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  • Norway: Aker Solutions Completes Gjoea platform for the North Sea

    14 June 2010
    Equipment

    The semisubmersible platform by Aker Solutions for the Gjøa oil and gas field offshore Norway, today started on its journey from the yard at Stord to the North Sea, where installation will take place. Production start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2010. Gjøa features innovative solutions by Aker Solutions, based on the company’s […]

  • Prosafe Orders New Accommodation Rig from Jurong Shipyard, Singapore

    15 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a US$291.6 million contract to build an accommodation semi-submersible rig with options for another two units from Prosafe, the world’s leading owner and operator of accommodation and service rigs. Scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2014, the accommodation semi-submersible rig will be built based on the […]

  • KfW IPEX-Bank to Finance New Offshore Wind Farm Installation Ships

    28 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    KfW IPEX-Bank has arranged the financing for two offshore wind farm installation ships for the Norwegian shipping company Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AG. The overall financing volume amounted to EUR 145 million. Of this amount, EUR 85 million was provided by KfW IPEX-Bank itself and EUR 60 million by its consortium partner Danish Ship Finance. On […]

  • Norway’s Equinor ramping up gas output to help meet Europe’s demand

    16 March 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Rules & Regulation

    Norway’s Equinor and the country’s government have worked out a plan to maintain high gas exports to Europe amid supply concerns.

  • Statoil submits development plan for giant Johan Sverdrup field (Gallery)

    13 February 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Statoil and its partners have today submitted the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for Johan Sverdrup, Phase one, to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Norway.  According to Statoil, the hand-over from Statoil’s chief executive officer Eldar Sætre to Minister for Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien took place today. “This is a great day. We […]

  • ‘First producing assets’ on the horizon, as Longboat snatches up stakes in two North Sea oil & gas fields

    3 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Longboat is in the process of expanding its oil and gas portfolio with stakes in two fields, which will become its initial production assets off Norway.

  • Wintershall Discovery Oil at PL 457 (Norway)

    11 January 2013

    Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 457, has completed drilling of wildcat well 16/1-16 (Asha Noor)  and appraisal well 16/1-16 A.  The 16/1-16 and 16/1-16 A wells were drilled about three kilometres east of the 16/1-9 discovery well in the Ivar Aasen discovery and about three kilometres north of the Edvard Grieg field in […]

  • Van Oord Delivers Submarine Wreck Counter Filling Project Off Norway

    6 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Van Oord has successfully stabilized the wreck of a World War II submarine off the west coast of Norway. The Norwegian Coastal Administration awarded the contract to Van Oord at the end of 2015. The wreck, containing toxic mercury, was located at the top of a steep slope in the seabed. This slope was stabilised […]

  • Subsea 7 wins last major subsea contract for Johan Sverdrup phase 2

    13 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 has been awarded a substantial contract by Equinor for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project, located in the North Sea, 160 kilometers west from Stavanger in Norway.

  • Island Offshore Bags LWI Contract from Premier Oil Off UK

    29 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Island Offshore, a leading global Light Well Intervention (LWI) specialist, has been selected by Premier Oil UK Limited to undertake a new LWI service contract on the UK Continental Shelf. The win strengthens Island Offshore’s established position in the dynamic and competitive North Sea marketplace. Premier, a growing oil and gas exploration and production company, […]

  • Norway: Champion Supports Eni’s Goliat Field Development

    3 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Champion Technologies has been awarded a contract by Eni Norge for the provision of production chemicals and associated technical services for the Goliat development in the Barents Sea in Northern Norway. The contract, worth over £3million {$5.5million} per year, has been agreed up until the end of 2016 with the option to extend by a […]

  • Aberdeen confirmed as HQ for new oil regulator: “Oil and Gas Authority”

    12 June 2014

    Chief Secretary to the Treasury the Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP has opened the second day of Oil & Gas UK’s first Annual Conference in Aberdeen today ahead of a strong line-up of national and international speakers, including Sir Ian Wood. Alexander outlined the UK Government’s vision of the future of the oil and gas […]

  • EU to Discuss Energy Infrastructure

    22 June 2016
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    Energy Union Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete will attend the Energy Infrastructure Forum tomorrow in Copenhagen, where they will also meet with the Danish Energy Minister Lars Christian Lilleholt. The forum, hosted by the European Commission and the Danish government, aims at facilitating stakeholders’ participation in the policy shaping process and […]

  • Norway, Denmark and Britain Say No to Atlantic Oil Drilling Ban Proposal

    24 September 2010

    Countries bordering the north-east Atlantic rejected a ban proposal on deep-sea offshore drilling destined to avoid an environmental disaster comparable to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Norway said Friday. The ban was proposed by Germany at a meeting in the western Norwegian city of Bergen of the OSPAR commission, a body through which the […]

  • Norwegian newcomer targets major LNG bunkering market share

    13 February 2017
    Vessels

    Cryo Shipping, a newly established Norwegian independent shipper, developed a new type of tanker design as it aims to become a major LNG feeder and bunker operator.

  • Norway’s Offshore Innovation Recognised at OTC 2012 (USA)

    2 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    The three Norwegian offshore innovators Jon Hermstad (Kvaerner), Tor Inge Tjelta (Statoil) and Tom Guttormsen (Statoil) were on 1 May honoured for their groundbreaking achievements in finding technical solutions for securing structures to the seabed in conjunction with the development of the deep water fields in the North Sea. In 1985 they performed a full […]

  • Bøyla field step closer to first oil (Norway)

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The development of the Bøyla Field (PL 340) located close to the Alvheim Area in the North Sea, has passed an important milestone towards first oil.

  • ABS gives nod for cylindrical FLNG by Sevan

    11 November 2014
    Equipment, Infrastructure

    ABS, a provider of classification services to the global offshore industry, has granted approval in principle (AIP) for the Sevan cylindrical floating LNG (FLNG) production unit concept for offshore production, storage and transfer of LNG, LPG and condensate. The next generation FLNG design concept is based on the proven circular and geostationary Sevan FPSO design, […]

  • ROMAR to Support Shell UK’s Well Abandonment Ops

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeenshire-based oilfield service company ROMAR International has announced a contract award with Shell UK.  The scope of work involves ROMAR providing swarf handling equipment and personnel to recover metal cuttings during the plugging and abandonment of six wells for the UK oil major. The ROMAR specialist equipment removes metal contaminants from all forms of drilling […]

  • Drydocks World to Build Wind Power Offshore Platform for Aibel (UAE)

    15 January 2012

    Drydocks World, the established international maritime service provider, announced that it has entered into a contract with Aibel, the leading Norwegian provider of services to the energy industry, for building a Wind Power Offshore Platform structure, to receive power generated from offshore wind farms. The project will be implemented at the Dubai shipyard. “Drydocks World […]

  • Statoil Confirms Geitungen Oil Discovery

    27 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has made an oil discovery in the Geitungen prospect on Utsira High in the North Sea together with partners Petoro, Det norske oljeselskap and Lundin. Exploration well 16/2-12 drilled by the drilling rig Ocean Vanguard has proven a 35 metre oil column in a high quality reservoir dating from the Jurassic period. Statoil estimates […]

  • Subsea in June

    1 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The month of June has seen many companies announcing job cuts and business restructuring. Red7Marine has gone into administration with 47 jobs lost, Aker Solutions slashed 200 in subsea division, FMC reduced Norwegian workforce […]

  • Application period closes for Scottish offshore wind round targeting oil & gas decarbonisation, innovation projects

    21 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Crown Estate Scotland has closed the window for applications under its Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round, dedicated to offshore wind projects that will directly reduce emissions from oil and gas production and to small scale innovation projects, including alternative outputs such as hydrogen. A two-week registration window for INTOG opened in […]

  • PGS kicks off Viking Graben extension project

    12 May 2020
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Technology

    PGS seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard has begun a new multi-azimuth marine seismic survey in the North Sea. This industry-funded project further extends the GeoStreamer X area within the Viking Graben by 1160 square kilometres. Norwegian seismic player said the first data is due in the third quarter 2020. The GeoStreamer X Viking Graben 2020 extension […]

  • Ocean Installer Gets More Work from Statoil

    14 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Ocean Installer has signed an amendment with Statoil for riser replacement operations at the Troll C field. Additionally, this includes options for work at the Vigdis field. The work will be executed under the SLMP Marine Installation Contract. “We are extremely pleased to have secured more work at the Troll field as the Norwegian Continental […]