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  • Statoil Reports Small Oil Discovery Near Sleipner Offshore Field (Norway)

    8 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 303, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 15/6-12, located about 12 kilometres north of Sleipner Vest in the central part of the North Sea. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Hugin formation). The secondary exploration target was […]

  • Equinor and Aker BP get drilling permits for Norwegian wells

    28 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP and Equinor drilling permits for their wells in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea.

  • Wintershall Scores a Hat Trick of Licenses Offshore Norway

    20 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian petroleum and energy ministry has awarded three new licenses in the North Sea to the BASF subsidiary.

  • Norway: North Energy Buys 15 pct in PL 450 from Det Norske

    5 July 2011

    North Energy ASA has purchased 15 percent of PL 450, Storebjørn, from Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA. The license is located in the North Sea, Block 7/12, south west of the Ula field. Drilling is expected in the fourth quarter of 2011 with the jack-up rig Maersk Guardian. North Energy will after the purchase hold a […]

  • GALLERY: Aker Solutions marks the official start of Snefrid Nord work

    19 October 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil services company Aker Solutions has marked the official start of operations on the Statoil-operated Snefrid Nord project in Norway.  According to Aker Solutions’ social media update on Wednesday, the company together with Statoil has marked the official production start for Snefrid Nord at its facilities in Sandnessjøen. The discovery, scheduled to come on stream in […]

  • VNG to buy Chevron’s interest in Draugen field

    19 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    VNG will buy Chevron Norge’s interest in producing field Draugen – 7.56 % interest in the underlying licences

  • WATCH: Njord A platform returns to the field after major revamp

    3 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    After nearly six years, Equinor has completed the renovation of its Njord A platform and towed it to the Norwegian Sea.

  • PSA Inspects Neptune’s Fenja Pipes Fabrication

    22 November 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Neptune Energy Norge focused on the fabrication of production pipes for the Fenja field, located in the Norwegian Sea, 35 kilometers southwest of the Njord field. The objective of the audit was to monitor qualification and production/testing of flowlines for Fenja are carried out […]

  • Norway Gives Green Light for Ormen Lange Plant Expansion

    10 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent for start-up of the expansion of the gas plant at Nyhamna in Møre og Romsdal County. This should allow the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea to increase production by 25-30 billion standard cubic meters (Sm3) of gas. The upgrade – also called Nyhamna expansion – consists […]

  • Norway: Statoil Orders Subsea Structures for Asgard

    2 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Bergen Group Offshore has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Rosenberg AS, been awarded a contract by Statoil for fabrication of subsea structures for the Åsgard Subsea Compression Project with an estimated value of 50 MNOK. The project involves delivery of 12 off PLEM structures (Pipeline End Manifold) and one riser base with a total estimated […]

  • Aibel to Connect Kristin Platform to Polarled Pipeline

    6 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Aibel is to carry out modifications to Kristin valued at NOK 200 million (USD 32.4 million). The task is to connect the platform to the new Polarled pipeline.   The contract has been awarded as a part of the framework agreement Aibel has with Statoil on maintenance and modifications to Kristin. “This is a major […]

  • Top News of the Week of Mar 03 – Mar 10, 2013

    11 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    1. Ocean Installer Wins Umbilical Installation Contract for Shell UK’s Bittern Field Shell U.K. Ltd. has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for umbilical installation at the Bittern field in the UK sector of the North Sea. 2. Norway: Subsea 7 Secures USD 380 Mln Aasta Hansteen Job Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a […]

  • Wintershall bites dust in Barents Sea well

    24 February 2016
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    German oil and gas company Wintershall has failed to find hydrocarbons in its Kvalross exploration well located in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.  According to Faroe Petroleum, an independent oil and gas company and a partner in the project with 40% stake, the drilling has reached target depth on the Wintershall-operated Kvalross well. The Kvalross exploration well 7224/2-1 was […]

  • Norway: OMV Wins New Offshore Exploration Licenses

    2 July 2013

    OMV has been awarded six additional offshore exploration licenses in Norway, acting as operator for two of them. The licenses were awarded by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy out of the 22nd Exploration license round. The signing with the Ministry took place on Friday, June 28. These awards rank OMV in the first […]

  • PHOTO: Aasta Hansteen LQ sail away

    1 December 2015
    Project & Tenders

    The photo above, sent to Offshore Energy Today by CKT Projects, shows the living quarters, built for Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen platform, being transported to Ulsan, South Korea. CKT Projects, a Dutch company building accommodation modules for the offshore oil and gas industry, told Offshore Energy Today that the LQ was loaded aboard the heavy lift […]

  • Statoil Awards Kristin LPP Modification Contract Worth $150 M to Aker Solutions

    22 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has given Aker Solutions the assignment to build and install a compressor module on the Kristin platform in the Norwegian Sea. The module will help to improve recovery from the Kristin and Tyrihans fields. The engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract is for topside modifications and a new compressor module for Kristin. The […]

  • Consent for Equinor to use Transocean rig on Bauge field

    10 January 2020
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the Transocean Norge drilling rig.

  • Equinor, Vår Energi, and Aker BP biggest winners in Norway’s latest offshore round

    14 January 2020

    Three Norwegian oil and gas majors – Equinor, Vår Energi, and Aker BP – have been awarded the largest number of new offshore production licenses as part of Norway’s latest licensing round, the APA 2019.

  • OMV Awarded Six Offshore Exploration Licenses in Norway

    2 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    OMV has been awarded six additional offshore exploration licenses in Norway, acting as operator for two of them. The licenses were awarded by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy out of the 22nd Exploration license round. The signing with the Ministry took place on Friday, June 28. These awards rank OMV in the first […]

  • Norway hikes oil production in April

    19 May 2017

    Norway’s oil production in April 2017 was 4.2 percent higher than oil production in the same period last year, according to a Friday report by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).   The regulator’s preliminary production figures for April 2017 show an average daily production of 2 111 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an […]

  • OMV Makes Two Discoveries Off Norway

    4 April 2018
    Research & Development

    OMV (Norge) has made gas/condensate discoveries in both the Hades and Iris prospects in licence PL 644 B, located in the Norwegian Sea. In the Hades prospect the well encountered c. 35 meters gross gas/condensate column within the Cretaceous Lange Formation of which 15 meters are net reservoir sandstones of moderate to good reservoir quality. Preliminary […]

  • Teekay’s Randgrid FSO begins Gina Krog work with Statoil

    6 October 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Teekay Offshore has informed that the Randgrid FSO has started working for Statoil at the Gina Krog oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea. The recently converted FSO had reached the field in mid-September, when the hook-up and commissioning activities began. In a statement on Friday, Ingvild Sæther, President and CEO of Teekay Offshore Group […]

  • Lindenau Werft Revamps FS Poseidon

    21 January 2014

    The multipurpose research vessel “Poseidon” underwent an overhaul at German yard Lindenau Werft GmbH from 13 December 2013 to 12 January 2014. The ship is operated by the GEOMAR Helmholtz-Centre in Kiel. Lindenau obtained the ship-repair order from the shipping company Briese Schifffahrts GmbH & Co. KG,  research shipping department, on 6 November 2013. The […]

  • Kvaerner to Prepare Njord A for Fenja

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

    Equinor has awarded Kvaerner an additional scope at Njord A to enable the platform to receive oil from the Fenja field. The additional scope has an estimated value of approximately NOK 500 million. In March 2017, Kvaerner signed a contract with Equinor for the complete upgrading of the Njord A floating production platform. This contract […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    19 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 13 – March 19). The US oilfield services major Halliburton is said to be close to strike a deal to acquire Norwegian oil services company, Aker Solutions. According to Norwegian media reports, with reference to an article […]