for the exploration rights in four blocks awarded in the Norwegian 21st Licensing Round.   The blocks are located in the Outer Vøring Basin in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 335 miles (540 […]

  • Statoil to Use Facilities on Hyme Field (Norway)

    24 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to use the facilities on the Hyme field in the Norwegian Sea. Hyme is an oil and gas field located in the Norwegian Sea, approx. 19 km northeast of Njord and 10 km west of Draugen. The field is developed with a subsea template, which […]

  • Explora Buys 10 Pct in Rocksource’s PL 559 (Norway)

    8 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Rocksource ASA announces that the Group has signed an agreement with Explora Petroleum AS in which Explora will acquire a 10 per cent interest in Production Licence 559 in the Norwegian Sea. Further, Explora has an option to acquire an additional 30 per cent interest prior to a potential future drill decision. PL 559 is […]

  • NPD: Twelve Discoveries Made in Norway in 2012

    18 December 2012

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has announced that 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 […]

  • Statoil: Dry Edvarda well

    25 July 2006

    The drilling of exploration well 6403/6-1 in the Edvarda structure in the Norwegian Sea is completed. No gas or oil was found.

  • Dea Gets Approval for Drilling at Dvalin

    3 July 2017

    Dea Norge has received consent from Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill a shallow gas well on the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea. Dvalin is a gas field in the Norwegian Sea, consisting of two separate structures: Dvalin East and Dvalin West. Dvalin East was proven in 2010, around 15 kilometers north-west of […]

  • Norway: Island Offshore Christens New SX121 Vessel

    12 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    The offshore construction vessel, Island Intervention, of the SX121 design from ULSTEIN was named today. Shipowner Island Offshore has great expectations for the new vessel, which will carry out advanced operations in the Norwegian Sea this autumn. Island Offshore is a world leader within light well intervention and managing director of the company, Håvard Ulstein, […]

  • Go-ahead for Equinor to embark on drilling activities with Transocean rig

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

    Equinor has received consent to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs on two fields located in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, respectively.

  • Wintershall Wins Ten New Licenses in Norway

    20 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Company secures highest number of production licenses on the Norwegian Shelf after Statoil Stavanger/Kassel. Wintershall is continuing to steadily expand its activities in Norway: the subsidiary Wintershall Norge ASA has just been awarded ten new production licenses from the Norwegian energy ministry as part of the APA 2010 licensing round. Wintershall will be the operator […]

  • APA 2014: 47 bidders for Norwegian Shelf acreage

    11 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has informed that at the end of the application deadline for awards in predefined areas (APA) 2014 on the Norwegian shelf, the authorities have received applications from 47 companies.

  • APA 2013 Licensing Round on Norwegian Continental Shelf Announced

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Today, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is announcing this year’s licensing round for mature areas on the Norwegian continental shelf – Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2013. The aim is to award new production licences in the announced areas at the beginning of 2014. “I am very pleased to announce this year’s licensing […]

  • PSA focuses attention on Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen development

    12 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    From 14 to 16 April 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of Statoil’s development of Aasta Hansteen  gas field in the Norwegian Sea. The objective of the audit was to make sure that Statoil, in partnership with HHI/Technip and other parties involved, is in compliance with the regulations. PSA says that […]

  • Statoil picks up drilling permit for Mim wildcat

    18 January 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for wellbore 6507/3-12, in the Norwegian Sea.  The wellbore 6507/3-12 will be drilled from the Deepsea Bergen semi-submersible drilling rig. The Norwegian Sea prospect where the exploration well will be drilled is named Mim. The drilling program for wellbore 6507/3-12 relates to the drilling […]

  • Maersk spuds new Tvillingen South well

    11 August 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Maersk Oil on Tuesday started exploration drilling on the Tvillingen South prospect in production licence 510 in the Norwegian Sea. Partners in the licence are Maersk Oil Norway AS (operator with 50 per cent), Edison Norge AS (30 per cent) and North Energy (20 per cent). According to Edison, the operator has carefully evaluated to […]

  • PGS Re-Maps Producing Areas of North Sea with GeoStreamer (Norway)

    30 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      In 2011, PGS is looking for more unexpected and the unexplored targets in key producing areas of the North Sea with a new wave of GeoStreamer MultiClient 3D. Near-field exploration potential GeoStreamer® technology promises to unlock the excellent near-field exploration potential still offered by the North Sea. The key is better imaging and understanding […]

  • Subsea 7 Wins $380 Mln Job at Aasta Hansteen Field

    5 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 S.A. today announced the award of a contract valued at approximately US$380 million from Statoil for the Aasta Hansteen gas field, located west of Bodø in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The contract comprises the design, coating, fabrication and installation of 19km of rigid flowlines; and the coating, fabrication and installation […]

  • Statoil cans Norne emergency response vessel

    8 September 2017

    Norwegian oil major Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to change the emergency response vessel solution for the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea. Norne is an oil and gas field located around 80 kilometers north of Heidrun. The field has been developed using a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) […]

  • Wintershall gets nod for Imsa drilling (Norway)

    1 December 2014
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Wintershall has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to carry out exploration drilling of well 6406/2-8 in the Norwegian Sea. Wintershall Norge AS is the operator for production licence 589 in block 6406/2 in the Norwegian Sea. Exploration well 6406/2-8 is to be drilled in a prospect called Imsa. The site is 15 […]

  • Aker BP set to drill off Norway with Deepsea Stavanger rig

    1 February 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Aker BP has received consent from the PSA to drill an exploration well off Norway using the Deepsea Stavanger rig.

  • Wintershall Becomes Operator of Two New Licences Offshore Norway

    19 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has assigned Wintershall Norge two new licenses in the 21st Licensing Round. Wintershall is the operator of both licences. A total of 24 production licenses were awarded on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), 12 in the Barents Sea and 12 in the Norwegian Sea. “We are pleased with […]

  • Norway: Island Offshore Holds Naming Ceremony for New Vessel Island Intervention

    14 August 2011

    The offshore construction vessel, Island Intervention, of the SX121 design from ULSTEIN was named today. Shipowner Island Offshore has great expectations for the new vessel, which will carry out advanced operations in the Norwegian Sea this autumn. Island Offshore is a world leader within light well intervention and managing director of the company, Håvard Ulstein, […]