306 results found for 'ivar aasen'

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  • Johan Sverdrup’s Power from Shore Switched On

    9 October 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Kjell-Børge Freiberg, has officially opened the power-from-shore solution which will provide the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea with electricity for more than 50 years.  Today Johan Sverdrup’s power from shore was officially switched on about a year before production start-up. “This is an important day for […]

  • Framo gets offshore maintenance job for all five Aker BP fields

    5 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Aker BP and Framo have entered into a long-term contract for seawater lift pumps where compensation is directly linked to facility uptime.

  • Aker BP building data factory in the cloud to improve productivity

    31 January 2022
    Automation, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Innovation, IT & Software, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition

    Aker BP has joined forces with Accenture to develop and deploy a cloud-based solution to improve oil and gas operations.

  • UK player to sell Norwegian assets and Statfjord UK in $1 billion deal

    8 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Transition

    UK company Spirit Energy has entered into agreements to divest its Norwegian business, including the Statfjord UK field for $1.076 million.

  • Equinor ups its electrification ante offshore Norway

    4 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Equinor has put measures in place to curb carbon emissions from the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) by 160,000 tons of CO2 per year.

  • Plans unveiled for investments of $20.4 billion in ten oil & gas projects

    16 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Aker BP has submitted a PIO and ten PDOs for oil and gas projects to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

  • Aker BP makes oil discovery in North Sea

    23 December 2016
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Aker BP, a new oil and gas player formed by merging BP Norge and Det norske, has made an oil discovery east of the Frigg field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.  The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Friday that Aker BP, the operator of the production license 442, concluded drilling of wildcat well 25/2-18 […]

  • Norway: Statoil Exits Brage, Acquires Stake in Gjøa and Vega

    22 October 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil ASA has signed an agreement to exit the Brage licences, farm down in Gjøa and Vega and acquire a 15 % stake in the Edvard Grieg licence near the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea. The consideration to be paid by Wintershall includes a contingent consideration of USD 100 million relating to the […]

  • Update: Equinor shutting down crude oil port after two ships collide

    8 November 2018

    Equinor is shutting down operations at Sture terminal, its tanker port for crude oil in Øygarden, Norway, following a collision between the frigate Helge Ingstad and the tanker TS Sola.

  • Power from shore for nearly half of Norwegian oil and gas production

    26 June 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Innovation, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Almost half of the Norwegian petroleum production will soon be run on power from shore as the companies are considering multiple electrification projects that could reduce emissions considerably.

  • Equinor hands in plans for partial electrification of Sleipner field

    9 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor and its partners have made an investment decision to partly electrify the Sleipner field located offshore Norway.

  • Statoil Signs Transaction Agreement with Wintershall for NCS Assets

    22 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Statoil ASA has signed an agreement to exit the Brage licences, farm down in Gjøa and Vega and acquire a 15 % stake in the Edvard Grieg licence near the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea. This transaction with the German oil and gas company Wintershall gives Statoil net proceeds of USD 1.45 billion, […]

  • Norway Upstream Sector Thriving, Wood Mackenzie Report Says

    10 January 2013

    Wood Mackenzie’s annual review of the Norwegian upstream sector shows that the country’s oil and gas industry is thriving: 2012 was a record year for capital investment, M&A activity, and licences awarded. However, this was tempered by an underwhelming year for exploration and concerns about the sector overheating, as the ramp-up in activity on the […]

  • Statoil starts laying cable to power Johan Sverdrup field from shore

    14 May 2018
    Project & Tenders

    The laying of the cable for the supply of the Johan Sverdrup field with power from shore started last week.

  • ‘Great’ oil & gas exploration appetite bears fruit as Norway awards 53 new production licenses

    15 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    As part of the award in the pre-defined areas 2024 (APA 2024) round, Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 53 production licenses to 20 oil and gas companies for further hydrocarbon exploration activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • Green light for Johan Sverdrup phase 2 plan

    15 May 2019
    Project & Tenders

    The plan for development and operation of the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup field development located offshore Norway was formally approved by Norwegian authorities on Wednesday, May 15.

  • Equinor in small oil discovery in North Sea

    26 July 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made a small oil discovery in production license 167 at the Utsira High in the North Sea. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s report on Friday, Equinor has completed drilling appraisal wells 16/1-30 S and 16/1-30 A located in the North Sea. The wells are located in production […]

  • Largest single riser contract in Claxton’s history

    3 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Claxton, an Acteon company, has been awarded a multi-year contract with Det norske oljeselskap ASA of Norway: the largest single riser contract in Claxton’s history.

  • New E&P player Spirit Energy starts trading

    11 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Spirit Energy, the E&P joint venture which combines Centrica’s E&P business with Bayerngas Norge, has begun trading as an independent oil and gas operator. Completion of the transaction – which was announced on July 17, 2017 – follows receipt of all the required regulatory approvals and Spirit Energy now becomes an independent European E&P company, […]

  • Norway to spearhead oil & gas electrification helm for years to come, forecasts Westwood

    6 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Westwood forecasts that Norway will continue to lead the way with low emissions intensity and electrification projects.

  • Aker BP to face safety order after serious breaches on Ula field

    3 December 2018

    Norwegian offshore safety body, the PSA, has given a notice of order to Aker BP following an audit of the Ula field.

  • Rystad: Onshore producers have higher CO2 intensity, while offshore producers are scattered

    12 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Rystad Energy has conducted a comprehensive company-level analysis of the world’s upstream industry, identifying the top carbon-intensity performers.

  • Equinor flips a switch on Johan Sverdrup

    9 October 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy on Tuesday officially opened the power-from-shore solution, which will provide the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea with electricity for more than 50 years.

  • Centrica, Bayerngas set up new E&P company

    17 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    UK’s Centrica and Germany’s Stadtwerke München GmbH (SWM) will combine Centrica’s European oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) business with Bayerngas Norge to create an independent European E&P company. The joint venture will have two shareholding entities where Centrica will own 69% and Bayerngas Norge’s existing shareholders, led by SWM and Bayerngas GmbH, will […]

  • 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 […]