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  • Norwegian Gov’t Offers 60 Production Licences in APA 2011

    17 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Government has decided to offer 60 production licenses in the Awards in Predefined Areas round for 2011 (APA 2011).  – Today, I am offering participation interests in production licenses to 42 companies. Twenty-seven of these companies are being offered operatorships. APA 2011 is the most extensive licensing round ever undertaken on the Norwegian […]

  • Mediterranean gig for PGS

    5 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Oslo-headquartered seismic company PGS has secured a 3D exploration acquisition contract in the Mediterranean with an undisclosed company. Seismic vessel Ramform Hyperion is in charge of carrying out the work and is set to mobilize for the survey late in the third quarter of 2023. According to PGS, the program has a total duration of approximately 70 […]

  • Centrica: First well to be drilled in PL 528 B (Norway)

    29 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Centrica Resources (Norge) AS a drilling permit for wellbore 6707/10-3, in the Norwegian Sea. Wellbore 6707/10-3 will be drilled from the West Navigator drillship. The drilling programme for wellbore 6707/10-3 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 528 B. Centrica Resources (Norge) AS is the […]

  • E.ON receives nod for wildcat well drilling

    29 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted E.ON E&P Norge AS a drilling permit for well 6507/3-11 S, in the Norwegian Sea.  According to the NPD, well 6507/3-11 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 6507/3-11 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production […]

  • Wintershall’s Maria field work goes to FMC Technologies

    7 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Wintershall, Germany’s oil and gas producer, has announced the award of its first significant subsea contract for its Norwegian activities.   Worth approximately NOK 1.8 billion ($280 million), the contract for Wintershall’s Maria development goes to FMC Technologies’ Norwegian subsidiary FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS. The company said it has been assigned after a thorough selection […]

  • Bridge Awarded Licence in Block 6407/4 Off Mid-Norway

    16 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Bridge, the Oslo Børs and AIM listed oil and gas exploration and production company,  announces the press release by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy confirming that Bridge has been awarded a licence with 40% interest and operatorship in block 6407/4 off Mid-Norway in the 2012 Norwegian APA licensing round, together with the partners […]

  • Lundin Suspends Albert Drilling Until August (Norway)

    14 June 2012

    Lundin Petroleum  announces that drilling of exploration well 6201/11-3 in PL519 targeting the Albert offshore prospect has been temporarily suspended until August. The Bredford Dolphin drilling rig is moving to a Norwegian yard to complete its five year renewal survey before returning to complete the Albert exploration well. Lundin Petroleum originally anticipated that the well […]

  • PSA Greenlights Åsgard Pipelines and Subsea Production Facilities

    11 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

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

  • Van Oord: Subsea Rock Installation World Record

    14 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    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 meters. 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. Van Oord […]

  • Gate set for Hammerfest LNG cargo

    22 May 2015
    Vessels

    Dutch Gate LNG terminal in the port of Rotterdam is about to receive a cargo of the chilled gas from Statoil’s Hammerfest plant in Norway.

  • DeepOcean Wins Troll C Work

    4 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    DeepOcean has been awarded an engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation (EPCI) contract for wear protection on the risers at the Troll C platform in the Norwegian Sea. The award covers, in addition to installation, the design, engineering, procurement and fabrication of the wear protection solution for the risers on the Troll C platform. The onshore […]

  • Maersk Oil abandons Twillingen South well

    20 February 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Maersk Oil has decided to plug and abandon exploration well 6406/6-4 in the PL 510 licence, in the Norwegian Sea. According to North Energy, a partner in the licence, the decision follows a period of difficulties in a liner setting covering the intermediate part of the well, named the Tvillingen South. The semi-submersible drilling rig, Leiv Eiriksson, […]

  • Cyprus: SeaBird Provides OBN Contract Update

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

    SeaBird Exploration PLC provides a contract update regarding its business activities as set out below; Immediately following completion of the Rosebank second stage survey for Chevron North Sea Limited and Partners expected mid August, a contract has been signed for the Hugin Explorer and Munin Explorer to carry out a 4C NODE survey of approximately […]

  • OMV’s Norwegian wildcat ends up being dry

    16 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    OMV Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of Austria-headquartered oil and gas player OMV, has drilled a dry well off the coast of Norway, using a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

  • Lundin spuds Lindarormen prospect (Norway)

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Petroleum has announced that drilling of exploration well 6405/12-1 in PL584, in the Norwegian Sea, has started. Lundin says the well will investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Lindarormen prospect in PL584, located 150 km northwest of Kristiansund on the Norwegian coast and approximately 80 km northeast of the Ormen Lange Field. The main […]

  • Norwegian gas exports to Europe jump

    24 September 2018

    Gassco, the company running the Norwegian gas infrastructure, exported 36.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas during the May-August period hitting a new peak for summer deliveries. 

  • Shell Gets Short Life Extension for Draugen

    20 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    A/S Norske Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to extend the lifetime of the Draugen facility. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea, around 150 km north of Kristiansund. A/S Norske Shell (Shell) is the field’s operator. Production on the field began in October 1993. The field has […]

  • DeepOcean’s riser wear protection for Troll C

    4 May 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    DeepOcean AS has been awarded an engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation (EPCI) contract for wear protection on the risers at the Troll C platform in the Norwegian Sea. The award covers, in addition to installation, the design, engineering, procurement and fabrication of the wear protection solution for the risers on the Troll C platform. The […]

  • Norway: BP Gets Consent for Use of Gas Export Pipeline on Skarv Field

    19 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    BP Norge AS has secured consent to use the gas export pipeline 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 deposits. Skarv is developed with a floating production […]

  • ASCO Supports Maersk Drilling Operations in Norway

    4 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    ASCO, an oil and gas logistics company, has signed a three year partnership deal to support Maersk Oil’s drilling campaigns in Norway. The campaigns will be supported from ASCO’s Kristiansund Base at Averøy. The first oil rig to be supported under the new contract will be the Transocean Barents at license 6506/6-2 Albert in the […]

  • Gate set for Hammerfest LNG cargo

    22 May 2015
    Vessels

    Dutch Gate LNG terminal in the port of Rotterdam is about to receive a cargo of the chilled gas from Statoil’s Hammerfest plant in Norway.

  • Wintershall: Maria Subsea Templates Arrive in Kristiansund

    10 May 2016
    Equipment

    Two subsea templates for Wintershall’s Maria field have arrived in Kristiansund onboard the heavy load carrier Meri, the company informed through its social media. The two subsea templates host installations in the area. The reservoir will be linked via a subsea tieback to the Kristin, Heidrun and Åsgard B production platforms. According to Wintershall, the […]

  • Green light to Wintershall Dea for Dvalin start-up

    21 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Norwegian authorities have issued consent to Wintershall Dea for the start-up of the Dvalin field located in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Transocean rig gearing up to spud Barents Sea wildcat in April

    11 February 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has secured a drilling permit with Norway’s authorities to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea with one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.

  • Statoil picks up drilling permit for exploration well off Norway

    26 July 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for well 6407/7-9 S, located in the Norwegian Sea.  The well will be drilled from Songa Offshore’s Songa Delta semi-sub drilling rig. The oil company received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to drill the will with the […]