From 2007 to 2009, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has acquired 2D and 3D seismic data off Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja (Nordland VII and Troms II). This data will now be prepared to be sold as one data package towards the end of 2011. The NPD will release more detailed information at a l
Statoil ends the search for the 48-year-old man who was reported missing on the Visund platform in the North Sea on Thursday 6 October. The search of the seabed around the platform was unsuccessful. Boats and helicopters have been involved in the search for the missing man. A search party and dog ha
The police are going to Visund today, and have started investigations after a 48-year-old man was reported missing from the Visund platform on Thursday. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre has finished its search, but Statoil is continuing to look for the missing man using helicopters and boats. A
Production on the Grane field in the North Sea has been temporarily reduced. In connection with start-up after a scheduled maintenance and modification stop, a problem occurred on the injection compressor which is crucial to maintaining full production. The platform’s oil output is presently limited
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has asked the licensees in Draupne and Luno for a unitized development of the two fields. The rationale is that both society and licensees can expect substantial savings with a unitized development solution. The distance between the two fields is 8 kilometers. Th
Ithaca Energy Inc. reports 2011 third quarter production, as well as changes to production reporting following the acquisition of the Cook field and in anticipation of first production from the Athena field. The Company will present the Athena project in London on October 11 2011; Export Production
A production shutdown at the modest Visund oil field is not expected to last long, Norway’s Statoil said, after it halted output earlier on… Source: Reuters [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 7, 2011;
The number of young people working on Britain’s offshore oil and gas installations is rising, according to statistics released yesterday (7 October) by the industry trade association Oil & Gas UK. The 2011 Workforce Demographics Report shows a rising trend over the past five years in the overall num
Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) in September 2011 produced 4,017 barrels of oil equivalents (boe) per day. Net realized oil price was USD 106 per boe after adjustments for oil put options, inventory, NGL and gas prices. Production per field (boe): Nini East – 2.537 Nini – 745 Cecilie – 319 Lul
After a series of constructive meetings during the past few weeks, RWE and Gazprom have agreed to continue their talks on a possible joint venture. Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Jurgen Grossmann, Chief Executive Officer of RWE AG agreed on this at a working meeting
As a result of geological exploration, Gazprom discovered a new field within the Mynginskaya geological structure in the Kirinsky prospect of the Sakhalin III project. Gas and condensate inflow was reported in the prospecting well during the exploration operations. The well testing will be followed
A person has been reported missing after not showing up for work this morning at the Visund installation. The installation is in the North Sea and is operated by Statoil. A search of the installation started at once. The search has now been extended to the sea. Helicopters and vessels are conducting
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of one Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for Troms Offshore Supply AS. The Platform Supply Vessel will
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) acquired and processed information from eight operating companies that are responsible for the 193 temporarily abandoned wells on the Norwegian shelf. The survey shows that 38 per cent of these wells do not have two intact barriers pursuant to the intentio
