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  • PHOTO: Aker Solutions’ Modules for Åsgard Subsea Compression

    12 December 2014
    Equipment

    Aker Solutions is set to deliver the modules for the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the Statoil-operated Åsgard field. The facility, scheduled to come on stream in 2015, will enable the recovery of an additional 282 million barrels of oil equivalents. The modules will be assembled into two trains that will each hold […]

  • Risk and barrier management issues found on Equinor FPSO

    24 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norway’s offshore safety agency has found irregularities related to risk and barrier management on the Equinor’s Norne FPSO located in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Halliburton Bags Wintershall Maria Contract

    12 May 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Halliburton Norge has secured a four-year service contract from Wintershall Norge to support its exploration and development projects in Norway. The contract is effective immediately and will be used for drilling-associated services on Wintershall’s Maria development in the Norwegian Sea, and it can also be used for other Wintershall activities. “At an uncertain time for […]

  • Statoil Awarded Interests in 14 Production Licences Offshore Norway

    16 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Statoil was awarded interests in 14 production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf, of which 7 are operated by Statoil. The broad award reflects Statoil’s extensive application. In this Awards of Predefined Areas (APA) round Statoil has applied for production licences in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea based on established […]

  • PSA looks into barrier management on Asgard A FPSO

    16 June 2015

    From 23 to 26 March 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) performed an audit of the Åsgard A floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) in the central Norwegian Sea. This 278 long and 45 meters wide FPSO started production sixteen years ago. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit was to verify […]

  • Statoil Officially Opens Tyrihans Subsea Field (Norway)

    24 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Tyrihans subsea field in the Norwegian Sea is making a considerable contribution to Statoil’s production on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The field will be officially opened at a ceremony in Trondheim on Thursday 24 March. The field consists of Tyrihans South, a gas-capped oil field, and Tyrihans North, a gas and condensate field […]

  • Worker suffers crush injuries on Transocean Barents. PSA investigates (Norway)

    4 March 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has decided to launch an investigation into an incident that occurred on Transocean Barents on March 4, 2015 when a roughneck suffered crush injuries. According to the PSA, the injured drill floor worker was on the monkey board, about 10-12 metres in the derrick, at the time of the […]

  • ‘Great’ oil & gas exploration appetite bears fruit as Norway awards 53 new production licenses

    15 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    As part of the award in the pre-defined areas 2024 (APA 2024) round, Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 53 production licenses to 20 oil and gas companies for further hydrocarbon exploration activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • Subsea production system contract for Morvin awarded 

    28 November 2007

    On behalf of the Morvin licence group, StatoilHydro has decided to award the contract for the Morvin subsea production system to Aker Kværner Subsea AS. Morvin is a combined oil and gas field on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea. It is located approximately 20 kilometres west of the Åsgard B platform, some 200 […]

  • No trace of oil at Cairn’s Lynghaug well offshore Norway

    10 July 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Cairn Energy’s Lynghaug well in the Norwegian Sea has come up dry.

  • OMV hires Island Innovator rig for Norwegian operations

    12 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Island Drilling has been awarded a contract with OMV in Norway. 

  • Wintershall to fire up Maria field a year in advance

    16 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Germany’s Wintershall has received approval to start production from its Maria development offshore Norway in December, a year earlier that originally expected. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), a government agency responsible for the regulation of the petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf, has granted consent for the start-up of production from the Maria field […]

  • DOF Subsea lands work for three vessels

    9 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    DOF Subsea has been awarded contracts for three of its vessels in the Asia Pacific and Atlantic regions. The new projects bring vessel days for Skandi Singapore, Skandi Skansen and Geosund, the company announced in an Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Friday. In the Asia Pacific region, DOF Subsea has been awarded a 40-day diving […]

  • Norway: Valiant Petroleum Announces Chamonix Well Spud

    29 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Valiant Petroleum plc announces that drilling has commenced on its first Norwegian exploration well, 6407/5-2S, on PL471 located in the Norwegian Sea. The well is targeting Chamonix, a potentially large Cretaceous stratigraphic prospect, and the secondary Cortina prospect in the Jurassic. The well is being drilled by semi-submersible rig Borgland Dolphin and is anticipated to […]

  • NPD Gives Nod for Extended Lifetime of Norne FPSO

    4 February 2019

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent to Equinor for the extension of production on Norne FPSO with associated facilities for the Norne, Urd and Skuld fields in the Norwegian Sea. In its application for extension, operator Equinor has described an improved drainage strategy for the Norne field and the nearby Urd and Skuld […]

  • Shell gets nod to use parts of Nyhamna expanded for Polarled

    5 December 2016

    Norwegian offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given its consent to Shell to use the expanded facilities at the Nyhamna gas plant in Norway, that will receive gas from the Polarled pipeline.  The 482-kilometer long Polarled pipeline will transport gas from the Statoil-operated Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea to Nyhamna. […]

  • Norway: 43 Oil Firms Apply for APA 2011

    15 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    A preliminary count reveals that 43 companies have applied for acreage in the 2011 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA 2011).  This result shows that there is still considerable interest in awards in predefined areas in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea, even through much of the acreage has already been awarded […]

  • Norway: Summary of Crude Oil Spills on NCS

    18 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    During the period 2001–2010, there has been a significant reduction in the number of acute crude oil spills on the Norwegian continental shelf. The reduction was greatest during the first years of the period, while the number of spills following this remained stabile for several years. In 2010, the number has declined again, but it […]

  • PGS expands seismic operations in Northern hemisphere

    3 June 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    PGS has taken over the work on the Norwegian Sea GeoStreamer X survey, providing more coverage and understanding of this area.

  • Norway: T-Rex Disappoints

    7 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Danish Maersk Oil has finished drilling the T-Rex prospect offshore Norway. The well, drilled in Production Licence 431 in the Norwegian Sea, discovered hydrocarbons but not in commercial quantities. The well found thinner than expected oil-bearing sands of reservoir quality at two intervals in the Lower Cretaceous target horizons and was not tested for production. […]

  • Gassco gets green light to use Polarled pipeline

    5 April 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given its consent to the state-owned company Gassco to use the Polarled offshore pipeline. Polarled is a new gas pipeline from Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea to the Shell-operated Nyhamna gas processing facility in Møre Og Romsdal county. The pipeline is a […]

  • Equinor cleared to deploy Transocean rig for well workover

    8 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Equinor has received consent from Norway’s safety regulator to use one of Transocean’s rigs for well workover on a field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Equinor gives out more work to Ocean Installer

    27 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s Ocean Installer has secured a new subsea line modification (SLM) project award from compatriot energy giant Equinor, with execution scheduled for fall. The scope of work on Åsgard A in the Norwegian Sea covers the recovery of two risers, the installation of one new riser and flexible jumper, and the engineering, procurement, and installation […]

  • Faroe Petroleum: Strong and Stable Results in 3Q (UK)

    27 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focussing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, provides an operational update. The Company has a material and active investment programme ahead, which is fully funded from existing cash flow, cash reserves and debt facilities. Production and development […]

  • Marathon Petroleum Acquires 30 pct Stake in PL 330 , Offshore Norway

    26 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Marathon Petroleum Norge AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation , has signed an agreement with RWE Dea Norge AS to acquire a 30 percent working interest in production licence (PL) 330  in the northern Norwegian Sea. “This transaction is part of our ongoing efforts to ensure Marathon’s asset portfolio in Norway is […]