306 results found for 'ivar aasen'

306 results found for 'ivar aasen'
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  • Drone ops edging North Sea oil platform closer to autonomous offshore inspections

    2 June 2025
    Automation, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, IT & Software, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Aker BP has made a new leap toward fully autonomous offshore inspections and maintenance, thanks to its recently completed first offshore beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation at its platform in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • Go-ahead for Aker BP’s North Sea drilling ops with Odfjell rig

    26 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has secured the all-clear from the country’s authorities to use one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • PSA looks into Ivar Aasen (Norway)

    22 January 2015

    Between 20 and 24 October 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) and the principal supplier’s project management of the Ivar Aasen development project, in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.  The Ivar Asen field is being developed using a subsea template […]

  • Norway: Draupne Becomes Ivar Aasen

    11 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The oil and gas discovery Draupne, located centrally in the North Sea, has today been renamed Ivar Aasen. The name was chosen following proposals from the operator and feedback from the advisory committee on names. Sunnmøre-native Ivar Aasen was a leading democratic and national strategist in Norway during the 1800s. He was a poet and […]

  • Ivar Aasen Field Officially Opens

    13 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Søviknes, has officially opened Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea, on February 13, 2017.  “The development of Ivar Aasen is an important milestone for the oil industry, and represents significant values for the Norwegian society,” said Søviknes at the opening ceremony, which was conducted on the helideck on the Ivar-platform. […]

  • Plexus to deliver wellhead for Ivar Aasen

    28 November 2014

    Plexus Holdings PLC  has received an order from Norwegian oil company Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for Geopilot#2, an oil and gas appraisal well on the Ivar Aasen development project, offshore Norway. Geopilot#2 will be the seventh Det Norske well to use Plexus’ POS-GRIP wellhead equipment since 2012. The […]

  • VIDEO: Ivar Aasen field goes online

    26 December 2016

    On Saturday, December 24 the Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP started production from its operated Ivar Aasen field, off Norway.  The company produced a video of the project start-up, which came four years after the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) was submitted. The field’s economic life is estimated to be 20 years. The Ivar Aasen […]

  • Norway Approves Ivar Aasen Field Development

    22 May 2013

    Det norske oljeselskap ASA today announced that it has received approval from the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) for the Ivar Aasen development in the North Sea. Total investments in the project are estimated at NOK 24.7 billion (approximately $4.3 billion) COO Øyvind Bratsberg commented: “ When the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) of Ivar Aasen is approved by […]

  • MAN to Install HOFIM Compressor on Ivar Aasen

    16 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    MAN Diesel & Turbo in Zurich was awarded a contract for a HOFIM™ compressor (High-Speed, Oil-Free, Integrated Motor). This is a significant business milestone: It is MAN’s first hermetically-sealed compressor being installed on an offshore production platform – Ivar Aasen in the North Sea, run by Det norske oljeselskap ASA. “From a conceptual point of […]

  • Saipem Scoops Ivar Aasen Jacket Job

    15 February 2013

    Det norske oljeselskap ASA has awarded Italy’s Saipem the contract for supply of the steel jacket for the Ivar Aasen platform. The contract is worth NOK 709 million. The steel jacket will be constructed in Arbatax, located on Sardinia. The height of the jacket, to be installed at a water depth of 112 meters, is […]

  • PSA audits Ivar Aasen load-bearing

    27 June 2014

    From 23 to 25 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Det norske’s follow-up of the Ivar Aasen project. The objective was to verify that engineering of the load-bearing structures was in compliance with applicable regulations. No non-conformities were identified. Improvement points were identified in connection with redundancy controls;  Documentation; Non-conformity […]

  • Aibel scores Ivar Aasen maintenance work

    14 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian oilfield services provider Aibel has been awarded a contract to work on Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.

  • PHOTO: Ivar Aasen Steel Jacket in Place

    10 June 2015
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The steel jacket of the Ivar Aasen platform was lifted in place early this morning (June 10, 2015), and is now ready to be completed with the platform deck, which is under production on the SMOE yard in Singapore. The SSCV Thialf lifted the steel jacket slowly down to the seabed at 112 meters depth. Olav […]

  • Touchdown for Ivar Aasen platform jacket (Gallery)

    10 June 2015
    Project & Tenders

    The steel jacket to the Ivar Aasen platform was lifted in place early this morning in Norway, and is now ready to be completed with the platform deck, which is under production on the SMOE yard in Singapore. First oil is expected in the fourth quarter 2016. The Ivar Aasen field is located on the […]

  • PSA looks into barrier management on Ivar Aasen

    8 July 2015

    From June 9-11 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Det norske’s barrier management in the Ivar Aasen development project, located in the Norwegian North Sea. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit was to monitor Det norske’s establishment and implementation of a management system for ensuring compliance […]

  • Apply to Construct Ivar Aasen LQs (Norway)

    3 April 2013

     Singapore based SMOE, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine has awarded a Letter Of Intent for delivery of the Ivar Aasen Living Quarters to Norway’s Apply. SMOE is the Topsides EPC contractor to Det norske oljeselskap ASA for their Ivar Aasen field development. Apply’s business area LQ & Helidecks will perform the work. The contract includes […]

  • Det norske starts drilling at Ivar Aasen field

    22 January 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Det norske oljeselskap ASA has initiated drilling at its Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The company is using the recently delivered Maersk Interceptor, dubbed the world’s largest jack-up rig, to drill three pilot wells in order to further map the subsurface. The drilling of the appraisal wells is expected to […]

  • PSA audits barrier management on Ivar Aasen

    12 November 2014
    Equipment

    From 23 to 25 September 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) and barrier management in the Ivar Aasen development project, in the North Sea.  The Ivar Aasen field is situated west of the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea, around 30 kilometres south of […]

  • PSA Audits Ivar Aasen Field Development

    29 June 2015

    The PSA has carried out an audit of Det norske oljeselskap (Det norske) and the Ivar Aasen development project concerning project management and pipeline fabrication. The objective of the audit was to assess whether Det norske is implementing the HSE regulations and its own requirements for pipeline fabrication. No non-conformities were identified, PSA noted. Three […]

  • Det norske delineates Ivar Aasen field

    2 July 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Det norske oljeselskap AS, operator of the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea, has completed the drilling of three appraisal wells, 16/1-22 S, 16/1-22 A and 16/1-22 B. The field is located in the central part of the North Sea and was proven in 2008. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the size of […]

  • Flotel Safe Zephyrus to accommodate workers on Ivar Aasen

    3 August 2016
    Exploration & Production

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Det norske consent to use the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible accommodation rig to accommodate personnel during the completion and start-up phase of the Ivar Aasen development off Norway. Det norske is the operator of the Ivar Aasen field, located 175 kilometers west of Karmøy in Rogaland county. The Ivar […]

  • NPD Gives Nod for Ivar Aasen Start-Up

    24 October 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent for production start-up on the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. The operator Aker BP, a merger between Det norske and BP, has scheduled start-up for December. The Ivar Aasen field was developed with a production facility resting on the seabed at a water depth of […]

  • VIDEO: Det norske installs Ivar Aasen topside

    26 July 2016
    Project & Tenders

    As reported by Offshore Energy Today earlier in July, a topside for the Ivar Aasen platform was lifted and installed in the North Sea, offshore Norway.  Det norske, the operator of the project, on Tuesday launched a video of the installation process and said that approximately 15,000 tons were lifted onto the jacket with first oil […]

  • PHOTO: Ivar Aasen platform installed offshore Norway

    19 July 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Det norske has informed that the Ivar Aasen platform was lifted and installed in the North Sea, offshore Norway, on Monday, July 18, 2016.  The platform deck arrived in Norway earlier in July after a long journey from Singapore. The Norwegian oil company informed through its social media channels on Tuesday that module M00 was lifted […]

  • Aibel Wins Ivar Aasen Hook-Up Contract

    29 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Today Aibel has been awarded the contract for the hook-up of the Ivar Aasen platform. In addition, Det norske, as operator for the Ivar Aasen development, intends to award Aibel the contract for maintenance and modification tasks and operational support for Ivar Aasen. The combined value is approx. NOK 660 million. The Ivar Aasen platform […]