280 results found for 'transocean barents'

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  • Statoil hits gas in Barents Sea

    26 September 2014

    Norway’s Statoil has together with PL713 partners made a gas discovery in the Pingvin prospect in the Barents Sea. The discovery is a play opener in a frontier unexplored area of the Barents Sea northwest of Johan Castberg. The discovery well 7319/12-1, drilled by the drilling rig Transocean Spitsbergen, proved a 15-metre gas column in […]

  • Barents base for Goliat

    29 August 2008

    Goliat floating production project bidder Sevan Marine has lined up a location in Hammerfest in northern Norway as its logistics support base as part of its bid to win the competition to supply an FPSO for Eni’s Barents Sea development. Sevan has selected Polarbase to become its shore base to support operations in the Goliat […]

  • No hydrocarbons for Equinor in North Sea well

    24 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Norway’s energy giant Equinor has completed the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea off Norway but failed to find hydrocarbons.

  • Det Norske Expands its Presence in the Barents Sea, Norway

    8 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Det norske has entered into an agreement with Talisman Energy to acquire 10 percent in PL438 in the Barents Sea. The license contains the prospect called Skalle. The license is operated by Lundin Petroleum who plans to drill the Skalle prospect in June this year using the drilling rig Transocean Leader. This agreement strengthens […]

  • Norway: OMV cleared for Barents Sea drilling

    22 December 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian authorities have granted OMV, an integrated oil and gas company, their consent for drilling in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.  The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) granted a drilling permit to OMV for the well 7324/7-3 S located in the Barents Sea. In addition, OMV received consent for exploration drilling from the Petroleum Safety […]

  • Norway: Statoil to Use Aker Barents for Well Plugging in Barents Sea

    20 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted Statoil consent to use Aker Barents for plugging well 7222/11-1 in the Barents Sea. The objective of the operation is to permanently plug exploration well 7222/11-1. The well was temporarily plugged in 2008. The planned activity entails removing the trawler protection from the wellhead, confirming the cement height […]

  • Fresh Barents Sea discovery gives Equinor option for another Castberg tie-back

    9 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has made a minor oil and gas discovery in the Barents Sea and will consider a tie-back to its operated Johan Castberg field.

  • Equinor comes up dry in Barents Sea well

    31 July 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.

  • Equinor gearing up for Barents Sea wildcat

    25 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well located offshore Norway.

  • Equinor strikes oil near Johan Castberg field

    10 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas major Equinor has made an oil discovery near the Johan Castberg field, located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.

  • Statoil gets Mercury nod

    1 July 2014

    Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 7324/9 Mercury in production licence 614 in the Barents Sea using the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig.

  • Transocean bags 300-day deal for newbuild rig with Equinor

    21 September 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Transocean has scored a six-well contract with Equinor for the newbuild, harsh environment semisubmersible Transocean Norge.

  • Vår Energi all done with intra-group merger

    11 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Norway’s Vår Energi has completed the merger with its wholly-owned subsidiary Vår Energi Norge, previously known as Neptune Energy Norge.

  • NPD approves Statoil’s wildcat well north of Johan Castberg

    22 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum ASA a drilling permit for well 7220/2-1, in the Barents Sea. Well 7220/2-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 7220/2-1 relates to drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 714. Statoil Petroleum AS is the operator with […]

  • Statoil drills duster in Barents Sea

    7 November 2014
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 230, has completed drilling of wildcat well 7227/10-1, in the Barents Sea.  Statoil was granted a drilling permit for well 7227/10-1 from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) in October, 2014. The name of the prospect is “Saturn”. The well was drilled about 30 kilometres southwest of the 7228/7-1 oil […]

  • Norway: J.J. Ugland Enters Charter Contract for PSV

    11 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    J.J. Ugland Companies announced that the company has extended charter party for two shuttle tankers and chartered out Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) Evita for a period of 500 days. The Mattea charter party for offloading of offshore installations on the Grand Banks has been extended until November 2014. The Vinland charter party with Petrobras for […]

  • Wintershall spuds Kvalross well in Barents Sea

    12 January 2016
    Exploration & Production

    German oil and gas company Wintershall has started drilling the Kvalross exploration well 7224/2-1 located in the Barents Sea.  Licence PL611, which contains the Kvalross prospect, is located in the Norwegian Barents Sea to the south of OMV’s Wisting and Hanssen oil discoveries. The company gained a drilling permit for the well from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate […]

  • Irregularities found during Songa Enabler rig audit offshore Norway

    24 August 2018
    Exploration & Production

    The PSA has found irregularities during an audit regarding the use of the Songa Enabler rig on the Goliat field.

  • Statoil Hits Gas in Pingvin Prospect, Norway

    26 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Operator Statoil has together with PL713 partners made a gas discovery in the Pingvin prospect in the Barents Sea. The discovery is a play opener in a frontier unexplored area of the Barents Sea northwest of Johan Castberg. The discovery well 7319/12-1, drilled by the drilling rig Transocean Spitsbergen, proved a 15-metre gas column in […]

  • Statoil finds gas at Pingvin. Aimed for oil (Norway)

    26 September 2014

    Norway’s Statoil has together with PL713 partners made a gas discovery in the Pingvin prospect in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The company has described the discovery as a play opener in a frontier unexplored area of the Barents Sea northwest of Johan Castberg. The discovery well 7319/12-1, drilled by the drilling rig Transocean Spitsbergen, proved […]

  • PHOTO: Westcon to prepare semi-sub Leiv Eiriksson for Barents Sea

    16 March 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Ocean Rig’s semi-submersible drilling rig Leiv Eiriksson arrived at Westcon Yards in Ølen, Norway, last night, before starting a drilling contract with Lundin.  Westcon was hired by the offshore drilling contractor Ocean Rig to prepare the rig for the contract with the oil and gas company. The contract with Lundin is for a minimum of 3 wells […]

  • Statoil gets approval to drill Barents Sea well

    19 June 2014

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7325/1-1, in the Barents Sea. The well 7325/1-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig at position 73°54’49.50″north and 25°06’59.70″east. The drilling programme for well 7325/1-1 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 615. Statoil […]

  • Norway rejects Greenpeace appeal. Statoil given final Apollo nod

    2 June 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian authorities have today rejected an appeal from Greenpeace, thereby giving Statoil final permission to begin exploration activities on the Apollo prospect in the Barents Sea.

  • Lundin plugs dry well in Barents Sea

    30 December 2015

    Lundin Petroleum has failed to unearth hydrocarbons at its exploration well 7130/4-1 on the Ørnen prospect in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The well is located in PL708, on the eastern parts of the Finnmark Platform in the southern Barents Sea. According to Lunding, the well was dry and has been plugged and abandoned. The main target consisting […]

  • Det norske Carries Out Testing of Discovery at Gohta

    10 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Det norske oljeselskap ASA has made an oil and gas discovery in the Gohta prospect in PL 492 in the Barents Sea. Det company holds a 40 percent ownership interest in the license. Operator Lundin Petroleum is in the process of completing the drilling operations in well 7120/1-3, which is situated about 35 kilometres northwest […]