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  • Floatel Superior Evac: “Everything Was Calm and Orderly,” Crew Member Says

    9 November 2012

    On Wednesday at 03:40 damage to a ballast tank on Floatel Superior in the Norwegian Sea was discovered. The hole in the tank caused the rig to tilt 4 degrees, leaving Statoil no choice but to evacuate.

  • Shell greenlights drilling program for 2024 and wraps up survey work in North Sea

    18 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Shell has greenlighted its planned two-well drilling campaign in 2024 while site survey works in the North Sea have been finished.

  • Stake in Shell’s UK gas field enables Norwegian player to bolster North Sea portfolio

    16 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    DNO has enriched its North Sea portfolio with a new addition, thanks to the acquisition of an interest in a Shell-operated gas field.

  • Norway expects to see two major field development plans in 2017

    12 January 2017

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), a government agency whose task is to manage the oil & gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, expects ten new plans for field developments in the next few years, with two major ones expected this year.  The regulator on Thursday issued a report detailing the Norwegian shelf’s performance in 2016 […]

  • Floatel Superior to Be Repaired in 1-2 Weeks, Owner Says

    12 November 2012

    Floatel Superior accommodation rig, which was on November 7 evacuated after it had tilted 4 degrees due to a hole in the ballast tank, arrived at Kristiansund on Friday, November 9. The owner of the unit, Floatel International, informed that a first inspection of the damage was carried out confirming the preliminary assessment that the […]

  • Norway: 10 exploration wells put on hold as low oil prices and coronavirus bite

    8 April 2020
    Authorities & Government, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Infrastructure

    Exploration activity offshore Norway has been reduced and 10 wildcat wells previously planned for this year will be delayed due to the coronavirus crisis and the sharp decline in oil price.

  • Faroe Acquires Operated Interests in Ketch and Schooner Fields

    30 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company, announces the conditional acquisition of a 60% operated interest in the Ketch Field and a 53.1% operated interest in the Schooner Field in the UK Southern North Sea gas basin from Tullow Oil SK Limited, a subsidiary of Tullow Oil plc, for an initial consideration of £35m. […]

  • Norwegian oil & gas player cleared to deploy COSL rig for Barents Sea drilling activities

    10 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Vår Energi has received the all-clear from Norway’s authorities to use one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations at three wells in the Barents Sea.

  • Gate set for Norwegian LNG cargo

    19 February 2015
    Vessels

    Gate LNG terminal is set for a cargo of Norway’s liquefied natural gas.

  • Equinor makes investment decision for Lavrans, Kristin Q discoveries

    30 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor, Petoro, Vår Energi, TotalEnergies have decided to develop the Lavrans discovery and the Kristin Q-discovery which is a part of the Kristin field.

  • Norwegian oil & gas firm gearing up to spud North Sea wildcat with COSL rig

    30 January 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Wellesley Petroleum has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an exploration well in the North Sea off Norway.

  • Equinor’s new gas supply deal with UK adds 1 bcm per year to total volume

    16 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norway’s Equinor and UK’s Centrica have reached an agreement for additional gas supplies to the UK, providing further energy security for the UK.

  • First Oil Flows from Statoil’s Hyme Field

    25 February 2013

    On 25 February Statoil and its partners began production from the Hyme oil field in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. Hyme is the second of Statoil’s 12 fast-track projects. “The field came on stream one month earlier than we assumed in the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO). The project execution period, from […]

  • Norwegian firm pulls out of mini oil & gas licensing round in North Sea

    26 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    BlueNord has dropped out of a mini oil and gas licensing round for exploration and extraction in a defined area in the Danish North Sea. 

  • Norwegian firm broadens its North Sea horizons with stake in Shell’s UK gas field

    7 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    DNO has put the wheels into motion to expand its North Sea portfolio by acquiring an interest in a Shell-operated gas field.

  • Norwegian cleantech services firm gets to work on giant Black Sea gas project

    28 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Norway-based cleantech service provider Soiltech has secured a contract with Southeastern Europe’s integrated energy player OMV Petrom to deliver cuttings containment, transfer equipment and related services for what is said to be the largest natural gas project in the Romanian Black Sea. The contract for the Neptun Deep project has been concluded for a period […]

  • Norwegian player gets go-ahead to buy North Sea field stake from Repsol

    15 December 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Lime Petroleum has received approval from the authorities for the acquisition of Repsol’s interest in the Brage field, located off Norway.

  • Three players pursuing floating offshore wind opportunities at Barents Sea oil field

    26 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Vår Energi has entered into a collaboration with Odfjell Oceanwind and Source Galileo to explore floating offshore wind in the Barents Sea. 

  • Cabot Aerogel to Insulate Four Subsea Pipelines in Norwegian and UK Sectors of North Sea

    17 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Cabot Corporation has been selected by global engineering company Technip to provide pipe-in-pipe insulation for four subsea pipeline projects in the North Sea. Technip will use Cabot’s aerogel Compression PackTM to insulate a total of 64 km of subsea pipe-in-pipe (PiP) flowlines. The systems will be installed in the Norwegian and United Kingdom sectors of […]

  • Seadrill rig wraps up North Sea drilling campaign and comes to Norwegian yard

    19 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Seadrill has finished its drilling assignment at a field life extension project in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, which enabled its semi-submersible rig to go to a yard in Bergen.

  • Norway: Statoil and Partners Start Production from Skuld

    18 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Statoil, with its partners Eni and Petoro, has started production from the Skuld field at Norne in the Norwegian Sea. Skuld is so far the quickest realised of Statoil’s 12 fast-track development projects, measured from discovery to production. Skuld consists of the two discoveries Fossekall and Dompap. The recoverable reserves in Skuld have been calculated […]

  • Skuld: Statoil’s Most Complex Fast-Track Project Comes On Stream

    18 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Statoil, with its partners Eni and Petoro, has started production from the Skuld field at Norne in the Norwegian Sea. Skuld is so far the quickest realised of Statoil’s 12 fast-track development projects, measured from discovery to production. Skuld consists of the two discoveries Fossekall and Dompap. The recoverable reserves in Skuld have been calculated […]

  • ExxonMobil sells non-operated Norwegian North Sea assets for $4.5 billion

    27 September 2019

    U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with Vår Energi for the sale of its non-operated upstream assets in Norway for $4.5 billion.

  • Statoil’s Hyme Field Comes On Stream, Norway

    25 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    On 25 February Statoil and its partners began production from the Hyme oil field in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. Hyme is the second of Statoil’s 12 fast-track projects. “The field came on stream one month earlier than we assumed in the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO). The project execution period, from […]

  • Statoil Receives Drilling Permit for Well 16/2-10 S in Norwegian North Sea

    16 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-10 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-10 S will be drilled from the Transocean Leader drilling facility at position 58°51’16.10’’N 2°32’37.45’’E following completion of drilling of wildcat well 16/2-9 for Statoil in production licence 265. The […]