10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Norway: Statoil Gets Green Light to Use Island Wellserver Vessel

    1 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has been granted consent to use the mobile facility Island Wellserver for well intervention activities on Yttergryta and Snøhvit. Statoil has previously been granted consent to use Island Wellserver for well intervention activities on fields in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, and has now been granted consent to use the facility on […]

  • Trestakk Field Set for May Start

    13 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted consent for start-up of the Trestakk field in the Norwegian Sea. Operator Equinor plans start-up during the month of May 2019. Consent for start-up of Trestakk is granted to the licensees in production licence PL091. Investments in the development of the field are expected to total approximately NOK 4.8 […]

  • North Energy Sells Interests in Two Blocks to Spike (Norway)

    3 May 2013

    Norway’s North Energy ASA has today signed a sale and purchase agreement with Spike Exploration Holding AS (Spike), whereby North Energy sells 10 per cent interests in offshore production licences (PLs) 299 and 590 to Spike for an undisclosed fee. North Energy’s remaining holdings after implementing the sale will be 10 per cent in PL […]

  • Heidrun incident probe uncovers ‘a number of barrier breaches’

    14 March 2016

    An investigation of an incident that occurred on the Heidrun field platform, in the Norwegian Sea, by the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has exposed several breaches by an operating company that could have lead to a fatal outcome.  In an incident on September 22, 2015, a 31-kilogram grating plate fell eight metres on the Heidrun platform, operated by […]

  • Norway to keep boosting Europe’s energy security with high gas exports in 2023

    6 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Norway’s government expects to maintain higher output on the NCS to supply Europe with high gas exports, bolstering its energy security.

  • Subsea Wells on Norwegian Continental Shelf Produce More Oil and Gas Than Platform Wells

    8 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Far more oil and gas is now being produced from subsea wells on the Norwegian continental shelf than from platform wells. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has collated production from the fields in 2010 and found that subsea wells dominat the picture. Last year, almost 131.3 million standard cubic meters (Sm3 o.e.) oil equivalents were produced […]

  • Faroe Encounters Oil on Pil (Norway)

    27 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Faroe Petroleum, has announced the completion of a successful initial side-track appraisal well on the Pil oil and gas discovery (Faroe 25%) in the Norwegian Sea. The Pil side-track well (6406/12-3 B), to appraise for additional hydrocarbons along the Pil structure and down-dip from the initial discovery well, has reached a total depth of 3,996 […]

  • TechnipFMC Nets Trestakk Field EPCI

    4 November 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    FMC Technologies and Technip alliance has received an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract from Statoil for its Trestakk field in the Norwegian Sea. The contract was won based on an optimized subsea field layout, accomplished through close collaboration with Statoil during a FEED study performed by FMC Technologies’ and Technip’s joint venture […]

  • Gas Leaks from Statoil’s Asgard Subsea Template

    14 March 2017
    Equipment

    A gas leak was detected on Friday night from a subsea template at the Statoil’s Asgard field. The gas leak in the Norwegian Sea field occurred during a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) operation preparing for a well intervention, Statoil’s spokesperson said in an email statement. Production from the wells at the subsea template was shut down, […]

  • Maersk Oil Offered 20 Pct Interest in Barents Sea PL710

    13 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Oil Norway has been offered 20% interest in a new license (PL710) in the Barents Sea in the 22nd licensing round. Operator of the licence will be Total E&P Norge AS with 40% interest. Other partners are Tullow Oil Norge AS and GDF Suez E&P Norge AS each with 20% interest. “This is Maersk […]

  • TechnipFMC Selects Omnisens to Monitor Fenja’s ETH-PiP

    10 July 2018
    Project & Tenders

    TechnipFMC has selected Omnisens for the design, manufacturing, supply and service of the full monitoring solution installed on the ‘Electrically Trace Heated Pipe-in-pipe’ (ETH-PiP) for the Fenja field, in the Norwegian Sea. The Fenja field will be operated by VNG Norge and will have the longest ETH-PiP in the world at 37 km, which will […]

  • DOF Subsea Scores Mediterranean Job

    4 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Norway-based DOF Subsea said it has secured a contract for the provision of the multipurpose support vessel (MSV) Skandi Skansen in the Mediterranean. The contract is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter this year and secures utilization of 90 days plus options for the vessel, the Oslo-listed firm said last Friday. Prior to this […]

  • Aibel gears up for Njord Bravo upgrade

    3 July 2018

    Norwegian oilfield services provider Aibel is preparing for the project of refurbishment and lifetime extension of the floating storage unit (FSU) Njord Bravo, following a successful operation of getting it into the dock in Haugesund. Aibel won the upgrade contract from Equinor, then Statoil, back in April 2018. The contract is worth about NOK 1.3 billion. […]

  • Equinor to kick off production from Norway’s first spar platform in autumn

    31 August 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Equinor will start production from the Aasta Hansteen field in the autumn of 2018 after it received the start-up approval from the NPD.

  • Statoil Gets Approval for Modifications at Kristin and Tyrihans

    10 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil has received consent for modifications at Kristin and Tyrihans in connection with tie-in of the Maria field. Kristin is a gas condensate field at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator of the field, which has been developed using a subsea facility tied back to a semi-submersible processing facility. Statoil has applied […]

  • Shell Allowed to Use West Navigator Drillship for Draugen Drilling

    13 December 2012

    AS Norske Shell has received consent from The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to use West Navigator for drilling on the Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea . AS Norske Shell has received the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA’s) consent to use the West Navigator mobile drilling facility. The consent relates to drilling and completion of […]

  • Engineering of Aasta Hansteen platform subject of PSA inspection

    18 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    From 3 to 25 June 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s engineering of the Aasta Hansteen spar platform. The objective of the audit was to assess whether Statoil’s and the contractors’ management of detail engineering in the area of OHAS was being carried out in compliance with applicable […]

  • PSA audits Aasta Hansteen loading systems engineering work

    24 April 2014

    On 9 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s detailed engineering of offshore loading systems for the Aasta Hansteen spar platform. The objective of the audit was to verify that the loading system for Aasta Hansteen was adequately qualified and dimensioned pursuant to applicable regulations. The PSA said […]

  • Lankhorst Starts Aasta Hansteen Mooring Rope Production

    5 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Lankhorst Ropes has started production for the Aasta Hansteen deepwater mooring rope contract at its rope manufacturing facility in Viana do Castelo in Portugal. The Gama 98 ropes will be used to moor Statoil’s Spar platform located in the Norwegian sector of the Norwegian Sea, in a contract awarded by HHITECH (Hyundai Heavy Industries and Technip USA […]

  • Spirit Energy spuds Fogelberg appraisal well

    5 February 2018

    Spirit Energy has started drilling the Fogelberg appraisal well and contingent sidetrack in the Norwegian Sea. 

  • Equinor preparing for wildcat well off Norway

    22 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Equinor for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Appraisal of gas/condensate discovery boosts resource estimate

    1 March 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Wintershall Dea has drilled an appraisal well, which led to a minor increase in the resource estimate for a gas/condensate discovery in the Norwegian Sea.

  • CHC wins Equinor extension for helicopter services in Norway

    10 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    CHC Group has been awarded a contract extension by Equinor for both the Tampen/Oseberg and Heidrun contract in Norway by one year.

  • Vår Energi gearing up to spud two North Sea wells

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

    Vår Energi has secured a drilling permit to spud two wildcat wells in the North Sea, using one of Odfjell Drilling-managed rigs.

  • Centrica Spuds Butch East Well (Norway)

    30 December 2013

    Faroe Petroleum has announced the spudding of the Centrica operated Butch East exploration well 8/10-5S (Faroe 15%), the first of two back-to back-wells in Licence PL405/PL405B. Butch East, which is adjacent to the Company’s 2011 Butch discovery, is situated in approximately 65 metres water depth in the Norwegian North Sea, close to significant existing infrastructure […]