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  • North Energy Receives Two Gems on Norwegian Shelf

    19 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    North Energy has been awarded a partnership in two new licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. With this new award, the company has 25 licences and two operatorships. – We are very pleased to have succeeded so well with our APA application for 2011. We won two of the three licences we wanted. These awards […]

  • 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 […]

  • Aker BP expands in Barents Sea with new license awards

    19 June 2018

    Norwegian oil company Aker BP has been offered interests in six exploration licenses in the 24th licensing round in Norway.

  • 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. 

  • VNG: Pil appraisal well hits oil (Norway)

    27 May 2014

    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 […]

  • TGS to perform six 4D streamer contracts this summer offshore Norway

    10 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS has secured two 4D streamer contracts in Norway, one to be performed in the North Sea and one in the Norwegian Sea. The 4D projects will be acquired back-to-back and are set to commence in June, having a total duration of approximately 80 days. Kristian Johansen, CEO of […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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.

  • Norway’s oil & gas output to shrink as offshore workers scale up strike action

    4 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Dispute over wage demands threatens to reduce oil and gas production in Norway, as offshore workers are likely to down their tools this week.

  • Det Norske Pleased with APA 2012 Results (Norway)

    21 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Last week, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced the award of production licenses in the 2012 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) licensing  round, encompassing mature areas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.  Det norske oljeselskap ASA was awarded eight new licenses, three of three as operator. In total 40 companies were offered shares in the […]

  • Van Oord Lands World Record in Subsea Rock Installation

    14 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes has set a world record. During a period of four weeks, Stornes placed rock in water depths of up to 1,277 metres. The Subsea Rock installation works were executed in relation to the development of the Aasta Hansteen gas field and Polarled pipeline in the Norwegian Sea.   Recently […]

  • Vår Energi awards Norwegian firm with long-term well control contract

    6 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Vision

    Norwegian energy services company AGR has secured a long-term contract for the provision of blowout and well control studies and associated services to Vår Energi’s activities on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Under the framework agreement, AGR is set to provide services within blowout contingency planning, well control emergency response, casing magnetization service, and general […]

  • 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.

  • TechnipFMC picks Agility to build Visund subsea manifold

    3 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Agility Subsea Fabrication, a provider of subsea structures, has been awarded a contract by TechnipFMC for fabrication of one integrated subsea manifold system for the Visund North field in the Norwegian Sea. Agility said the work will be performed at the company’s site in Tønsberg, Norway. The scope of work is a copy version of an […]

  • Statoil Stops Production from Kristin and Tyrihans Fields (Norway)

    15 December 2010

    In connection with a routine inspection of the Kristin platform in the Norwegian Sea at the end of last week, a high temperature was discovered on the outside of an exhaust duct on one of the gas turbines. The temperature was higher than considered acceptable and a decision was taken to stop production during Sunday […]

  • 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 […]

  • Statoil Gets Approval to Use Floatel Superior on Njord Field (Norway)

    3 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    The PSA Norway has given Statoil a consent to use the accommodation rig on the Norwegian Sea field.

  • Petrolia Buys Stake in Det norske’s PL 558 (Norway)

    10 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Petrolia Norway AS, a 100% subsidiary of Petrolia SE, has entered into an agreement with Det norske oljeselskap ASA to purchase 10% in PL 558. PL558 is located in the Norwegian Sea east and adjacent to the Skarv Field. The well will be spudded in the near future and is scheduled for 29 days. The transaction is pending […]

  • Norway: No Illegal Fishing at Barents Sea

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    For the fourth year running, no illegal overfishing of cod and haddock has been detected in the Barents Sea. “Combating illegal fishing is vital to ensure sustainable fish stocks and the profitability of the fishing industry,” says Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen. The analysis was conducted by the Joint Norwegian–Russian Fisheries […]

  • Equinor wins most blocks in Norway’s largest production license offer

    15 January 2019

    Norway’s energy ministry on Tuesday offered 83 production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf in the Award in Pre-Defined Areas 2018 (APA 2018). Of the 83 blocks offered, Equinor won 29.

  • Wintershall set to drill Marisko prospect using Transocean rig

    16 August 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Wintershall has received consent from the PSA for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Lundin secures permit for Norwegian wildcat well

    23 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Rules & Regulation

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Energy Norway a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.

  • VNG awards LOI for Fenja development to TechnipFMC

    3 November 2017

    Norwegian oil company VNG Norge has signed a letter of intent with Technip FMC for the Fenja (formerly Pil & Bue) field development project offshore Norway.

  • Det norske Wins Eight New Licenses (Norway)

    21 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, on January 15, announced the award of production licenses in the 2012 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) licensing round, encompassing mature areas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Det norske oljeselskap ASA was awarded eight new licenses, three of these as operator. In total 40 companies were offered shares in […]