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  • AGR scoops drilling and well engineering deal with MOL Norge

    2 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The agreement covers the supply of technical support within drilling and well engineering to the operator’s Norwegian subsidiary.

  • BG Group drills duster east of Knarr field

    16 February 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has informed that BG Group AS, operator of production licence 373 S, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells 34/3-4 S and 34/3-4 A, in the North Sea.  The wells were drilled about 5 kilometres east of the Knarr field in the northern part of the […]

  • Det norske Gets Nod for Alvheim Zone

    13 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The PSA has given Det norske a consent to use the existing facilities on the Alvheim, Vilje and Volund fields, and the new Bøyla field, in the North Sea. The background to this consent is Det norske’s acquisition of Marathon Oil Norge AS and the company’s production licence assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Marathon’s operatorship […]

  • Farstad Looks to Downsize Norway Office

    28 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian shipowner Farstad Shipping has made plans to reduce administrative expenses at its office in Aalesund. It is yet uncertain who has to go. However, the company has informed its employees about the process, which should be concluded by the end of February 2016. “The current market situation is challenging. In order to strengthen the company’s competitiveness, we are working […]

  • NDM Supplies Deck Machinery for Diving Support and Construction Vessel

    7 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian Deck Machinery (NDM) has signed a new contract with VARD Søviknes for delivery of deck machinery. The new contract is for the supply of a winch package for VARD’s NB 801, a Diving Support and Construction Vessel being built for Harkand Group. The vessel is of VARD 3 03 design, specially designed and equipped […]

  • Wood Group Gets Tampen Pipeline Feasibility Study

    12 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Wood Group has been awarded two new contracts by Statoil to deliver concept and feasibility studies to their Norwegian North Sea assets. The company will provide a feasibility study for Statoil’s Tampen oil pipeline, covering subsea pipelines and risers and topside modifications. In addition, Wood Group will deliver a topside concept study evaluating the tie […]

  • Sovereign completes first survey

    18 June 2008

    PGS’s latest vessel, the third generation Ramform Sovereign, has completed its first seismic survey. The 800 sq km 3D survey was acquired on a Multi-client basis in License PL402 in the Norwegian-Danish Basin and was underwritten by Talisman Energy and its partners. Acquired as high density 3D (HD3D), the vessel towed 14 streamers with a […]

  • PGS reactivates seismic pair

    4 March 2021
    Vessels

    Norwegian seismic player PGS is bringing back in action two of its vessels after experiencing an increase of acquisition project activity. Based on project awards so far, the Oslo-listed firm said it has started preparations to reactivate Ramform Vanguard for the summer season. PGS completed the stacking of Ramform Vanguard early Q3 last year after […]

  • Garantiana Drilling Begins Offshore Norway

    8 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Bridge Energy ASA has announced that drilling of exploration well 34/6-2S has started. The well will target the Garantiana prospect which is located 30 km northeast of Visund A platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The well is being drilled by using the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig. The well targets are stacked Jurassic/Triassic reservoirs. […]

  • Norway: New Control Rooms for Valhall Field

    28 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    BP Norge has received consent from Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to use an onshore control room for Valhall at Forus near Stavanger. The new control room with associated systems can operate all the wells at the Valhall centre, Flanke Sør, Flanke Nord and Hod. For the Valhall field, this means that two new control rooms […]

  • Wintershall gets nod for Orion drilling

    11 May 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Wintershall its approval to drill an exploratory well with the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig offshore Florø, Norway. Wintershall is the operator for production licence 248 in the North Sea where the well will be drilled. The exploration prospect is named Orion and bears the designation 35/11-19S. It is located around […]

  • Safety probe finds improvement points on Heimdal

    22 July 2016

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has identified several improvement points during an audit of Statoil and Gassco. No non-conformities were found. PSA said on Thursday that the audit was conducted on June 9 and 10 and that the revealed improvement points were related to the condition of the main support structures […]

  • Virgin Islands Seaports Resume Operations after Irma

    11 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Seaports on St. Croix are open and fully functional after being closed for days due to the Hurricane Irma, the Virgin Islands Ports Authority informed. All United States Virgin Islands seaports were closed on September 5 to all inbound commercial traffic unless authorized by the US Coast Guard’s Captain of the Port. Meanwhile, activities are […]

  • Solstad bags new contract for Normand Mermaid

    8 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Norwegian shipowner Solstad Offshore has entered into a new contract for its subsea construction vessel (CSV) Normand Mermaid. The award is in direct continuation of its current contract with the present client for the vessel, Solstad said. The new contract will keep Norman Mermaid fully utilized to the second quarter of 2025, with one optional […]

  • Oil & Gas UK welcomes CAA’s offshore helicopter safety measures

    21 February 2014

    Oil & Gas UK has welcomed yesterday’s publication of the CAA safety review of offshore public transport helicopter operations in support of the recovery of oil and gas.   Robert Paterson, Oil & Gas UK’s health, safety & employment issues director, said:  “This comprehensive analysis of North Sea helicopter operations and safety performance proposes a […]

  • AVEVA Joins Offshoreenergy.dk (Denmark)

    7 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    AVEVA announced today that it has joined the Esbjerg-based network Offshoreenergy.dk. The network focuses on building collaboration across the Danish oil & gas, offshore and wind energy industries. “The majority of the Danish offshore activity is in the Norwegian and British areas of the North Sea, where AVEVA has a dominant position for engineering design […]

  • Ulstein Cuts First Steel for Merkur SOV

    10 September 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has cut the first steel for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte. The SOV yard number 315 is of the SX195 design from Ulstein, and is destined to operate for GE Renewable Energy on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The vessel […]

  • Zamakona Yards: FSV Hull Launched

    3 February 2014

    The Zamakona Yards on Friday launched the “Ocean Marilin” vessel hull in its yard in Pasajes in Northern Spain. The vessel is the second which Zamakona Yards has launched of the three vessels contracted with the Norwegian shipping company, Atlantic Offshore A.S. The principal mission of the vessel will be to provide immediate attention in […]

  • Statoil to Use Songa Trym for Permanent Well Plugging on Glitne Field

    26 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil has received consent to use the Songa Trym mobile drilling facility for permanent well plugging on the Glitne field. The Glitne oil field lies in blocks 15/5 and 15/6 in the Sleipner area of the Norwegian North Sea, about 40 kilometres north-west of Statoil’s Sleipner East development. Made in 1995, the Glitne find was […]

  • Baltic Pipe now connecting Polish and Danish coasts

    18 November 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The construction of the Baltic Pipe offshore section has been completed as the last weld was made on the gas pipeline connecting the coasts of Denmark and Poland.

  • Next-gen power system for green shipping wins EU funding

    19 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    The European Union has granted NOK 90 million (about €7.8 million) to the STEESMAT project, aimed at developing power distribution systems for zero-emission ships of the future.

  • Full wind ahead: Norsepower clinches order to install its rotor sails on cargo carrier duo

    16 January 2025
    Collaboration, Equipment, Vessels

    Finland’s wind propulsion systems provider Norsepower and Norway-headquartered shipowner Berge Rederi have penned a deal to fit a duo of environmentally friendly general cargo carriers with two Norsepower rotor sails. The vessels are set to be equipped with two 24mx4m fixed rotor sails that were described as “specially optimized” for harsh conditions like snow, ice, […]

  • Dutch W2W firm Ampelmann debuts in Norway on Aker BP’s Valhall

    3 June 2019
    Equipment

    Ampelmann, a company providing offshore gangway solutions,  has secured a contract with DeepOcean to support the hook-up and commissioning of Aker BP’s Valhall Flank West (VFW) project, marking Ampelmann’s debut in Norway.

  • Offshore wind firms take aim at decarbonising Scottish oil and gas

    20 September 2022
    Environment

    Vårgrønn and Flotation Energy have formed an offshore wind partnership aimed at decarbonising the oil and gas industry in Scotland. Vårgrønn, a Norwegian full cycle offshore wind company owned by Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, and Flotation Energy, an Edinburgh-based floating wind specialist, plan to generate renewable energy from offshore wind farms to enable the electrification […]

  • Neptune to reduce need for offshore trips with virtual reality tech

    10 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, IT & Software, Technology

    Neptune Energy has completed a virtual reality pilot on its Gjøa platform, enabling teams to make highly realistic virtual visits.