
Oilfield services major Baker Hughes and carbontech startup Horisont Energi have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the Polaris carbon storage project in the Barents Sea, off the northern coast of Norway.

Chrysaor has concluded the drilling of the Jerv exploration well located in the North Sea off Norway but failed to find commercial hydrocarbons.

Dutch shipowner and operator Wagenborg has put into service its third walk-to-work (W2W) vessel, following a conversion from a platform supply vessel (PSV).

Deep-water installation vessel Island Victory owned by offshore vessel provider Island Offshore has set an anchor pulling world record on the Lundin-operated Solveig field in the North Sea.

Saipem has received from Qatargas a letter of award worth over $1 billion related to the North Field Production Sustainability Pipelines Project.

Norwegian oil major Equinor has awarded more work to a semi-submersible rig owned by offshore rig owner Odfjell Drilling.

Cyprus-based offshore vessel operator S.D Standard Drilling has secured a 1 per cent ownership in offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation.

Norway’s regulator Petroleum Safety Authority has granted OMV consent to drill an exploration well in the North Sea, using Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig.

Aker BP has exercised the second 12-month option for the Deepsea Nordkapp rig under a contract entered into between the parties in April 2018.

Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for drilling and well operations on the Oseberg field using the Transocean Norge drilling rig.

TAQA has awarded Odfjell Drilling a five-year contract for the provision of platform drilling & maintenance services on its North Sea installations.

Vaccination hiccups could prevent the recovery of up to 1 million bpd of oil demand in 2021, Norwegian energy intelligence company Rystad Energy has said.

The U.S. State Department reiterated its warning that any entity involved in Russia’s Nord Stream 2 offshore pipeline project risks U.S. sanctions.

Norwegian oil production in February 2021 was just above predictions made by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).