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  • Det norske gains go-ahead for North Sea appraisal well

    5 September 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske oljeselskap a drilling permit for the appraisal well 25/2-18 A, offshore Norway.  The well 25/2-18 A will be drilled from the Maersk Drilling’s jack-up drilling rig Maersk Interceptor in production license 442, located in the North Sea offshore Norway. The drilling program for well 25/2-18 A relates […]

  • PSA sees flaws in Statoil’s Sleipner ops (Norway)

    15 September 2015
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Statoil’s administration of emergency preparedness, materials handling and lifting equipment maintenance at Sleipner platform, in the Norwegian North Sea. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit carried out from August 11 – 13, 2015, was to evaluate management’s administration of emergency […]

  • Statoil’s Gina Krog safety review reveals improvement points

    23 November 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian offshore safety inspectors have found room for improvement when it comes to Statoil’s Gina Krog field development in the North Sea, offshore Norway. During a recent inspection of Statoil’s risk and barrier management at the project, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) did not find any major irregularities. However, the safety watchdog, which oversees […]

  • First Order for Sea Puffin SES Daughter Craft Lands on ESNA’s Desk

    23 August 2017

    Esbjerg Shipyard in Denmark will build the first ordered ESNA Sea Puffin Surface Effect Ship (SES) Daughter Craft, to be delivered in early 2018 to WindPartner, an independent shipowner and ship manager based in Kristiansand, Norway.

  • Wintershall Announces Successful Drilling of Skarfjell South Appraisal Well

    15 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Wintershall is well on track in the North Sea: the largest internationally active German crude oil and natural gas producer announces the successful drilling of the Skarfjell South appraisal well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The company proved oil and gas in the upper and lower Intra-Heather sandstones of the Skarfjell structure with reservoir properties […]

  • Fluxys and Equinor to develop major CCS project in North-Western Europe

    29 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Belgian LNG terminal operator Fluxys and Norwegian energy giant Equinor have agreed to develop a major carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure project connecting Belgium to Norway.

  • BP puts UK field in rearview mirror as DeepOcean’s vessel pulls largest SSIV out of North Sea (Gallery)

    2 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Heavy lifting

    DeepOcean has tucked a new decommissioning milestone under its belt by removing what has been deemed to be the largest subsea isolation valve (SSIV) in the North Sea.

  • Det Norske Gets Drilling Permit for North Sea Well (Norway)

    4 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for well 3/4-2 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 3/4-2 S will be drilled from the Mærsk Guardian drilling facility at position 56°38’47.24’’ north and 4°5’38.18”east. The drilling program for well 3/4-2 S relates to the drilling of […]

  • Damen Shipyards Delivers Stan Tug 1004 to Norwegian SIMEK

    23 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Less than two months after opening their office in Stavanger, Norway, Damen Shipyards delivers a Stan Tug 1004 to the Norwegian Shipbuilding company SIMEK AS in Flekkefjord. The Stan Tug was shipped to Norway last Monday on the Wagenborg carrier MV SAMIRA from Rotterdam Waalhaven. Damens first strides in the Northern Parts of Europe seem […]

  • Lundin Norway Awarded Drilling Permit for North Sea

    24 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/3-8 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/3-8 S will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 58°48’23.35’’ north and 02°40’27.67’’ east in production licence 501 in the central part of the North Sea. […]

  • Fjord Line to convert LNG-powered ships to dual-fuel LNG/MGO due to high prices

    28 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Due to increases in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel costs and a “non-sustainable financial situation”, Norwegian ferry company Fjord Line has decided to rebuild its two ships from LNG-only engines to dual-fuel LNG / marine gas oil (MGO) engines. “The energy crisis, caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has led to extraordinary volatility […]

  • Innovation Norway to Continue Wind Clusters Support

    28 June 2012
    Research & Development, Technology

    Innovation Norway has decided to continue the support for wind clusters in the Arena Network. Windcluster Mid-Norway (WMN), based in central Norway, and Arena Norwegian Offshore Wind (NOW), based on the west coast, have both renewed confidence from Innovation Norway. While WMN cluster works with both onshore and offshore wind power, Arena NOW points towards […]

  • GAC Reveals Eco-Friendly HullWiper

    10 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    GAC EnvironHull, part of global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, has launched HullWiper, its new innovation offering diver-free, cost effective and eco-friendly underwater hull cleaning. Despite its compact size of just 3 x 1.5 x 0.80 m, the high-speed, remotely-operated vessel cleaning vehicle is capable of cleaning up to 2,000 m² of […]

  • Rolls-Royce Wins USD 101 Mln of Equipment Orders

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Rolls-Royce has announced orders from a variety of international customers for its offshore ship designs and equipment worth more than £60 million (USD 101 million). The contracts, which include five Rolls-Royce UT Design vessels and propulsion equipment packages for research and seismic survey vessels, were announced at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, […]

  • Statoil calls off ‘Songa Trym’ contract

    2 November 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Songa Offshore, a Norwegian drilling contractor, has received a notice of cancellation of the drilling contract with Statoil for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs, four months before the expiration of contract on March 4, 2016. The cancellation for the 1976-built Songa Trym rig becomes effective when the current North Sea well, Tarvos, is completed, around […]

  • Rolls-Royce announces several new contracts at OTC 2014

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Rolls-Royce has announced orders from a variety of international customers for its offshore ship designs and equipment worth more than £60m. The contracts, which include five Rolls-Royce UT Design vessels and propulsion equipment packages for research and seismic survey vessels, were announced at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, one of the world’s […]

  • Scarabeo 8 Tilting: PSA Norway Discovers Serious Breaches of Regulations

    18 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has issued Saipem SpA Norwegian Branch (Saipem) a notification of order following investigation of the stability incident on the semi-submersible “Scarabeo 8” drilling rig on 4 September 2012. The investigation proved serious breaches of the regulations. On 4 September, the Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling facility experienced unintentional heeling in […]

  • Inpex hires Solstad AHTS duo for Ichthys drilling support

    30 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract by Japanese oil and gas firm Inpex for the provision of two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels for work on the Ichthys LNG development.

  • Subsea 7 Wins with Equinor

    10 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Equinor for installation and diving operations on the Europipe II, Heimdal and Statfjord fields, located in the Danish and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea. The contract comprises engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of pipeline end manifolds (PLEM), bypass and tie-in spools for the Europipe II […]

  • Norwegians to develop next-gen turbine installation vessel

    31 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Ocean Installer and Vard are entering into a partnership to develop a vessel for the installation of future offshore wind turbines. The vessel will be able to install giant offshore wind turbines weighing more than 1,000 tones at a height of over 150 meters above sea level, the parties said. “We will jointly be developing […]

  • More drilling and maintenance work for KCA Deutag at North Sea platform

    21 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    KCA Deutag has got its hands on a contract extension for the provision of offshore drilling and maintenance services on a platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

  • Man overboard at Scarabeo 8 rig. PSA starts investigation

    20 February 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has resolved to investigate an incident where a person fell overboard from Scarabeo 8 on the Goliat field in the Barents Sea on February 20, 2015.  After being recovered by the Esvagt Aurora, the person involved was sent to Hammerfest Hospital with minor injuries. According to the PSA, the […]

  • Lundin gets drilling permit for appraisal well in North Sea

    5 January 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin a drilling permit for a well located offshore Norway. 

  • Stril Server Secures Contracts with Van Oord, VBMS

    14 March 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian supplier of offshore support vessels, Simon Møkster Shipping, has signed contracts with Van Oord and VBMS, who will use the Multi Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV) Stril Server for walk-to-work projects in the offshore wind market.

  • Equinor to supply gas to Ørsted via Baltic Pipe

    27 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Danish Ørsted, said to be the world’s leading offshore wind developer, and Norway’s energy giant Equinor have entered into an agreement under which Equinor will supply Norwegian gas to Denmark via Baltic Pipe from 1 January 2023 to 1 April 2024. The total volumes of gas supplied during the period will be approximately 8 TWh, […]