10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • 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 […]

  • Equinor makes minor gas discovery near Maria field

    2 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has made a minor gas discovery near the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Statoil to work on Kristin field well plugging with ‘Scarabeo 5’

    8 May 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Scarabeo 5 rig for permanent plugging of well 6506/11-N-4 H on the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea. According to the PSA, Statoil has allocated up to 27 days for the activity, which will start in mid-May 2015. Water depth at the […]

  • Norway: Drilling on the PL435 Zidane-1 Prospect Commences

    17 June 2010

    Drilling of the exploration well 6507/7-14S (Zidane prospect) in PL435 has started. The well is being drilled with the rig Bredford Dolphin, and the operator is RWE Dea. Results are expected during September. PL435 is situated in the Norwegian Sea, 10 km northwest of the Heidrun field, and several significant hydrocarbon discoveries have previously been […]

  • Aker BP makes minor gas discovery near Skarv field

    6 April 2020
    Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Aker BP has made a minor gas discovery southwest of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea. 

  • Norway boasts 20 development projects as exploration activity rises

    16 July 2018

    As many as 20 development projects are currently under way on the Norwegian Shelf, and 13 exploration wells in the first half of 2018 have yielded six discoveries, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). However, production has been somewhat lower in the first six months of the year as compared with the same period […]

  • NOK 2 billion job for Aker Kvaerner on Skarv FPSO

    20 September 2007

    BP has chosen Aker Kvaerner to perform the detail engineering, procurement and construction management assistance (EPcma) for the Skarv field development in the Norwegian Sea. Since November 2005, Aker Kvaerner has been involved with the project, performing the front end engineering design of the complete production ship (FPSO) and intermediate engineering of the topsides. The […]

  • Statoil extends EMGS survey contract

    4 September 2014

    Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a supplement contract from Statoil for a survey offshore Norway.   The deal, worth approximately $1.0 million, is for multi-client 3D EM data acquisition in the Norwegian Sea. EMGS expects to start the survey soon, after completing the survey for Statoil announced on 2 June 2014 in the same area, […]

  • Aibel sends off first Dvalin module to Heidrun

    8 May 2018
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    DEA Norge’s first Dvalin project development module has left an Aibel yard, heading to the Statoil-operated Heidrun platform in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Statoil: Nexans umbilicals for Visund field

    4 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Statoil has signed a contract at a value of 4.5 million EUR ($5.15 M) for the fifth delivery of standardised umbilical cables developed by Nexans.  According to Nexans, Statoil’s Visund oil and gas field, located in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, will be the fifth project to use these standard umbilicals. The […]

  • Clean Arctic Alliance urges IMO to create new emission control areas in Arctic

    18 March 2024
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The Clean Arctic Alliance has urged the International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states to agree to the creation of new areas in the Arctic that will be protected from polluting air emissions from shipping.

  • Statoil to use Navion Europa as temporary storage for Heidrun

    20 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Statoil Petroleum has received consent to use the shuttle tanker, Navion Europa, as a temporary storage vessel for the Heidrun field and the Heidrun Oil Export Solution (HOES). Heidrun is located at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea. Water depth is around 350 metres. The field has been developed using a concrete floating tension leg platform […]

  • Faroe to become operator of two North Sea licences

    20 January 2016

    Faroe Petroleum, an independent oil and gas company, has been awarded six new prospective exploration licences, including two operatorships, under the 2015 Norwegian APA (Awards in Pre-defined Areas) Licence Round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The oil and gas company was awarded three licences in the Norwegian Sea and three in the Norwegian sector of the […]

  • Image of the Day: Where Does the Sea End and the Sky Begin?

    27 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Navion Europa is a 1995-built oil products tanker owned by Navion Offshore Loading AS, and operated by Teekay Shipping Norway AS. She currently operates the waters of the Norwegian Sea, where it serves as a temporary storage vessel for the Statoil’s Heidrun field and the Heidrun Oil Export Solution (HOES). This image, posted by Teekay Corporation, is probably taken on her arrival […]

  • Equinor’s latest oil discovery doubles Norne reserves

    4 October 2018

    Norwegian oil company Equinor has struck oil at the appraisal well of the Cape Vulture discovery from 2017.

  • Odfjell gets early termination and new gig for semi-submersible

    21 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Offshore driller Odfjell Drilling has received a notice of early termination from oil major BP for the charter of the Deepsea Aberdeen rig but, concurrently, secured work for the rig with Wintershall Dea.

  • Balltec Executes Pipeline Recovery Job in North Sea

    8 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Balltec has recently completed offshore pipeline recovery work on behalf of TechnipFMC Norway. Balltec provided a 10-inch PipeLOK pipeline recovery tool, which was deployed to a water depth of 314 metres. The subsea pipeline recovery tool was used to recover a 10 inch gas pipeline on Equinor’s Åsgard field, located in the Norwegian Sea. The […]

  • Norway: Det Norske Pleased with Offered Acreage

    18 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Det norske oljeselskap ASA has been offered an interest in nine licenses in the APA 2011 licensing round. The company has been offered the operatorship in three of the nine licenses. Bjørn Martinsen, VP Exploration in Det norske, said he is very pleased with the awards. He is particularly satisfied with the Barents Sea operatorship […]

  • Statoil’s Spar Platform to Get Mooring from First Subsea

    16 October 2013

    Subsea mooring specialist First Subsea has been awarded a contract by Hyundai and Technip to supply the mooring line connectors for Statoil’s Spar platform in the Aasta Hansteen gas field, in the Norwegian Sea. The platform will be the world’s largest Spar platform and the first of its kind on the Norwegian continental shelf. The […]

  • DEA builds Norwegian asset base, buys new licenses from Engie

    23 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    DEA has acquired participating interest in seven licenses in the Njord area in the Norwegian Sea, including 20% increased interest in the Njord field, from Engie E&P Norge. DEA said on Friday that the agreement with Engie E&P Norge includes: 20% in the Njord field (PL107 and PL132), 10% in the Hyme field (PL348), 10% […]

  • Solstad vessels to support two offshore drilling campaigns in Norway

    22 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has been awarded contracts for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) in Norway. 

  • Norway: NPD Claims Many Companies are Interested in Exploring in Mature Areas

    17 September 2010

    A preliminary count reveals that 41 companies have applied for acreage in the 2010 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA 2010). This result shows that interest remains high in awards in predefined areas in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea, even though much of this area has been previously awarded and explored. […]

  • BP to Use Island Constructor for Skarv Field Well Intervention, Norway

    12 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    BP Norge AS (BP) has received consent to use Island Constructor for well intervention on the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea. The consent covers work on well 6507/3-D-2H at Skarv field. The operation has an estimated duration of one month. The Island Constructor is operated by Island Offshore Management AS. It received the PSA’s […]

  • EMAS’ Lewek Connector to Install Subsea Templates at Aasta Hansteen

    14 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    EMAS AMC, the subsea services division of EMAS, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, announced today that it has won a contract from Statoil for the transport and installation of subsea templates for the Norwegian Sea’s deepest offshore project – the Aasta Hansteen field […]

  • Statoil hands over Polarled gas pipeline to Gassco

    4 May 2017

    Norwegian energy company and LNG player Statoil said it has transferred the operatorship of the Polarled natural gas pipeline to Gassco. The 482-kilometre pipeline between the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea and Nyhamna was delivered NOK 4.5 billion ($520m) below budget, according to a statement by Statoil. Polarled is the first subsea pipeline crossing […]