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
Today, 18 January, offers were sent to 39 companies for 50 new production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf. The offers were submitted after the authorities had evaluated applications from 41 companies in the Awards in Pre-defined Areas (APA) 2010. Of the 50 production licences, 31 are loc
Fluxys and Statoil will examine the options for Statoil to book long-term storage capacity at Fluxys’ underground storage site in Loenhout. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to that effect during the current Belgian trade mission in Norway. The Belgian and Norwegian governm
Production remained shut down on four of the largest oil installations in the North Sea yesterday after a heavy protective fender fell … By Frank Urquhart (BusinessScottsman) [mappress] Source: BusinessScottsman, January 18, 2011;
Transocean Ltd. yesterday announced it has appointed Nick Deeming as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary of the company effective at his start of employment, which is expected to begin on February 7, 2011. Eric B. Brown, currently in that role, will transition to
Noble Corporation announced that a subsidiary has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc for a new five and one-half year drilling contract on a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship that is expected to commence in the second half of 2013. The companies have agreed
P&O Maritime Services has acquired a 50% shareholding in a UK incorporated joint venture with the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University. Through this venture, known as P&O Maritime Ocean Sciences (POMOS), P&O Maritime Services has joint ownership of the Research Vessel Prince Madog and will
