10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Wintershall finds gas offshore Norway

    26 March 2018
    Exploration & Production

    German oil company Wintershall has made a gas discovery southwest of the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Equinor in another delay of Verbier appraisal well

    12 November 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has once again pushed back the date for Verbier well drilling in the UK North Sea, changing it to the first quarter of 2019. 

  • Go-ahead for Norwegian oil & gas firm to kick off drilling ops with Transocean rig

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

    OKEA has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea.

  • MEPC 81: Two new emission control areas on the horizon

    26 March 2024
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has approved at its latest meeting two proposals for the designation of emission control areas (ECAs).

  • Faroe Petroleum Confirms Gas Condensate Discovery at Rodriguez Well

    31 January 2013

    Faroe Petroleum has announced that further results from the Rodriguez exploration well in PL475 (6407/1]6S) (Faroe 30%) have confirmed a significant gas condensate discovery in the Lower Cretaceous interval. The Rodriguez prospect is located in the APA 2007 license PL475 on the Halten Terrace in the Norwegian Sea four kilometres north-east of the Tyrihans field […]

  • Pandion to enter Equinor’s Apollonia prospect

    16 April 2019

    Pandion Energy has entered into an agreement with Equinor to acquire a 20 percent interest in licenses PL 263 D and PL 263 E, containing the offshore Appolonia prospect.

  • Wintershall Dea wraps up drilling phase at Dvalin ahead of first gas

    12 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance

    Drilling has been completed on the Wintershall Dea’s Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea, propelling the project into the final development phase before first gas. Wintershall Dea said on Wednesday that, overcoming severe weather conditions at the beginning of the year and avoiding any impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it had completed the four-well campaign […]

  • Norway offers 61 offshore licences to 30 companies

    19 January 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 61 production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf in the APA 2020 to 30 companies.

  • Statoil: Duster on Antares

    19 September 2006

    Exploration well 6406/3-7 has been completed by operator Statoil on the Antares prospect in production licence 314 in the Norwegian Sea without encountering mobile hydrocarbons. The group now plans to drill three further exploration wells in this part of the Halten Bank area, which lies south of the

  • Faroe Spuds Novus Well

    11 November 2013

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the UK and Norway,has announced  the spudding of the Faroe-operated Novus (PL645) well no. 6507/10-2S in Norway. The Novus prospect is located some nine kilometres to the south of the Statoil-operated, producing Heidrun oil field […]

  • Faroe Petroleum Spuds Novus Well (Norway)

    11 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the UK and Norway, announces the spudding of the Faroe-operated Novus (PL645) well no. 6507/10-2S in Norway. The Novus prospect is located some nine kilometres to the south of the Statoil-operated, producing Heidrun oil field […]

  • Seven oil players apply for production licences off Norway

    25 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Seven oil and gas companies have applied for production licences in the 25th licensing round offshore Norway, focusing on the Barents Sea.

  • Offshore safety body looks into Wintershall’s use of West Phoenix rig

    6 April 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The PSA has found several non-conformities during an audit of Wintershall’s qualification and follow-up of the West Phoenix drilling rig.

  • VNG to deliver Pil & Bue development plan in 2017

    15 December 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    VNG Norge, an exploration and production company from Norway, has submitted a proposed program for impact assessment for development and operation of the Pil & Bue project in the Norwegian Sea. The company plans to deliver a development plan in 2017.  VNG Norge is the operator of the Pil & Bue discoveries proven in production […]

  • Aasta Hansteen gas field officially open

    19 June 2019

    The field has been developed via the world’s largest spar platform.

  • EMGS in three 3D EM Barents Sea data sales

    12 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into three new data licensing agreements with oil companies for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS’ multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. EMGS did not disclose the names of the oil companies it has entered into agreements with, but it did say that the agreements […]

  • Polarled Pipeline Installation Begins

    27 March 2015
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    On 26 March, the Solitaire pipe-laying vessel started on the first stage of the Polarled installation project. The 482-kilometre long pipeline will transport gas from the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea to Nyhamna in western Norway. Statoil is operator during the development of the Polarled project and therefore responsible for laying the pipeline […]

  • EMGS in Barents Sea data sale

    30 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an oil company for the provision of 3D EM data related to the 23(rd) licensing round in the Barents Sea. The company says that the agreement is worth $2.5 million, before potential adjustment for partner’s share of revenues. EMGS’ multi-client data library in […]

  • Norway plans to add 90 new blocks for offshore exploration, 48 in Barents Sea

    14 March 2019

    Norway has proposed to add 90 new blocks across the Norwegian Continental Shelf in mature areas, 48 of these being in the Barents Sea.

  • Norway offers 69 offshore production licenses to 28 oil and gas companies

    14 January 2020

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 69 production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf to 28 oil and gas companies as part of the Award in Pre-Defined Areas 2019.

  • TGS Secures Its First Project in 2017

    19 January 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    TGS has secured its first new multi-client seismic acquisition project in 2017, AM17 Atlantic Margin 3D in the Norwegian Sea. AM17 is a 40,000 km2 project in the central-southern Norwegian Sea. “The project is the single largest 3D survey carried out by any company in Northern Europe and covers largely open blocks in a relatively […]

  • Aker BP comes up empty-handed at another prospect as drilling ops wind down

    21 February 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Aker BP has found no hydrocarbons in the Norwegian Sea, following drilling activities conducted by one of Saipem’s semi-submersible rigs off the coast of Norway.

  • Norway: Statoil Stops Production from Kristin and Tyrihans Fields

    15 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    In connection with a routine inspection of the Kristin platform(photo) in the Norwegian Sea at the end of last week, a high temperature was discovered on the outside of an exhaust duct on one of the gas turbines. The temperature was higher than considered acceptable and a decision was taken to stop production during Sunday […]

  • Equinor gets clearance for modifications at Norwegian offshore platform

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

    Norwegian offshore safety regulator has given Equinor consent to carry out modifications at a platform operating on a field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • EMGS in Barents Data Sale

    30 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has struck a data licensing agreement with an undisclosed oil company for the sale of 3D EM data related to the 23rd licensing round in the Barents Sea. EMGS said that the deal is worth USD 2.5 million, before potential adjustment for partner’s share of revenues. EMGS has a multi-client database covering 42,000 […]