E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS, operator of production licence 350, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 6507/6-4 S and is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 6507/6-4 A. The wells were drilled about 10 kilometres southeast of the Skarv offshore field in the Norwegian Sea. The obj
Last week, two of the three subsea templates for Statoil’s Skuld fast-track development were shipped out of Aker Solutions’ yard in Egersund, Norway. The two identical templates are being delivered on budget and on time, in line with Statoil’s standardization objectives to reduce cost levels as well
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee moderated a meeting Friday at the Company’s headquarters. The meeting was focused on the South Stream project implementation. Pursuant to the assignment by Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, a decision was made to sig
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-11, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-11 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 58°48’13.06’’N 02°33’19.92’’E following completion of drilli
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy today, 20 January, approved Statoil’s plan for development and operation (PDO) of Skuld, a fast-track development tied in to the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea. Skuld is Statoil’s fifth approved fast-track PDO, and the largest fast-track development s
Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe received the Plans for development and operation (PDO) for the oil and gas discoveries Hild and Luno Thursday. Total is the operator of the Hild development, and Lundin is the operator of Luno. – Through these developments, two new companies will becom
A keel laying ceremony held at the Arctech Shipyard (Helsinki, Finland), on 19 January 2012, marked the start of the construction of an ultramodern multi-functional icebreaking supply vessel. The ship is specially designed to service the oil drilling platform located on the north-eastern part of the
PGNiG Norway, has been awarded interests in three exploration and production licences in Norway by the Norwegian Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, as part of the APA 2011 licensing round. For the first time, PGNiG Norway has been awarded operatorship in one of the licences. PGNiG Norway will acquire
On the 18th January 2012, the newly built AHTS Brage Viking arrived directly from the yard in Spain, to do some quick release and winchtesting at the Bollard Pull outside Flekkefjord. The vessel arrived in Flekkefjord early in the morning on the 18th January, and they started testing around 5:00 PM.
Statoil has resumed production at the LNG plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest following a temporary shutdown due to rupture of a firewater line last Wednesday. The facility can revert to full production without any production limitations. “We have a good overview of the extent of the damages and we
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces the successful testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/163 development well, located offshore Turkmenistan. The Dzheitune (Lam) 13/163 well was completed with a single string to a depth of 2,703 metres
The Norwegian energy ministry has awarded Wintershall Norge A.S.A. working interests in seven new exploration licenses in the current licensing round, APA 2011. Wintershall will be the operator in 4 of the licenses. The awards comprise 4 new licenses in the Norwegian North Sea and 3 licenses in the
North Atlantic Drilling has been awarded an 18 month contract extension for the drillship West Navigator by A/S Norske Shell. This contract extension will secure employment for West Navigator until end of June 2014. The estimated revenue value for the contract extension is US$320 million. Alf C Thor
Lundin Norway AS has awarded Kvaerner an EPC contract of approximately NOK 1.1 billion (USD 185,3 million) for delivery of a steel jacket to be located at the Luno field, production license PL338, offshore the Norwegian North Sea. “Jacket structures are core business for Kvaerner and I am very pleas
