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  • Aker BP buys eight Norwegian licenses from Tullow

    3 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Aker BP, a newly-formed offshore, exploration and production company, has announced the acquisition of eight licenses off Norway from the oil company Tullow Norge. To remind, BP Norge and Det norske oljeselskap last week completed their merger thus creating a new, independent E&P company on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Aker BP. Following the merger, Aker BP holds a […]

  • OMV preparing to kick off drilling ops with Transocean rig

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

    OMV has received consent from Norway’s regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Transocean’s rigs.

  • NPD: Record Number of Applications in APA 2014

    11 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    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. “It is positive to see so many companies with faith in the TFO areas,” says Sissel Eriksen, exploration director in the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). After several oil and […]

  • Norway: 7 Offshore Blocks for Wintershall

    20 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian energy ministry has awarded Wintershall Norge A.S.A. working interests in seven new exploration licenses in the current licensing round, APA 2011. Wintershall will be the operator in 4 of the licenses. The awards comprise 4 new licenses in the Norwegian North Sea and 3 licenses in the Norwegian Sea for the BASF subsidiary. […]

  • Pipelaying contract for Tyrihans

    26 January 2006

    Statoil has awarded Stolt Offshore an assignment to lay two pipelines from the Tyrihans oil and gas field to the Kristin platform in the Norwegian Sea. The contract is worth over NOK 550 million.

  • Okea gets consent to use Draugen platform

    15 November 2018

    Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Okea consent to use the facilities on the Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Hitachi testing ‘world’s most powerful’ subsea transformer for Ormen Lange compression system

    8 July 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    Hitachi Energy has started testing what is said to be the world’s most powerful 24-MVA subsea transformer, which will be supplied to OneSubsea to power the compression system for the Shell Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea. As informed, the transformer is being tested in the Port of Vaasa in Finland and will enable the […]

  • PSA Audits Concrete Coating on Polarled Pipeline

    23 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of the application of concrete coating on the Polarled pipeline. The audit focused on Statoil and the company’s follow-up of its suppliers. The Polarled pipeline project consists of a 481 km long, 36″ pipeline between the Aasta Hansteen facility in the Norwegian Sea and the Nyhamna […]

  • Statoil discovers gas in Snefrid Nord prospect

    18 March 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Operator Statoil has together with PL218 partners made a gas discovery in the Snefrid Nord prospect in the Norwegian Sea. According to Statoil, the discovery is an important contribution to the Aasta Hansteen field development project and Polarled pipeline utilisation. “The Snefrid Nord discovery increases the resource base for the Aasta Hansteen field development project […]

  • Norway: Faroe Contracts West Navigator Drillship for Novus Prospect

    28 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that it has contracted the West Navigator drillship to drill the Faroe operated Novus prospect in Norway in the second half of 2013. This licence is located to the […]

  • West Navigator Drillship to Support Faroe’s Novus Prospect, Norway

    28 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that it has contracted the West Navigator drillship to drill the Faroe operated Novus prospect in Norway in the second half of 2013. This licence is located to the […]

  • Norway: Statoil Selects Spar Platform to Develop Luva Field

    31 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil, together with its Luva field partners, has selected a Spar platform to develop the field. As a gas transport solution has also been decided, a major step has now been taken towards deep-water production in the Norwegian Sea. The Luva field, which is a deep-water pioneer in the Norwegian Sea, may be the first […]

  • EMGS Secures Multi-Client Contract Offshore Norway

    3 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    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 close […]

  • Maersk Oil Drills a Duster in PL 513, Offshore Norway

    13 February 2013

    Maersk Oil has finished drilling the 6506/6-2 exploration well on the Albert prospect in Norway. The well, drilled in Production License 513 in the Norwegian Sea, encountered no sign of hydrocarbons. The purpose of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in the Lower Cretaceous Lysing Fm. The well encountered sandstone with reservoir quality as expected, […]

  • Det Norske Wins Four Licences in 22nd Licensing Round (Norway)

    12 June 2013

    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 said it was 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 […]

  • ABB to Deliver Subsea Transformers for Åsgard Field (Norway)

    14 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Subsea transformers are an ABB innovation. Deployed in extreme conditions in ultra-deepwater, these high-tech workhorses provide the power for heavy-duty equipment on the sea floor – enabling declining oil and gas fields to be more productive and making new deepwater fields accessible. ABB has delivered subsea transformers for fields in the North and Norwegian seas […]

  • Norway: Norske Shell Sets New Record in Subsea Installations

    25 July 2011

    Norske Shell is claiming a new subsea installation record on its Ormen Lange development in the Norwegian Sea. A fourth template has been… (subseauk) [mappress] Source: subseauk, July 25, 2011;

  • EMGS sells Barents Sea data

    13 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has informed of a sales agreement from the multi-client library in the Barents Sea. EMGS will receive uplift revenues of $2.5 million related to the licensing round for mature areas on the Norwegian continental shelf – Awards in Predefined Areas (APA). EMGS’ multi-client data library in Norway now covers 44,000 km2 […]

  • Maersk Clinches Two New Licences Offshore Norway

    16 January 2013

    On 15 January 2013 Maersk Oil Norway was offered two licenses in the APA 2012 licensing round; PL660, with a 25% share, and PL671, with a 60% share and operatorship, both in the North Sea. PL660 covers the Norwegian part of the Edinburgh prospect which extends into the British sector. Maersk Oil’s British subsidiary, Maersk […]

  • Update: Floatel Superior Stable Again. Will Be Towed to Land, Statoil Says

    7 November 2012

    After the PSA Norway today informed of Floatel Superior stability incident which occurred this morning in the Norwegian Sea, Statoil has provided a more detailed insight into the matter. The oil company announced on its website that, after a hole was discovered in the rig’s ballast tank, causing the rig to tilt 3-4 degrees, the […]

  • Aker BP gearing up for Barents Sea well

    21 April 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has given consent to Aker BP for drilling in the Barents Sea, using the Deepsea Nordkapp rig.

  • Norway’s remaining resources to last for decades to come, NPD says

    14 April 2016

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s updated estimate for undiscovered resources shows that the total remaining resources on the Norwegian shelf can provide a basis for oil and gas production for decades to come. NPD, a government agency whose task is to manage the oil and gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, said that its Resource Report […]

  • Wintershall Gets Nod to Start Up Maria Ahead of Schedule

    16 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    German operator Wintershall has been granted a consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to start-up production from the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea, ahead of schedule. Production start-up is planned for December 2017, about 10 months ahead of the original plan, which was for start-up in the fourth quarter of 2018. The development will also […]

  • Six new licences for VNG Norge (Norway)

    30 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    VNG Norge has been awarded six new licences as part of the APA 2014 – Awards in Pre-Defined Areas. Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced the awards of APA 2014 on January 21, 2015. A total of 54 new licences were announced in three areas – The North Sea (34), The Norwegian Sea (16) […]

  • EMGS picks up data licensing deal from Equinor

    4 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has received a contract for data licensing from oil major Equinor following a previously awarded letter of intent.