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  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • EMGS Provides 3D EM Data to Statoil

    2 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with Statoil worth USD 10 million for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS’ multi-client data library in Norway. After adjustment for partner’s share of the revenues, EMGS net revenue will amount to approximately USD 7 million. Of this, approximately USD 6 million will […]

  • 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, […]

  • Green light for Equinor to deploy well intervention vessel off Norway

    15 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use of one of Island Offshore’s MOUs for light well intervention work in Norway.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • PSA approves Statoil’s subsea ops on Åsgard

    11 August 2015
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Statoil consent to use pipelines and subsea production facilities on the Åsgard field, in the central Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator of Åsgard, which lies in 200-300 metres of water. Åsgard comprises finds the following finds: 6506/12-1 Smørbukk, 6506/12-3 Smørbukk Sør and 6507/11-1 Midgard. The  field […]

  • 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. 

  • NKT wraps up first cable installation campaign to connect oil & gas area off Norway to shore

    10 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Denmark-headquartered power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has completed the first installation campaign in Norway to connect an offshore oil & gas development area to shore. NKT is currently carrying out the installation of 255 kilometers of HVAC power cables to connect the Yggdrasil area to shore. The company’s cable laying vessel (CLV) NKT […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]