10000 results found for 'Norwegian Sea'

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  • Equinor cleared to drill Norwegian Sea wildcat with COSL rig

    11 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained the drilling permit for a wellbore in the Norwegian Sea.

  • DOF gets call from the Atlantic from BP

    10 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured a three-year firm, with two-year options, contract with UK-headquartered energy giant BP for subsea services in the Atlantic region. DOF said it would deploy a high-capability subsea vessel to support BP with subsea construction, installation, repair, and maintenance (IRM) operations. Preparations are already underway, with the company providing […]

  • Clariant’s catalysts to power Repsol’s waste-to-methanol plant in Spain

    10 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Swiss specialty chemical company Clariant will provide catalysts for Spanish energy giant Repsol’s Ecoplanta waste-to-methanol plant in El Morell near Tarragona, Spain.

  • Indian yard clinched by Norwegian player to build six fit-for-future chemical tankers

    11 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Indian shipbuilder Swan Defence and Heavy Industries Limited (SDHI) has shaken hands with Norway-based shipping company Rederiet Stenersen for the construction of six future-proof 18,000 dwt chemical tankers. As divulged by SDHI on November 10, the two parties signed a letter of intent (LoI) for the building of the IMO Type II hybrid tankers under […]

  • Equinor finds hydrocarbons at Norwegian Sea wildcat with Transocean rig

    1 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has proven petroleum in a wildcat well offshore Norway using a rig from the fleet of Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean.

  • Norwegian giant in the clear for drilling ops with COSL rig

    29 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be done with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling contractor.

  • All systems go for Equinor’s drilling ops with Transocean and COSL rigs

    13 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has secured the go-ahead from the Norwegian authorities for drilling activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be undertaken with semi-submersible rigs owned by Transocean and COSL Drilling Europe, two offshore drilling contractors.

  • Equinor in Norwegian Sea Find

    17 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Equinor has, together with its partners Petoro, ExxonMobil and Total, proven gas and condensate in the Norwegian Sea Ragnfrid North exploration well. Recoverable resources are estimated at 6-25 million barrels of oil equivalent. “We are pleased to start the new year by announcing a new discovery. Exploring for resources close to existing infrastructure is a […]

  • Gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea

    30 January 2008

    StatoilHydro ASA, operator of production licence 312, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 6407/6-6 in the Norwegian Sea. The purpose of the well was to investigate the potential for gas in sandstone of the Middle Jurassic Age in a prospect called Gamma. The prospect is located about eight kilometres southeast of the Mikkel field.

  • Equinor keeps Aker Solutions busy on inspection missions across over 15 oil & gas assets

    5 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor is retaining Aker Solutions as its inspection services provider across more than 15 onshore and offshore facilities in Norway, thanks to a multi-year contract extension.

  • Large contract win gives Ocean Installer more work with Vår Energi

    10 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s marine construction and operations player Ocean Installer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Moreld Group, has secured a contract defined as large with compatriot oil & gas player Vår Energi for the Balder Next development. Under the contract that is expected to bring NOK 1-2 billion ($98-$196 million) in value, Ocean Installer is in charge of […]

  • Dry well in the Norwegian Sea

    15 November 2007

    StatoilHydro ASA has, as operator of production licence 352, concluded drilling of wildcat well 6608/8-2. The well was drilled on a prospect called Bjørk in block 6608/8 about 33 kilometres north of the Norne field. The purpose of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in Cretaceous rocks. The well was dry. Several thick reservoir zones […]

  • Equinor gets the all-clear to deploy export solution for North Sea gas

    7 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has received the Norwegian authorities’ blessing for a new gas export solution, which will create an alternative path for gas exports from a platform in the North Sea to bolster Norway’s energy security.

  • Wintershall Dea drills duster in Norwegian Sea 

    8 January 2020
    Exploration & Production

    Wintershall Dea is concluding the drilling of a wildcat well near the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Rocksource Drills Duster in Norwegian Sea

    26 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Rocksource ASA announced today that the drilling rig “Borgland Dolphin” is in the process of completing operations on the “Phoenix” prospect in PL 559 in the Norwegian Sea. The well has encountered reservoir sands in the Jurassic upper Åre formation, the lower Åre formation, the Grey Beds and in the upper part of the Triassic […]

  • Equinor drills duster in Norwegian Sea

    10 September 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6407/3-2 S, which is located near the Mikkel field in the Norwegian Sea. The well is dry. 

  • Lundin bites the dust in Norwegian Sea

    17 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Energy is in the process of concluding the drilling of a wildcat well east of the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea.

  • Equinor bites the dust in Norwegian Sea

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

    Equinor has completed drilling operations on an appraisal well southwest of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea and the well is dry.

  • No hydrocarbons for Equinor in Norwegian Sea wildcat

    3 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has found no hydrocarbons in an exploration well, which was drilled using one of Transocean’s rigs in the Norwegian Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • Statoil Finds Gas in Norwegian Sea

    19 August 2013

    Operator Statoil has together with PL479 partners made a gas/condensate discovery in the Smørbukk North prospect at Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea. Exploration well 6506/9-3, drilled by the drilling rig Transocean Leader, has proven a 40-metre gas/condensate column in a down-to situation in the Garn formation of mid-Jurassic age. In addition a thin gas/condensate column […]

  • Dry Norwegian Sea well for Lundin

    30 December 2014

    Swedish independent oil company Lundin Petroleum AB has completed the drilling of wildcat well 6405/12-1 on PL584. The well is dry. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Lindarormen prospect which is located 150 km northwest of Kristiansund on the Norwegian coast and approximately 80 km northeast of the Ormen Lange field. The main […]

  • Statoil Restarts Production in Norwegian Sea

    28 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has restarted production on two offshore oil platforms after they were shut on Friday due to severe weather conditions alert. Statoil’s spokesperson Ola Andres Skauby told Reuters that the company on Saturday resumed operations at the Aasgard and Heidrun platforms in the Norwegian sea but did not provide an update on Njord facility. No […]

  • Statoil: Rig secured for Norwegian Sea

    9 February 2006

    A letter of intent worth about NOK 2.35 billion (USD 350 million) for use of the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig in the Halten-Nordland area of the Norwegian Sea has been signed with Odfjell Drilling by Statoil.

  • Statoil strengthens position in Norwegian Sea

    7 March 2006

    Statoil is buying BP’s 25 per cent interest in licence 218 in blocks 6706/10 and 6706/12 in the Norwegian Sea. This acquisition includes the Luva gas find. BP recommends Statoil as new operator of the licence.

  • New Norwegian Sea gas find

    28 August 2007

    Statoil has discovered gas in the Midnattsol prospect in the Norwegian Sea. The find was made in exploration well 6405/10-1 in production licence 281 where the company is operator. ‘It’s positive that a new gas find has been made in a deepwater area of the Norwegian Sea,’ says Frode Fasteland, acting head of exploration on […]