10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Statoil Makes Oil & Gas Discovery at Askja

    2 January 2014

    Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 272, in the Norwegian part of the North Sea is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells 30/11-9 S and 30/11-9 A (Askja prospect). The well was drilled about 13 kilometres southeast of the 30/11-8 S discovery and about 35 km south of the Oseberg […]

  • Shell gearing up to remove Knarr FPSO from North Sea

    22 March 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Vessels

    Shell is preparing for the removal of an FPSO from the Knarr field, which is located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • CGG wraps up Barents Sea seeps study

    12 January 2021
    Exploration & Production

    CGG’s Satellite Mapping group recently completed a high-resolution hydrocarbon seeps study commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The aim of the study was to increase petroleum system knowledge across the northern Barents Sea. CGG Satellite Mapping has over twenty-five years of experience in the detection and characterization of offshore seeps and slicks based on […]

  • Norway: Framo Engineering Wins Gullfaks Gas Compression Contract

    12 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Statoil has awarded Framo Engineering a contact for the design and construction of the Gullfaks subsea gas compression plant. Gullfaks may become one of the first installations worldwide to employ subsea gas compression. ”Subsea gas compression represents an important leap forward in the efforts to improve recovery and extend the producing life of several gas […]

  • RDS lands Johan Sverdrup FEED

    7 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    RDS, has been awarded a $10m USD contract to carry out front-end engineering design (FEED) work on Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea.

  • Lundin completes two Alta appraisal wells. Next spud imminent

    12 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling of appraisal well 7220/11-2 and sidetrack 7220/11-2 A in the western part of the Alta discovery in PL609, in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The wells were drilled about six kilometres southwest of the Alta discovery well and about 190 km northwest of Hammerfest. The Alta discovery is located 10 to 20 km northeast of […]

  • In focus: Oil and gas electrification gains ground as offshore energies forge closer ties

    16 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Offshore energy industries, which up until recently had little in common, are becoming increasingly intertwined as governments and private sectors step up their game for a more integrated and sustainable energy mix of the future.

  • Jotun B incident probe uncovers safety breaches

    17 September 2018

    The safety watchdog has completed its investigation of an incident involving a dropped object on the Jotun B platform

  • North Sea operator unveils $571 million investment in oil & gas field

    3 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    OKEA has handed over a plan for the development and operation (PDO) of an oil and gas field in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • PSA finds irregularities in emergency readiness on Alvheim FPSO

    7 October 2015

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has found several irregularities during an audit of Det norske’s Alvheim floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Alvheim oil and gas field is located west of Haugesund and close to the boundary with the UK shelf. The field has been […]

  • Wärtsilä bags order for Aasta Hansteen spar platform

    16 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    A new spar platform being built for Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen field off the coast of Norway will feature Wärtsilä’s Inert Gas and Nitrogen Generator systems. The contract has been issued in the first quarter 2014 by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of South Korea, the yard building the platform. The Wärtsilä Inert Gas Generator will utilise […]

  • NOC to Deploy New Tech for Deep Sea Minerals Detection

    30 June 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is leading a research cruise this summer which will address technical challenges in exploring for seafloor mineral deposits. This expedition will take place on board the RRS James Cook, marking a decade of service that has seen this ship travel 218,972 miles in pursuit of science. Seafloor hot-springs, or hydrothermal vents, form deposits of minerals […]

  • Hurtigruten initiates its largest environmental ship upgrade program

    21 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Norwegian Hurtigruten has begun its environmental ship upgrade program, said to be the largest in its history, to cut CO2 emissions and pursue the zero-emissions goal.

  • Norway: Statoil Orders Gullfaks Subsea Gas Compressor from Framo

    12 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Statoil has awarded Framo Engineering a contact for the design and construction of the Gullfaks subsea gas compression plant. Gullfaks may become one of the first installations worldwide to employ subsea gas compression. Subsea gas compression represents an important leap forward in the efforts to improve recovery and extend the producing life of several gas […]

  • Gasum ups stake in Skangas

    22 June 2017

    Finland’s Gasum said it is increasing its shareholding in Skangas to 70 percent, with the Norwegian Lyse Group holding the remaining 30 percent.

  • Aker BP set for appraisal well in North Sea

    8 January 2020
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Chrysaor exercises option to buy stakes in OKEA’s two Norwegian licenses

    13 November 2019

    Private UK-based oil company Chrysaor’s has exercised an option to buy stakes in OKEA’s Grevling and Storskrymten discoveries offshore Norway.

  • Equinor takes Stril Pioner PSV on a four-month ride

    24 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has hired Simon Mokster’s Stril Pioner supply vessel on a four-month firm contract.

  • ConocoPhillips makes discovery near Balder field

    12 November 2019

    ConocoPhillips has made a hydrocarbon discovery at its wildcat well 25/7-7 near the Balder field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.

  • Lundin Finds Oil Column at Johan Sverdrup Appraisal Well

    12 July 2013

    Lundin Petroleum AB  has informed that the Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/3-6, located in the eastern part of PL501, found an oil column of 11.5 metres in good quality sandstone of Upper Jurassic age. The well, located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea is successfully completed. Appraisal well 16/3-6 is located at the […]

  • EMSA: Drones to measure ships’ sulphur content in the Baltic Sea

    13 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Portugal-based European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), together with Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), is conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using remotely piloted aircraft, scheduled to begin later this month.

  • ConocoPhillips: First Oil Flows from Eldfisk II

    5 January 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    ConocoPhillips announced first oil production from the Eldfisk II project in the Norwegian North Sea. “Eldfisk II joins Ekofisk South as the second major project startup in Norway since late 2013,” said Matt Fox, executive vice president, Exploration and Production. “These projects will increase ultimate resource recovery and extend the field life of this premier […]

  • Installation jobs for Germany’s Wilhelmshaven 2 LNG terminal go to Norwegian and French firms

    14 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    ECOnnect Energy has been hired to install a jettyless ready IQuay solution for LNG import to Wilhelmshaven.

  • Finland: BLRT Turku Repair Yard Finishes Upgrades on Scientific Ship Akademik Fjodorov

    13 July 2011

      Turku Repair Yard which is a subsidiairy of the concern BLRT Grupp upgraded once again a scientific ship for expeditions Akademik Fjodorov which participates in research of the Arctic. During works that continued for 30 days special geophysical equipment for seismic sounding of sea bottom contour and researching the Arctic was installed in the […]

  • Norway: Statoil Launches Ambitious Exploration Plans for Skrugard Area

    10 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Statoil ASA, together with partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS, has established a plan for further exploration drilling in the Skrugard area. The exploration campaign will comprise four new prospects and is scheduled to commence late 2012. The objective is to follow up on the Skrugard and Havis discoveries and to test further upside […]