The prospectively evaluation of license Skagen (PL 498), which is a license from the 4 sea acquisition early 2010, has proven positive, and the license partnership has made a drill decision scheduled for 2012. Drilling of Jette (PL 385), which was scheduled Q1 2011, has been rescheduled to Q4 2011/Q
Maersk Oil is entering its first cross-border tie-in, which will enable gas and condensate from a field in Norwegian waters to be taken to Maersk Oil’s Harald platform, in Danish waters, for processing before exporting onwards. The agreement is an example of how Maersk Oil is rationalising its opera
Cosalt Offshore, a provider of lifting, tooling and marine services to the oil and gas industry, has concluded agreements with Acergy to provide all lifting services it requires in the UK and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea. The two contracts are worth up to a total of £3million in the UK and Nor
Statoil ASA has been granted consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 30/11-8S in the North Sea. The exploration drilling will take place in a prospect covered by the production licenses 272 and 035. The well has the coordinates N 60° 13′ 03.03”, E 02° 29′ 22.20” and is located 158 km west
World energy growth over the next twenty years is expected to be dominated by emerging economies such as China, India, Russia and Brazil while improvements in energy efficiency measures are set to accelerate, according to BP’s latest projection of energy trends, the BP Energy Outlook 2030. BP’s ‘bas
Lundin Petroleum AB announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has been awarded ten exploration licence interests in the 2010 Norwegian Licensing Round, (Awards in Predefined Areas, APA). The awarded licences include two licences in the Greater Luno Area and one licence in the Great
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, is announces that it has been offered three new prospective licences in the Norwegian Sea under the 2010 Norwegian APA Li
Statoil has been awarded interests in 11 production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) yesterday, 18 January. Statoil is operator for eight of these licences. “We’re very pleased with this year’s awards,” says Gro Gunleiksrud Haatvedt, Statoil’s senior vice president for exploration o
Northern Offshore, Ltd. announced today that its subsidiary, Northern Offshore U.K. Limited, was awarded a contract with Perenco UK Limited (“Perenco”) for the jackup Energy Enhancer. The contract covers two well abandonments on the Welland Field in the UK Southern North Sea, and is scheduled to com
Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel KL Sandefjord was recently successfully delivered to K Line Offshore AS from the building yard STX OSV, Langsten. With its 34.000 BHP and a bollard pull of 390 tons she is the strongest AHTS in the world. After installation and testing of A-frame in Kristiansand, sh
Maersk Oil announces it has been awarded a licence in the Norwegian North Sea as a result of the latest APA Licensing Round. The licence is a geographical extension of Licence PL501, where operator Lundin and partners Statoil and Maersk Oil made the recent Avaldsnes discovery, into blocks 16/3 and 1
BP has signed a new, 12-month contract with AGR Drilling Services, potentially worth NOK110m,(USD$19,8 million). The contract is for AGR DS’s Riserless Mud Recovery system (RMR®)(image), which enables operators to drill top-holes more safely, quickly and cleanly. BP will use the technology from the
As announced by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on 18 January 2011, Spring Energy has been awarded 5 licenses in the APA 2010 Round, which includes 2 licenses where the Company is an operator for the first time. Both the operated licenses are located in the Norwegian Sea. Spring Energ
Repsol has been awarded the Ability Award for the “Best Private Company” in recognition of its overall contribution and significant participation in the development and recruitment of people with disabilities. The aim of the Ability Awards is to publicly recognize Spanish companies and institutions
