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  • Statoil: Subsea Gas Compression to Increase Asgard Production (Norway)

    16 August 2011

      The partners in the Åsgard licences have today submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) of subsea gas compression to maintain production from the Mikkel and Midgard reservoirs. Øystein Michelsen, Statoil’s executive vice president for Development and Production Norway (DPN), presented the PDO to Ola Borten Moe, Norway’s minister for petroleum and energy. […]

  • Wintershall submits development plan for Maria field

    5 May 2015

    German oil company Wintershall has today submitted a plan for development and operation of the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea. According to the plan, the field will be developed using two subsea installations tied back to the existing infrastructure nearby. According to information on the Norwegian energy ministry’s website, this is the first time […]

  • Norway approves DEA’s Dvalin development plan

    22 March 2017
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    DEA Norge’s plan for Development and Operation (PDO) of the Dvalin development has been approved by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. With development costs of estimated 1.1 billion Euros (10 billion Norwegian Kroner), the Dvalin development in the Norwegian Sea was the largest PDO handed over to the Ministry in 2016. “This approval […]

  • Report: Shell cutting more than 200 jobs in Norway

    31 March 2017

    Shell is reportedly set to lay off more than 200 workers in Norway, Safe, a Norwegian oil workers union said on Friday. According to a statement by SAFE (in Norwegian) Shell has said it will cut 75 permanent positions and 156 contract workers as projects at its Nyhamna plant and Draugen field in the Norwegian […]

  • VNG picks subsea development concept for Pil & Bue discoveries

    4 November 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Exploration & production company VNG Norge has decided on the preferred development solution for the Pil & Bue discoveries, located in license PL586 in the Norwegian Sea. VNG is the operator of the license with 30% interest, Spike Exploration Holding also has 30% while Faroe Petroleum Norge holds 25%, and Pure E&P Norway 15% stake. Faroe Petroleum […]

  • Twelve finds but production falls

    22 July 2009

    Drilling offshore Norway has netted a total of 12 new discoveries in the last three months after a total of 21 exploration wells and the sector has also seen three new development plans while production has fallen. Latest figures for the levels of activity offshore Norway show that a total of nine discoveries were made […]

  • Norway: Subsea Gas Compression to Increase Asgard Production, Statoil Says

    16 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The partners in the Åsgard licences have today submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) of subsea gas compression to maintain production from the Mikkel and Midgard reservoirs. Øystein Michelsen, Statoil’s executive vice president for Development and Production Norway (DPN), presented the PDO to Ola Borten Moe, Norway’s minister for petroleum and energy. “The […]

  • Dolphin Wins Two New 3D Seismic Contracts Off Norway

    22 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Dolphin Geophysical has received a letter of award for two new 3D seismic contract surveys in Norway, for an undisclosed client of approximately 2.300 sq. km. in total. The surveys are located in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea and will be acquired by the high capacity 3D seismic vessels, Polar Duke and/or the […]

  • Aker BP selects name for offshore gas find in Norway

    24 November 2017

    Aker BP has chosen “Ærfugl” as the field name for a gas discovery it made west of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea. The company on Thursday said the name contest had been organized in collaboration with Helgelands magazine, with a total of 88 different name suggestions. Ærfugl in English means eider, or a […]

  • North Energy to spud its first well as operator in 2015?

    16 May 2014

    Norwegian explorer North Energy is looking forward to participating in several wells over the coming year, and is also working for a possible drilling project as operator during 2015.

  • PSA Norway Grants Approval to BP for Use of Skarv FPSO

    19 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    BP Norge AS (BP) has secured consent to use the Skarv FPSO production facility with associated pipeline systems and umbilicals on the Skarv field. Skarv is located about 35 kilometres southwest of the Norne field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The development is a unitisation of the 6507/5-1 Skarv and 6507/3-3 Idun […]

  • Lewek Connector to Install Subsea Templates on Aasta Hansteen

    14 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    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 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 development. […]

  • Faroe Petroleum Spuds Anne Marie Exploration Well Offshore Faroe Islands

    26 July 2010

    Faroe Petroleum plc, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and undeveloped field opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that drilling operations have commenced on the Anne Marie prospect (Faroe Petroleum 12.5%), located offshore, the Faroe Islands. The commitment well (6004/8a‐1) is located in 1,106m of […]

  • DEA boasts first major hardware milestone for Dvalin project

    25 January 2018
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    DEA Norge has achieved its first hardware milestone for the Dvalin development project off Norway with the delivery of a subsea template by Aker Solutions. 

  • Norway goes on oil & gas spree and gives its blessing to projects worth over $18.5 billion

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

    Norway has greenlighted 19 oil and gas projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) with investments totalling more than NOK 200 billion (over $18.5 billion).

  • With offshore licence offers from 25 oil & gas players, Norway keeps its position as exploration hub

    29 August 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Norway received offers for production licences from 25 companies for further exploration activity on the NCS, as part of the APA 2023 round.

  • Statoil celebrates first anniversary of Asgard subsea gas compression system

    27 September 2016
    Equipment

    Norwegian oil company Statoil informed on Tuesday that, what the company claims to be, the world’s first subsea gas compression system has now been in operation for one year on the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea.  Statoil reported that the system has been running with practically no stops or interruptions. It was in September 2015 […]

  • VIDEO: The making of Dvalin umbilical for DEA Norge

    6 February 2018
    Equipment

    Oil and gas company DEA Norge has launched a video showing the making of an umbilical cable for Dvalin, its first operated field development project in Norway, at Aker Solutions’ construction facility in Norway. 

  • Wintershall Dea cleared to use Dvalin facilities

    17 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the facilities on the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • PSA gives nod to Shell to plug well at Draugen (Norway)

    13 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents for well plugging at Draugen, in the Norwegian Sea.  Draugen is an oil field in the Norwgeian Sea in 250 metres of water. A/S Norske Shell (Shell) is the field’s operator. Production on the field began in […]

  • Cairn to spud three wells as operator in UK & Norway in 3Q 2019

    22 January 2019

    Cairn Energy plans to drill a total of four exploration wells across a variety of play types in the UK and Norway during 2019.

  • Aker BP all set to deploy AKOFS vessel for well intervention work off Norway

    9 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of AKOFS Offshore’s well intervention vessels on a field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Atlantic Petroleum farms down one licence, withdraws from another

    27 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Atlantic Petroleum has announced that Statoil will exercise their option to take 10% of the PL802 licence in the Norwegian Sea. This will leave Atlantic Petroleum with 10% equity in License PL802. To remind, in February 2015, Atlantic Petroleum entered into farm-down agreement with Statoil for three licences including PL802 where Statoil gained the right to acquire […]

  • AGR to Drill RWE Dea’s Titan Wells

    5 December 2013

    Global oil and gas service provider AGR has been contracted to drill exploration wells in the North Sea’s Titan area. Under the agreement with operator RWE Dea Norge, AGR will deliver Well Delivery Services comprising  planning, execution and reporting for the project. Two wells contracted will be delivered in 2014 using the Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible rig. The […]

  • Wintershall starts Imsa drilling

    23 January 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Wintershall Norge AS has started drilling of exploration well 6406/2-8 in the Imsa prospect, in the Norwegian Sea.  The company received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill the well in December 2014. The well is located in production licence 589 in block 6406/2 and 6406/5. Water depth at the site is approximately 262 metres. […]