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  • 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 […]

  • Equinor, ConocoPhillips cleared to drill wells off Norway

    21 August 2020
    Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Oil and gas firms Equinor and ConocoPhillips have been cleared to drill wells by Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) in the North and Norwegian Sea, respectively.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Transocean rig lands Dvalin drilling contract

    22 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    One of Transocean’s semi-submersible drilling rigs has been awarded a contract to drill production wells at the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • 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 […]

  • This FPSO started production exactly 16 years ago

    19 May 2015

    On this day, May 19, 1999, oil production kicked off from the Åsgard field, offshore Norway. According to Statoil, the operator of the field located in the Norwegian Sea, Åsgard ranks among the largest developments on the Norwegian continental shelf, embracing a total of 52 wells drilled through 16 seabed templates. Oil at Åsgard A is produced […]

  • Equinor gains nod to use Songa rig for Trestakk drilling

    26 July 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has received consent from the PSA to use the Songa Enabler rig for drilling on the Trestakk field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Shell to drill at Ormen Lange with ‘Transocean Barents’

    4 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Transocean Barents to drill a production well at Ormen Lange, in the Norwegian Sea.  Ormen Lange is a gas field located in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. Norske Shell AS (Shell) is the operator of the field, which came on […]

  • DEA Norge completes acquisition of E.ON’s Norwegian oil and gas fieds

    16 December 2015

    Germany’s DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG has , through its Norwegian subsidiary DEA Norge AS, completed the acquisition of E.ON E&P Norge AS, thus expanding its presence in Norway’s oil and gas industry. According to the company, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Ministry of Finance, as well as the EU competition authority, have approved […]

  • Norway: IKM Wins Aasta Hansteen Pipe FEED Contract

    13 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    IKM Ocean Design has been awarded a pipeline front-end engineering and design contract from Statoil for the Aasta Hansteen deep-water field off Norway. The Norwegian contractor will carry out FEED design work, with an option for detailed engineering, on pipelines and cables to be installed at the harsh-environment Norwegian Sea field, formerly named Luva. In […]

  • Gassco takes over Polarled pipeline operatorship

    4 May 2017

    Norway’s Statoil has transferred the operatorship for the Polarled subsea pipeline linking the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea and Nyhamna to Gassco. According to Statoil, the 482-kilometer pipeline between the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea and Nyhamna in Møre og Romsdal was delivered NOK 4.5 billion below budget. Polarled is the first […]

  • CHC choppers for Wintershall’s Maria field drilling program

    15 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    CHC Group will provide helicopter services during Wintershall’s drilling program at the Maria Field in the Norwegian Sea. CHC said on Wednesday that the operation would begin in March 2017, flying from CHC’s base in Kristiansund using a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter. Wintershall’s drilling program is expected to last for an initial period of approximately 550 days. […]

  • Saipem rig cleared to spin the drill bit in Norwegian waters

    19 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Aker BP has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Norway, which is slated to be drilled this month using a semi-submersible rig owned by Italy’s Saipem.

  • Wintershall awarded new licenses in Norway

    26 April 2011

    First Operatorship in the Barents Sea Stavanger / Kassel. The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has assigned Wintershall Norge two new licenses in the 21st Licensing Round. Wintershall is the operator of both licences. A total of 24 production licenses were awarded on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), 12 in the Barents Sea and […]

  • NPD reports high exploration activity in first six months

    30 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Exploration activity on the Norwegian shelf remains vigorous. Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has reported that thirteen new discoveries have been made this year, the largest of these in the Norwegian Sea. Eight exploration wells are currently being drilled. As of 24 June, 33 exploration wells have been spudded and 33 terminated. For comparison, the number of […]

  • Statoil granted permission to change Halten-Nordland area contingency plan

    24 August 2017

    Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Statoil consent to change contingency planning at the Halten-Nordland area in the Norwegian Sea. The PSA said on Thursday that the contingency planning changes were in connection with the development of Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen field. Namely, the Norwegian oil major applied for consent to […]

  • Statoil: Kristin inaugurates Kristin

    20 September 2006

    A piece of pioneering technology will greet Norwegian finance minister Kristin Halvorsen today, 21 September, when she performs the official inauguration of the Kristin field. This Statoil-operated gas and condensate field, which lies at the southern end of the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, is characterised by high reservoir pressure and temperature. At 910 […]

  • Statoil Makes Snefrid Nord Discovery

    18 March 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Operator Statoil has together with PL218 partners made a gas discovery in the Snefrid Nord prospect in the Norwegian Sea. 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 by around 15%,” […]

  • VIDEO: Aasta Hansteen spar sails away

    1 May 2017

    Norwegian oil major Statoil has posted a video of the substructure of the world’s largest spar platform, Aasta Hansteen, being floated onto a heavy transport vessel before setting sail for Norway.  Earlier this month, the substructure started its journey from Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea to Norway. The video shows the substructure being loaded onto the world’s largest […]

  • Shell Strikes Gas in Record Deepwater Depth on Norwegian Shelf

    30 June 2009

    A/S Norske Shell, operator of production license 326, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 6603/12-1. The well proved gas. The discovery is located 150 km northwest of the 6506/6-1 gas discovery (“Victoria”) in the northern Norwegian Sea. The well was drilled in 1376 meters of water, which is the greatest water depth of any […]

  • Statoil recommissions Scarabeo 5

    22 December 2014
    Exploration & Production

    Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Scarabeo 5 for plugging and production drilling in the Norwegian Sea.  Statoil is the operator of the Kristin field, which is in blocks 6406/2 and 6506/11 at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil will plug well 6406/2-R-4 BHT2 permanently and simultaneously drill […]

  • Shell sells equity in undeveloped Norwegian assets

    2 August 2007

    A/S Norske Shell (‘Shell’) today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS to sell its 28% equity interests in the undeveloped Skarv and Idun fields for US$ 893 million. The agreement covers the licenses PL-159, PL-212, PL-212B and PL-262 in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Polish oil company to drill its first well offshore Norway as operator

    25 December 2018

    PGNiG, a Polish state-controlled oil and gas company, is one step closer to drilling its first exploration well in Norway as a license operator.