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Statoil mulls Norne tieback for Cape Vulture discovery

Jan 17, 2017

Statoil is considering a subsea tieback to the Norne floating production unit after making a 20-80 MMboe oil and gas recoverable discovery on the nearby Cape Vulture well in the Norwegian Sea. The tieback project consideration comes as…

IKM ink Wintershall contract extension

Jan 09, 2017

IKM Consultants has secured an extended one-year framework agreement for hire of personnel with Wintershall Norge.   In December last year, IKM Consultants was awarded a one-year renewal of an existing framework agreement with the oil and gas company…

Statoil to drill Mim with Deepsea Bergen

Dec 28, 2016

Statoil has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill exploration well 6507/3-12 on the Mim prospect in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator for production licence 159B in block 6507/3 in the Norwegian Sea west of Sandnessjøen…

ConocoPhillips to use Magseis OBS in UK North Sea

Dec 08, 2016

Magseis has been awarded a contract from ConocoPhillips for a full azimuth 4D seabed seismic acquisition survey in the North Sea using the company’s proprietary MASS system. Magseis will mobilize what will be its second, ROV-based crew for the project…

Aibel lands Troll C FEED study

Nov 30, 2016

Aibel has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study into the installation of a new gas module on Statoil's Troll C platform offshore Norway. The contract also has an option for the implementation of the project itself…

Statoil to drill at Cape Vulture with Deepsea Bergen

Nov 03, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to drill an exploration well in block 6608/10 with an option for a sidetrack. Statoil is the operator of development license 128. The exploration well will be drilled in a prospect named Cape Vulture…

NPD completes four ROV dives

Jul 14, 2016

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has carried out four successful ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) dives and has acquired depth data (bathymetry) near the Vøring Spur in the western Norwegian Sea. Figure 1…

UTC: Subsea up to the challenge?

Jun 17, 2016

Subsea technology and developments have been essential to unlocking the Norwegian subsea industry, but they are being challenged by alternative solutions and need to up their game to thrive in the future, a senior Statoil executive told the Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen…

UPDATED: European H225 fleet grounded

Jun 02, 2016

UPDATE: The European Safety Agency (EASA) has temporarily grounded all H225 Super Puma flights following a report from the Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN) into the 29 April fatal helicopter crash near Bergen.  Norway's Civil…

Bergen Ocean Lab opens

May 31, 2016

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has opened the Norwegian Ocean Laboratory at Marineholmen in Bergen. The laboratory will host world-class research infrastructure and facilitate collaborative cross-border technology development for ocean research…

Wintershall wells disappoint off Norway

May 23, 2016

Wintershall Norge has drilled one dry well and another with poor reservoir quality in the North Sea near the Vega field. Well 35/8-6 S on the Vikafjell North prospect was dry and sidetrack well 35/8-6 A on the Robbins prospect was of poor reservoir quality…

Bergen Group, Calm to co-market mono-column platform

Apr 19, 2016

Bergen Group and Calm Oceans agreed an agency deal to market a newly developed mono-column platform (MCP) in the Norwegian market. This offshore mobile platform is a self-elevating, multipurpose and high payload jackup, specially designed…

Wintershall to cut Skarfjell costs 40%

Jan 27, 2016

German operator Wintershall has delayed a decision on concept selection for its Skarfjell project offshore Norway in order to slash 40% of the costs from the project. Wintershall said this will see a decision made in Q3-Q4 this year, rather than Q1 as expected…

New CEO for Bergen Group

Aug 28, 2015

Norway-based Bergen Group has appointed Hans Petter Eikeland as its new CEO as of today, 28 August. Hans Petter Eikeland is appointed up to July 2016 and succeeds Asle Solheim. “Eikeland has an industrial understanding and vigor that…

Deepsea Bergen scheduled for yard stay

Jun 26, 2015

Odfjell Drilling awarded Aibel the yard stay contract for the rig Deepsea Bergen. The rig will arrive at Aibel's yard in Haugesund early autumn 2015. During the stay of approximately one month, Aibel will be performing various tasks in connection with special periodic survey…

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