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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: 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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) […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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: 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • Statoil hits oil in Cape Vulture well

    17 January 2017
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Statoil Petroleum has made an oil discovery northwest of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea, offshore Norway.  Statoil was given consent to drill the exploration well in block 6608/10 with the Deepsea Bergen rig and a drilling permit for the well 6608/10-17 S in November 2016. The drilling of the Cape Vulture exploration well started […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Maersk gets green light to drill in Tvillingen Sør (Norway)

    4 December 2014
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Maersk Oil Norway AS has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill exploration well 6406/6-4 in the Tvillingen Sør prospect, in the Norwegian Sea. Maersk is the operator for production licence 510 in blocks 6406/5 and 6406/6 at Haltenbanken located in the Norwegian Sea. Exploration well 6404/6-4 is to be drilled […]

  • Wintershall completes Maria field pipelines

    5 July 2017
    Project & Tenders

    The installation vessel Seven Oceans has installed the last production pipeline on the seabed at the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea. German oil company Wintershall said on Wednesday that almost 100 kilometers of underwater pipelines for its flagship Norwegian development had been completed. The pipelines connect the field to three nearby platforms in the […]