10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Wintershall Kicks Off Drilling Campaign in PL457 (Norway)

    14 August 2013

    Bridge Energy, an oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced that the exploration drilling campaign in the Wintershall-operated PL 457, covering wells targeting the Amol and the Asha East prospects, has kicked off, with the wells being located on the Utsira High and Gudrun Terrace, respectively. Both wells, located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, will […]

  • Prosafe’s flotel Safe Zephyrus gets more time with Aker BP

    16 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Prosafe, an owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation rigs known as flotels, has received a contract extension for one of its units from Aker BP. Aker BP, made by merging Det norske and BP Norge, extended the charter of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible accommodation rig at the Ivar Aasen project in the Norwegian sector of the […]

  • DOF – Skandi Atlantic to Work for Apache in Australia

    1 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    DOF has signed a contract with Apache Energy Limited (Apache) for Skandi Atlantic for operations in Australia. The firm period of the contract is 900 days commencing in May 2012. The value of this 900 days contract is approximately NOK 225 million. Skandi Atlantic is owned by Aker DOF Deepwater AS (ADD) and is the […]

  • Odfjell SE Refinances Vessels

    28 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipping and tank terminal company Odfjell SE has secured loan financing with several lenders worth a total of USD 190.5 million. The first loan has been entered into with DNB Bank ASA, Danske Bank AS, DVB Bank America N.V and Swedbank AB for refinancing of existing loans for three chemical tankers. The vessels in question […]

  • Zamakona Yards Launches ‘Ocean Osprey’ at Pasajes, Spain

    27 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Zamakona yards group successfully completed the launching of the ship “Ocean Osprey” at its facilities in Pasajes (northern Spain) on August 21st. The ship represents the first of three deliveries that Zamakona has agreed with the Norwegian shipping company Atlantic Offshore AS. The ship’s main mission will be to provide immediate attention to emergency situations […]

  • Xodus Scoops Lundin Framework Agreement in Norway

    4 May 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Xodus Group has been awarded a framework agreement by Lundin Norway to provide engineering studies and verification services for its developments on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The agreement is for four years with potential extension for two years, the company informed. Xodus’ scope of work will include concept screening, feasibility studies, concept selection and pre-engineering, […]

  • Ocean Installer Wraps Up Its First Johan Sverdrup Campaign

    3 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Ocean Installer said it has recently completed the very first permanent subsea installation at the Johan Sverdrup field, marking the kick-off of the Johan Sverdrup offshore work. The offshore campaign took place late January and involved the installation of a subsea template for water injection. The template weighed 290 ton and was installed making use […]

  • Norway: Aker Solutions Secures EPCI Frame Agreement with Talisman Energy

    12 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

      Aker Solutions has been awarded a frame agreement for engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPCI) for Talisman Energy’s maintenance and modifications projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. Scope of work includes studies, engineering, procurement, fabrication, offshore installation and commissioning (EPCI) and maintenance services. The fixed contract duration is three years from January 2012 to […]

  • UK: Ocean Installer Invests in VLS and Carousel for Normand Clipper

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Ocean Installer has started building a VLS and carousel for the laying of umbilicals and flexible flowlines. The lay spread will be installed on the long-term chartered subsea construction vessel (SCV) “Normand Clipper” and be operational in Q1 2013. “This investment is in line with our strategy of providing our clients with first rate assets […]

  • Farstad makes cuts in Aalesund

    27 January 2016

    Norwegian offshore shipowner Farstad Shipping is pressing forward with cutting costs, citing challenging market situation. The company on Wednesday said it started a process with the aim of reducing administrative expenses at the office in Aalesund. The employees have today been informed about the process, which will conclude by the end of February 2016, Farstad said. […]

  • COSLPioneer Semi-Submersible Rig Starts Operation Offshore Norway

    29 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    China Oilfield Services Limited today announced that its semi-submersible drilling platform COSLPioneer has commenced operation after fulfilling the technical requirements of Statoil ASA, a Norwegian energy company. Drilling platforms operating in the North Sea have to be equipped with technologically-advanced facilities, highly reliable and adaptive to the harsh operating environment. In addition, the drilling platform […]

  • ProSep to Supply Water Treatment System to M-I Swaco in Norway

    2 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    ProSep Inc., a provider of process solutions to the oil and gas industry, today announced it was awarded a $1.4 million contract to supply M-I Swaco, a Schlumberger Company, with a proprietary CTour® produced water treatment system, for installation on an offshore platform operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The CTour® has been field tested […]

  • MCG: Super High Resolution MC2D Survey in Hoop Area Complete

    29 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    MCG, in cooperation with Exploro AS, announced the completion of the acquisition of the Super High Resolution MC2D survey in the Hoop area in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Altogether more than 5,600 km of high quality data has been acquired through a busy summer season. The seismic data was acquired by Guardline and will be […]

  • Det norske to ‘invest heavily’ in Barents Sea

    19 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Det norske oljeselskap has been awarded one operatorship and two partnerships in Norway’s 23rd licensing round. The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) announced on Wednesday the awards of new licenses in the 23rd licensing round. Operatorships and participating interests were awarded to 13 companies in a total of 40 blocks in the Barents Sea. Det […]

  • 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.

  • Eni slapped with orders from safety watchdog after Goliat probe

    18 February 2016

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has issued orders to Italian oil company Eni following an audit of logistics and employee participation on the Goliat FPSO, in the Barents Sea.  Following an audit by the PSA conducted on the Goliat FPSO during the period 5-7 January 2016, the Italian company received a notification […]

  • Aibel doing final preparations on two Sverdrup platforms

    12 April 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Two platforms for the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup development off Norway are now at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway, following the arrival of the riser platform from South Korea. 

  • 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 […]

  • Havyard Delivers State-of-the-Art PSV Ben Nevis

    20 March 2013

    Friday last week Havyard Group delivered its sixth newbuilding to the Indian shipping company Global Offshore Services and the naming ceremony were held Monday in Aberdeen. The platform supply ship (PSV) “Ben Nevis” is a Havyard 832 design. The naming ceremony was held in Aberdeen on Monday and Arlie Snellen was Godmother. This was the […]

  • Atlantic Offshore Rescue Inks Charter Contract with Nexen

    11 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based standby vessel operator Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned a £6 million vessel for a long-term charter with Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd (Nexen). Thirty new jobs have been created as a result of the new vessel, Ocean Tay, a Class A Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel (ERRV), which will provide emergency vessel cover for Nexen’s […]

  • Troll module leaves Haugesund

    4 June 2014
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    The second out of three Troll modules left Aibel’s yard in Haugesund on Tuesday evening, and set sail towards the Statoil-operated Troll field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. At the same time in the North Sea Hall, departure for the third and final module is close. The three modules will contribute to extending […]

  • Eni bites dust in Goliat Eye wildcat well

    27 September 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Eni Norge has hit dust in the Goliat Eye wildcat well (7122/10-1 S) in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Wednesday that the primary exploration target for the well was proving petroleum in Middle Triassic reservoir rocks (Kobbe formation). To remind, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) gave Eni Norge a […]

  • Equinor to book $1.8 bln impairment as UK field reserves shrink

    12 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has reduced its recoverable reserves estimate for a field in the UK North Sea, which will result in a $1.8 billion impairment.

  • PSA sheds light on man overboard incident at Scarabeo 8

    23 April 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority’s (PSA) investigation of the incident on Scarabeo 8, when a man fell overboard, has been completed. According to the PSA, several regulatory breaches were identified. A man fell overboard from the semi-submersible drilling rig Scarabeo 8, that was located in the Barents Sea, at about 04.00 on Friday, February 20, 2015. According […]

  • Neptune developing digital twins for two more North Sea platforms

    6 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, IT & Software, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Eserv will boost Neptune’s portfolio of digitised assets to 14 by creating digital twins of two offshore platforms in the Dutch North Sea.