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  • North Energy, Noreco swap assets offshore Norway

    14 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    North Energy ASA and Noreco Norway AS have entered into an agreement on swapping interests in production licences offshore Norway.

  • Aasta Hansteen’s hull fabrication under spotlight

    27 November 2014
    Project & Tenders

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has audited hull fabrication for the Aasta Hansteen spar platform.  Statoil is the operator of the Aasta Hansteen field, lying in blocks 6706/12 and 6707/10 in the Norwegian Sea, around 320 kilometres west of Bodø. The field, which is in 1270 metres of water, is under development. Aasta Hansteen […]

  • Norway: Det Norske Expands it Reach in Barents Sea

    9 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Today Det norske and partners DONG and Edison, signed agreements for production license 613 at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.  Production license 613 was awarded in the 21st licensing round. The license is located in the northern part of “Loppa High” in the Barents Sea. The license covers blocks 7322/10 and 11. The work […]

  • FMC Technologies Bags Subsea Contract from Statoil (Norway)

    3 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from Statoil for subsea equipment for the Smorbukk South Extension Project, offshore Norway. The order has an estimated value of $96 million in revenue. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply includes subsea trees, wellheads, a manifold, control systems and other associated equipment. Smorbukk South is […]

  • Investigation launches into fire at Åsgard B

    21 November 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has launched an investigation into a fire that broke out in a transformer at the Åsgard B platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The fire, which was reported in the transformer room on 14 November, was extinguished but produced smoke and led to a production shutdown. There were 118 […]

  • Statoil: Fast-track Field to Keep Njord Platform Going (Norway)

    14 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Another rapid development is taking shape for Statoil with the Gygrid discovery in the Norwegian Sea, which will extend the production life of the existing Njord platform by several years. “We’ve found a very elegant solution,” reports Olav Lunde, who is project manager for the fast-track field with its estimated 30 million barrels of oil […]

  • CO2 Storage Discussed at Workshop in Stavanger

    29 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Last week, 100 participants from 15 countries took part in a workshop in Stavanger to discuss issues regarding safe handling and storage of CO2. The workshop was headed by the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), and the target group was scientists and experts from academia and industry, authorities and decision-makers. The topic was […]

  • Shell’s Draugen needs improvements, offshore safety body says

    23 November 2017

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has found several improvement points on the Shell-operated Draugen platform offshore Norway. 

  • Norway: Aker Solutions Ships Out Subsea Templates for Skuld

    23 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Last week, two of the three subsea templates for Statoil’s Skuld fast-track development were shipped out of Aker Solutions’ yard in Egersund, Norway. The two identical templates are being delivered on budget and on time, in line with Statoil’s standardization objectives to reduce cost levels as well as risk and time in execution of the […]

  • Statoil Orders Kongsberg Equipment for Polarled Gas Pipeline

    13 August 2013

    Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS (KOGT), a wholly- owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KOG), has signed an agreement with Statoil for the delivery of subsea structures, in-line tee’s, tie-in and connection systems for the Polarled gas pipeline. The vaule of the contract is NOK 380 million (approximately $65 million) The contract was signed […]

  • Norway: Historic Subsea Operation at Asgard

    13 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    For the very first time, remote-controlled machines and an underwater welding robot have installed a new tie-in point on a live gas pipeline, without the pipeline being prepared in advance. This type of operations can save Statoil lots of money in the long run. The hot tap installation is the first to be carried out […]

  • Boskalis Bags Two Scandinavian Offshore Contracts Worth USD 132 Mln

    21 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired two offshore energy-related contracts in Scandinavia with a combined value of around EUR 100 million. Boskalis Offshore has been awarded in joint venture a contract by the international energy company Statoil for various rock installation works up to 600 meters water depth in the North Sea and the […]

  • Deepsea Yantai rig booked for North Sea well

    6 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company DNO Norge has awarded a drilling contract to a semi-submersible rig for a one well located offshore Norway.

  • Subsea 7 wins major contract with mystery client

    30 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Subsea 7 has secured a “major” contract with an undisclosed client that extends the engineering, project management, and procurement scope of an award announced in mid-March.

  • Songa’s third Cat D rig starts drilling for Statoil

    12 April 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore has informed that the Songa Encourage rig started drilling operations on April 11, 2016, under its eight-year drilling contract with Statoil on the Norwegian continental shelf. According to Songa, the rig is now on operational dayrate and working on the Skuld field located in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator (64%) […]

  • Tullow gains NPD nod for Zumba wildcat

    13 May 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Tullow Oil Norge AS a drilling permit for well 6507/11-11 in a prospect named Zumba located in the Norwegian Sea. The company recently received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway for drilling well 6507/11-11 with the Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 6507/11-11 concerns the […]

  • UK: Ithaca gig for Odfjell rig

    11 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Odfjell Drilling has been awarded a contract by Ithaca Energy.

  • Norway: Statoil Continuing its Focus on Fast Track Development

    25 August 2010

    The first four fast-track developments are on schedule. The portfolio is now being expanded with three new projects that may be developed even faster. “We have already gained valuable experience,” says Ståle Tungesvik, Statoil’s head of reserve replacement and business development on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). “I am firmly convinced that the next projects […]

  • Norway completes annual maintenance of gas facilities

    3 October 2016

    Gassco, a Norwegian state-owned company and the operator for the integrated system for transporting gas from Norway, has informed that an extensive program for maintaining facilities on the Norwegian continental shelf has just been completed.  “The 2016 program on the NCS has been the biggest-ever in a single year,” Kristin Kinn Kaste, senior vice president for system operation […]

  • PGS’ Ramform Atlas getting ready for ‘large’ multi-client survey off Norway

    5 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    PGS has secured solid industry pre-funding for a large MultiClient survey on the Northwest shelf of the Norwegian Sea. The Ramform Atlas is currently mobilizing for the survey, with the acquisition scheduled to start around 10 May. “This is the first large-scale MultiClient survey we are acquiring offshore Norway since 2020, as we experience increasing demand for high-fidelity […]

  • Aker BP extends Deepsea Nordkapp rig contract

    18 December 2019
    Exploration & Production

    The first one-year option will begin after the expiry of the two-year firm period in May 2021.

  • Norway: Gassco completes maintenance

    3 October 2016

    Norway’s gas infrastructure operator Gassco on Wednesday said that an extensive program for maintaining facilities on the Norwegian continental shelf has been completed. “This year’s maintenance operations involved a number of demanding activities,” said Kristin Kinn Kaste, senior vice president for system operation at Gassco. “The turnaround at the Kårstø process plant was far-reaching, and […]

  • Noreco abandons Verdande

    2 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Noreco is in the process of completing drilling of the Verdande well 6608/10-16 (PL484) in the Norwegian Sea. Although hydrocarbon shows were found in two sections, the well will now be plugged and abandoned without further testing. The main target of the well was in the Middle Jurassic. Sandstones with hydrocarbon saturation were found, but the reservoir quality was generally […]

  • PGS scores new seismic acquisition deal in Mediterranean

    23 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has secured a contract with an undisclosed international energy company to carry out a 3D exploration acquisition contract in the Mediterranean.

  • Green light for Shell to use Transocean Barents rig on Draugen (Norway)

    13 May 2015
    Exploration & Production

    A/S Norske Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use the Transocean Barents drilling rig to drill a production well on the Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea. According to PSA, Shell has applied for consent to drill a new production well designated 6407/9-G-5 H, which is a free-standing subsea well, at […]