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  • Van Oord bags Ormen Lange deal

    4 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Van Oord has won a contract to undertake the specialised seabed interventions services of subsea rock installation (SRI) for the Ormen Lange field.

  • Norway: Dong Energy Agrees a Development Plan for Marulk Gas Field

    14 July 2010

    DONG Energy has agreed a development plan for the Norwegian gas field Marulk, in which DONG Energy has a 30% stake. The costs of developing the Marulk field are expected to total approximately DKK 3.8 billion, of which DONG Energy’s share will amount to approximately DKK 1.1 billion. “The development of Marulk is in line […]

  • Strong Interest Shown for Norwegian Continental Shelf Production Licences

    15 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Ministry is offering shares in 51 new production licences to 40 companies in connection with the 2012 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA 2012). “Today, I am sending out offers linked to 51 new production licences for the Norwegian continental shelf. I am pleased to see strong, broad-based interest in the most well-known parts of […]

  • RWE Dea Norge Celebrates 40th Anniversary

    18 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    RWE Dea Norge is celebrating its 40th year in Norway this fall. Since the start-up in 1973 as one of the pioneers in the Norwegian oil and gas industry, the company has steadily grown and has developed a solid knowledge environment with some of the best heads in the business. “Norway has always been an […]

  • Norway Launches Licensing Round for Mature Areas

    15 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Today, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is announcing this year’s licensing round for mature areas on the Norwegian continental shelf – Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2013. The aim is to award new production licences in the announced areas at the beginning of 2014. “I am very pleased to announce this year’s licensing round […]

  • NPD wraps up another seabed minerals campaign

    9 October 2020
    Exploration & Production, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has conducted another search for seabed minerals on the Mohn Ridge in the northwestern Norwegian Sea. The expedition saw the vessel Island Valiant and operator TIOS conducting drilling operations in 3000 metres of water to secure samples of mineral deposits in the deep sea. The NPD has participated in a […]

  • OMV bites dust in Barents Sea wildcat

    15 May 2015
    Exploration & Production

    OMV (Norge) AS, operator of production licence 537, is in the process of concluding the drilling of wildcat well 7324/8-2, in the Barents Sea. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the well is dry. The well was drilled about 6 kilometres southeast of oil discovery 7324/8-1 “Wisting” in the Barents Sea and 310 km […]

  • Norwegian 22nd Licensing Round Starts

    2 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Mr. Ola Borten Moe, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, has invited oil companies to nominate blocks that ought to be included in the 22nd licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf. The invitations have been sent to all licensees on the shelf and pre-qualified companies. By this invitation the 22nd licensing round commences. Numbered […]

  • Wintershall to Use Transocean Arctic Rig for PL 511 Drilling

    27 March 2013

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge ASA a drilling permit for well 6406/6-3, in the Norwegian Sea. The well will be drilled from the Transocean Arctic drilling rig after completing the drilling of appraisal well 35/9-8 for Wintershall Norge ASA in production licence 418. The drilling programme for well 6406/6-3 relates to […]

  • TechnipFMC’s Subsea Equipment for VNG’s Fenja Field

    20 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    TechnipFMC has received an integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (iEPCI) contract from VNG Norge. The contract covers the provision of subsea equipment including umbilicals, risers, flowlines and the subsea production system for the Fenja project, previously known as Pil & Bue. VNG Norge submitted the Plan for Development and Operation of the Fenja field to […]

  • VIDEO: Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen substructure leaving dry dock

    11 April 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil major Statoil posted a time-lapse video on Monday, showing the preparations for the sail away of the 200-meter-long Aasta Hansteen substructure. Statoil said in the description of the video that the first step was filling the dock at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ facility in Ulsan, South Korea, with more than 500 million liters of […]

  • Reinertsen in Pil & Bue Win

    17 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s Reinertsen has been awarded a 5-year contract of VNG Norway for ‘Owner’s Engineering Services’ in connection with the development of subsea field Pil & Bue in the Norwegian Sea. VNG Norway is a wholly owned exploration and production subsidiary of Verbundnetz Gas AG, an energy company based in Germany. Reinertsen said it will partly work integrated […]

  • Equinor getting ready for drilling ops with Odfjell rig

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

    Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for two wells in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Maersk Oil makes non-commercial find in Tvillingen South

    1 October 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Maersk Oil has made a non-commercial gas/condensate discovery from the Tvillingen South exploration well in PL 510 in the Norwegian Sea. The well was spud on August 11, 2015. The main objective of well 6406/6-4S was to test the reservoir properties and hydrocarbon potential of the Middle to Lower Jurassic sandstones on the Tvillingen Sør horst structure. […]

  • NPD Deep Sea Minerals Search Identifies New Targets

    11 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said it has identified a large area of sulphide minerals following a three-week data acquisition expedition on the Mohn’s ridge in the western part of the Norwegian Sea. The deposits could include important industrial metals such as copper, zinc, cobalt, nickel, vanadium, wolfram and silver. The NPD has been assigned the task […]

  • Equinor granted Gladsheim well drilling permit

    22 August 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has received a drilling permit for an offshore exploration well to be drilled in the North Sea.

  • Worker injured on Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen project in South Korea

    14 April 2016

    One worker was injured in Hyundai Heavy Industries’ yard in Ulsan, South Korea while working on a project for the Norwegian oil company Statoil. In an e-mail to Offshore Energy Today, Statoil’s spokesperson said the worker was injured in the leg while working on the Aasta Hansteen hull for Statoil’s new spar platform. The incident occurred in […]

  • TechnipFMC to deliver subsea production systems for two Equinor fields

    17 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has awarded TechnipFMC with contracts for the delivery of subsea production systems for two of its development projects located in the Norwegian Sea. The contracts, awarded under a framework agreement with Equinor, will see TechnipFMC supply and install subsea trees, control systems, structures, connections, and tooling for the Irpa and Verdande […]

  • Norway to double funds for seabed minerals exploration

    13 May 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Research & Development, Transition

    The Norwegian Government has proposed to increase funding for mapping of seabed minerals and knowledge building. In its revised National Budget for 2020, Norway is looking to boost its previous funding from 70 to close to 140 million Norwegian kroner. Tina Bru, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, said: “As a resource owner, it is […]

  • EMGS in Barents Sea survey

    26 August 2016

    Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with a repeat customer for 3D EM data to be acquired over the Hoop area in the Barents Sea. The pre-funding amounts to $1 million. This new acquisition is expected to take place in Q3 2016 and will become part of the EMGS multi-client […]

  • Activity to remain high as Norway expects three new field development plans this year

    14 January 2016

    Low oil prices have given rise to considerable challenges for the petroleum industry. Significant remaining resources, combined with cost reductions and improved efficiency, can ensure continued high activity and future profitability, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, an agency responsible for the petroleum regulation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, has argued.  “We have had some positive news […]

  • Norway: Spring Energy Wins 5 Licenses in the APA 2010 Round

    19 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    As announced by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on 18 January 2011, Spring Energy has been awarded 5 licenses in the APA 2010 Round, which includes 2 licenses where the Company is an operator for the first time. Both the operated licenses are located in the Norwegian Sea. Spring Energy is very pleased […]

  • Nautronix’s subsea positioning system for Aasta Hansteen

    9 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Nautronix, a provider of through water communication and positioning technology to the offshore industry, has secured an order to supply NASNet®, an underwater positioning system for Subsea 7. The system will be used on the Aasta Hansteen field, which is located in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea approximately 300km west of Bodø, at […]

  • Safety probe finds flaws on Shell’s Draugen

    3 June 2016

    Norway’s offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has carried out an audit of Shell’s Draugen platform located offshore Norway.  The agency looked into Shell’s management of technical, operational and administrative aspects of logistics and management of the working environment at Draugen. PSA’s objective was to assess Shell’s competence and resources for safeguarding the company’s […]

  • Fugro Collects Data for MAREANO Seabed Mapping Programme

    13 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Fugro has been awarded a hydrographic survey contract, valued at NOK 44.7 million (approximately €4.7 million), by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service. The survey is part of the MAREANO seabed mapping programme, which is financed by Norway’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Climate and Environment. Fugro has completed numerous surveys for […]