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  • Turning point for Zidane

    4 April 2016

    Positive news for Zidanes these days. While Zinedine Zidane, one of the world’s best football players in history and the current manager of Real Madrid, is still enjoying his team’s Saturday’s victory over their arch rivals Barcelona, another Zidane, in Norway, is getting ready for a fresh start. Namely, the Norwegian Zidane is not even […]

  • Norske Shell to Use Subsea Loading System on Draugen Field (Norway)

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Norske Shell has been granted consent to use the new subsea loading system for crude oil on the Draugen field. Installation and commissioning of the new subsea loading system is planned during the fourth quarter of 2012. During commissioning of the new system, the existing loading buoy (FLP) will be in operation to maintain oil […]

  • Green Light for Dvalin Development

    22 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The plan for development and operation (PDO) for the DEA-operated 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 […]

  • Noreco Drills Exploration Well on Verdande Prospect

    8 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has started the drilling of exploration well 6608/10-16 on the Verdande prospect in license PL484 in the Norwegian Sea. The main objective is to find hydrocarbons in sandstones of Jurassic age. The well is being drilled with the drilling rig Bredford Dolphin and is likely to take 68 – 81 days. Noreco Norway AS has […]

  • VIDEO: North Sea Giant Preps for Asgard Ops

    13 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    A privately owned company, founded by the Andersen family in 1916, Fayard, assisted Technip Norge AS and Statoil in the Module Handling System (MHS) and Special Handling System (SHS) heavy installations on board the North Sea Giant. It’s a purpose-built system for installation and recovery of heavy subsea compression modules (up to 400 Tons) in […]

  • Norway must explore and discover more to maintain production, report says

    21 June 2018

    Production of oil and gas in Norway will increase going forward but new and larger discoveries have to be made in order to maintain the same level after the mid-2020s.

  • Agility Subsea Fabrication Secures TechnipFMC Contract for Visund North

    3 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian manufacturer of subsea equipment, Agility Subsea Fabrication (ASF), has won a contract with TechnipFMC to build an integrated subsea manifold system for the Visund North field in the Norwegian Sea. The work will be carried out at Agility Subsea Fabrication`s site in Tønsberg. The yard in Tønsberg is Agility Subsea Fabrication’s largest production site. The company has temporarily […]

  • PHOTO: Aasta Hansteen Spar on Its Way to Norway

    21 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian oil & gas giant Statoil has reached another milestone as the world’s largest spar destined for Aasta Hansteen field sets sail for Norway. At 14:30 local time in South Korea the Aasta Hansteen spar left Hyundai Heavy Industries after it was recently floated out and loaded onto the world’s largest transport vessel the Dockwise Vanguard. The […]

  • Statoil Receives Approval for Drilling in PL 386

    6 December 2012

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 6610/10-1, located in the Norwegian Sea. Well 6610/10-1 will be drilled from the West Alpha drilling facility at position 66° 14` 09.52″ north and 10° 02´ 46.89″ east. The drilling programme for well 6610/10-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat […]

  • TGS secures 4D streamer acquisition contract for Goliat Field

    21 February 2025

    Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has been awarded a 4D streamer acquisition contract in the Barents Sea, covering the Goliat field operated by Norwegian oil and gas player, Vår Energi. According to TGS, the project is set to commence in July and will span approximately 20 days. “We are very pleased to secure […]

  • Statoil Exercises Second Option for COSLPioneer

    2 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    COSL Drilling announced today that Statoil has exercised the second 2 years option in for semi-submersible drilling rig COSLPioneer. Based on this contract extension COSLPioneer will be on a firm contract with Statoil until mid August 2016. COSLPioneer is a semi-submersible drilling rig designed to operate in water depths up to 750 meter. The unit is […]

  • Aker Solutions wins contract from StatoilHydro

    5 September 2008

    Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from StatoilHydro for a feed study for a subsea gas compression project for Asgard and Mikkel fields. AkerSolutions communications manager subsea Endre Johansen said he could not discuss the financial value of the contract. “The financial value is not great. Its more the technology that is interesting,” he […]

  • Norway Offers 50 New Production Licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

    18 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Today, 18 January, offers were sent to 39 companies for 50 new production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf. The offers were submitted after the authorities had evaluated applications from 41 companies in the Awards in Pre-defined Areas (APA) 2010. Of the 50 production licences, 31 are located in the North Sea, 17 in the […]

  • Norway: MMT Gets Moreano Survey Contract

    22 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

      MMT (Marin Mätteknik AB) was awarded the 2011 Mareano survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service. The survey was commenced in April – August 2011. The survey included bathymetric data acquisition and processing in area Nordland VI in the Norwegian Sea outside the Nordland region, West of Bodø, Norway. The area that was surveyed […]

  • MPE Announces 22nd Licencing Round on Norwegian Shelf

    26 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Today, 26 June, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has announced the 22 nd licensing round on the Norwegian shelf. Eighty-six blocks/parts of blocks are being announced in this round; 14 in the Norwegian Sea and 72 in the Barents Sea. “The interest in exploring in the Barents Sea has increased considerably after Statoil […]

  • With portfolio now five oil & gas fields lighter, Vår Energi’s stake in operated asset gets boost

    30 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Vår Energi has wrapped up the divestment of its interests in five oil and gas fields in the Norwegian Sea for a fixed after-tax consideration of $51 million and the transfer of a stake DNO Norge, a subsidiary of DNO, has in one of Vår Energi’s core hub areas.

  • ABB Package for Remote-Controlled Submersible Fish Farm in Arctic Ocean

    28 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    ABB has won a contract from Arctic Offshore Farming to power its first-ever remote controlled submersible offshore salmon farm in the Arctic Ocean. ABB will provide a comprehensive package of its electrical, automation, instrumentation and telecom technologies. With the global market volume of salmon expected to hit 4.5 million tons by 2023, according to a […]

  • Saipem vessel lifts Dvalin module aboard Heidrun platform

    6 August 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Heavy lift vessel Saipem 7000 has lifted the 3,500 tonne Dvalin module aboard the Equinor-operated Heidrun platform located in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Transocean Barents to Spud Ormen Lange Well

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    A/S Norske Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use Transocean Barents to drill appraisal well 6305/8-2 at Ormen Lange. Ormen Lange is a gas field located in the Møre Basin in the southern section of the Norwegian Sea. The sea here varies from 800 metres to more than 1100 […]

  • China: CIMC Raffles Delivers Semisubmersible Drilling Rig to COSL

    26 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited (“CIMC Raffles”) , a comprehensive offshore solution provider capable of design, construction and commissioning of large offshore equipment and special vessels, today delivered semisubmersible drilling rig (“COSLPioneer”) to China Oilfield Services Limited. The COSLPioneer is a semi-submersible drilling rig designed to operate in water depths up to 750 meter.The unit […]

  • Norway: OMV cleared for Barents Sea drilling

    22 December 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian authorities have granted OMV, an integrated oil and gas company, their consent for drilling in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.  The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) granted a drilling permit to OMV for the well 7324/7-3 S located in the Barents Sea. In addition, OMV received consent for exploration drilling from the Petroleum Safety […]

  • Statoil Gets Green Light for Heidrun Pipeline Works

    10 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil has been granted consent by Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use a replacement pipeline between Heidrun and subsea structure E on the Heidrun field. The replacement of the Heidrun P-E pipeline is part of a project to develop and extend the life of Heidrun Nordflanken by 20 years. The new pipeline will be […]

  • Norway: MPM Supplies Subsea Meters for Statoil’s Asgard Subsea Compression Project

    4 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    MPM has been awarded the contract for subsea wetgas meters for the Åsgard Subsea Compression by Aker Solutions. The meters will be installed upstream each compressor train, as part of Aker Solution’s retrievable cooler module. The Åsgard field lies in 250 – 300 m water depth in the Norwegian Sea, about 200 kilometers off mid-Norway […]

  • Repsol gains drilling permit for Norwegian wildcat

    23 February 2017
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Repsol Norge a drilling permit for well 6705/7-1, in the Norwegian Sea.  The well 6705/7-1 will be drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling rig after completing the drilling of wildcat well 205/23-3a on the British side for Hurricane. The drilling program for well 6705/7-1 relates to the drilling […]

  • TGS to start new Atlantic Margin survey this summer

    2 April 2020

    Norwegian seismic player TGS has decided to start work on the industry-funded Atlantic Margin 20 (AM20) 3D multi-client project as soon as the marine seismic acquisition season gets underway in northwest Europe this summer.