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  • 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, […]

  • Norway launches fresh offshore licensing round

    29 May 2019

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on Wednesday announced the APA 2019 licensing round, comprising the predefined areas with blocks in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea, and the Barents Sea.

  • PGS to Offer Data in APA 2019 Award Areas

    17 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has set out plans to offer GeoStreamer X data in APA 2019 Award Areas announced by NPD. PGS has GeoStreamer data library coverage over the 2019 APA license areas announced by NPD and plans for new acquisition projects in 2020 to further expand this in key areas of the Barents Sea, Norwegian […]

  • Ineos farms out two Norwegian licenses to Lime Petroleum

    1 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Rex International’s 90 per cent subsidiary, Lime Petroleum, has completed the acquisition of a 15 per cent stake in two Ineos’ Norwegian Sea licenses.

  • BP Receives Consent to Use Polar Pioneer Rig on Skarv Field Offshore Norway

    7 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      BP Norge AS (BP) has received consent to use the mobile drilling facility Polar Pioneer(photo) on the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea. The consent relates to drilling of production wells on the Skarv field in the period April 2011 to May 2013. Skarv is located approximately 35 kilometres southwest of the Norne field […]

  • North Energy Bags Six New Production Licences (Norway)

    22 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    North Energy was awarded no less than six new production licences from the 2013 round of awards in predefined areas (APA), according to an announcement from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. These awards cover all three regions of the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and represent a substantial strengthening of and growth in the company’s […]

  • OMV exploration drilling marks Odfjell rig’s return to Norwegian waters

    21 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    OMV Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of Austria-headquartered oil and gas player OMV, has started drilling an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea using a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling.

  • Norway: Statoil Receives Consent to Use Facilities on Skuld Field

    17 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Statoil has received consent to use production facilities with associated pipelines and equipment on the Skuld field in the Norwegian Sea. Skuld is an oil field located in the Norwegian Sea, north of Norne and approx. 200 km west of Sandnessjøen. The field is part of production licence 128, where Statoil is the operator. Water […]

  • Gallery: OCV Edda Freya named in Norway

    15 April 2016

    In Kleven’s first naming ceremony for the year, Edda Freya, Østensjø Rederi’s new offshore construction vessel (OCV), was named on Friday, April 15, in Norway. The 150 m long vessel was launched in August 2015. Edda Freya is designed for cable laying, offshore construction and IMR operations. The vessel has 2,300 m2 of total deck space, […]

  • VIDEO: Countdown begins for Aasta Hansteen hull arrival

    7 June 2017

    Norwegian oil giant Statoil on Wednesday launched a video with highlights from the Aasta Hansteen field development. The hull of Norway’s first spar platform, which will be installed in the Norwegian Sea, is expected to reach the country this month.  According to the oil company, the development of the Aasta Hansteen gas field is one of the […]

  • E.ON E&P gets 12 new Norway licences

    21 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    E.ON E&P has been awarded 12 new licences, including three operatorships, in the 2014 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) in Norway. “This is the highest number of awards to E.ON E&P to date and we are very satisfied with being awarded these licences. The award shows that the authorities recognise E.ON E&P’s competence and effort […]

  • VIDEO: Aker Solutions lifts Dvalin subsea template

    16 March 2018
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company DEA has launched a video showing the Dvalin template lift at Aker Solutions’ yard in Norway. 

  • Eleven oil firms apply for production licenses off Norway

    6 December 2017

    Eleven oil and gas companies have applied for production licenses in the 24th licensing round on the Norwegian shelf. A total of 102 blocks or parts of blocks were announced in this licensing round. Of these, nine are in the Norwegian Sea and 93 in the Barents Sea. Torgeir Stordal, exploration director in the Norwegian Petroleum […]

  • Norway: APA 2014 Extended with More Blocks

    4 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has announced the APA 2014, comprising the predefined areas with blocks in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. The application deadline for APA 2014 is Tuesday 02 September 2014. The awards will be announced during the first quarter of 2015. The predefined areas (APA boxes) […]

  • ‘Songa Encourage’ cleared for DEA’s Dvalin well

    3 July 2017
    Exploration & Production

    DEA Norge has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to drill a shallow gas well on the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea using the Songa Encourage drilling rig. The goal of the shallow gas pilot well, designated 6507/7-U-10, is to exclude the possibility of shallow gas underground, […]

  • Reinertsen to prep Kristin platform for tie-in with Maria field

    23 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Statoil has awarded a contract to Reinertsen to prepare Kristin platform, located in the Norwegian Sea, for tie-in with Wintershall’s Maria field. According to Offshore.no, the contract is worth NOK 600 million ($75.37 million). The partnership aims to develop the Maria field as a subsea facility with two subsea templates. Back in  2013, German oil company Wintershall agreed with […]

  • Aker BP gearing up to spin the drill bit off Norway

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

    Aker BP has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.

  • NPD Continues with Barents Sea Mapping

    18 September 2013

    So far, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has acquired 8800 km of seismic in the new Norwegian sea area in the northeastern part of the Barents Sea. According to the plan, the acquisition activity will continue until mid-October. “The operation has been successful so far. Progress has been good, and we have acquired 69 per […]

  • VIDEO: Wintershall installs subsea templates on Maria field

    9 June 2016
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    German oil and gas producer Wintershall completed the installation of subsea templates for the Maria field, offshore Norway, last week.   The subsea templates travelled 210 km from Kristiansund, Norway to the field location in the Norwegian Sea and were installed at 300 meters water depth. Wintershall, the operator of the field with 50% interest, submitted […]

  • 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, […]

  • RWE Dea Wins Two New Licences Offshore Norway

    21 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      RWE Dea Norge has been awarded two licences in the recent licensing round by the Norwegian Government. This further strengthens the company’s long-term commitment on the Norwegian Shelf. RWE Dea was awarded a 30% share in the license PL609 in the Barents Sea and a 15% share in the license PL596 in the Norwegian […]

  • New Exploration Acreage for Statoil (Norway)

    19 January 2011

    Statoil has been awarded interests in 11 production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) yesterday, 18 January. Statoil is operator for eight of these licences. “We’re very pleased with this year’s awards,” says Gro Gunleiksrud Haatvedt, Statoil’s senior vice president for exploration on the NCS. “The annual awards in predefined areas (APA) have played […]

  • Norway: New Exploration Acreage For Statoil

    19 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has been awarded interests in 11 production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) yesterday, 18 January. Statoil is operator for eight of these licences. “We’re very pleased with this year’s awards,” says Gro Gunleiksrud Haatvedt, Statoil’s senior vice president for exploration on the NCS. “The annual awards in predefined areas (APA) have played […]

  • Det norske Secures Four New Licences on Norwegian Shelf

    12 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    In the 22nd licensing round on the Norwegian shelf, Det norske has been awarded four new licences in the Barents Sea, whereof two as operator. Det norske is very pleased with the award. SVP Exploration Bjørn Martinsen says that the ministry places great trust in Det norske by awarding the company two operatorships and four […]

  • EMGS Enters Multi-Client Deal Worth $6.4 Mln

    3 May 2013

    Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has signed a data licensing agreement worth USD 6.4 million for the provision of 3D controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) and magnetotelluric (MT) data from EMGS’s multi-client data library in the Norwegian Sea. These revenues will be recognised in the second quarter of 2013. Following this transaction, EMGS has in total secured […]