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  • Drilling permit for wellbore 6507/2-4

    19 October 2007

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted ENI Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 6507/2-4 in the Norwegian Sea. The drilling program for wellbore 6507/2-4 applies to the drilling of an exploration well in production licence 122. ENI is the operator with an ownership interest of 20 per cent. Other licensees are Dong with an […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Statoil to set up new integrated operations center to support Norwegian assets

    28 November 2017

    Norwegian oil giant Statoil will in 2018 establish a new onshore integrated operations center (IOC).

  • MPE Announces Great Interest in 22nd Licensing Round on Norwegian Continental Shelf

    5 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from 36 companies by the deadline for applications in the 22nd licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf. The Ministry intends to award new production licences before the summer of 2013. “I am pleased to see such extensive, broad interest in the 22nd licensing round. The […]

  • 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. 

  • 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 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.

  • 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).

  • OMV spuds gas-condensate prospect with Transocean rig

    8 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    OMV has started drilling an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Aasta Hansteen gas field officially open

    19 June 2019

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

  • Norway to include 36 new blocks in this year’s offshore licensing round

    30 March 2020

    Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has proposed to include 36 new blocks in this year’s licensing round in the well-known parts of the Norwegian Continental Shelf – Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2020. The proposal is now sent on a public consultation, the ministry said on Monday. “In these challenging times it is important […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Aker BP gains consent to use Odfjell rig for Nidhogg well

    6 November 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian E&P player Aker BP has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the Deepsea Nordkapp rig.

  • 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.