The highest number of licenses ever have been awarded in Norway's latest licensing round, with 75 licenses awarded to 19 operators, led by Norwegian major Statoil. The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy says 34 oil companies…
Norway's latest offshore licensing round, focusing on the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea, has drawn fewer than half the number of companies than its previous round attracted. Just 11 companies have applied for production licenses in the 24th licensing…
Oil majors Statoil, Shell and Total have agreed to enter a CO2 storage partnership. The partners have signed a partnership agreement to mature the development of carbon storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The project is…
Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Norske Shell for the disposal and demolition of the Subsea Compression Pilot at Nyhamna. Image from Kvaerner. The scope of work consists…
Island Constructor. Image from Island Offshore. Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Norske Shell consent to use the Island Constructor mobile drilling facility for the start-up of well 6407/9-G-5 on the Draugen field…
Engie E&P has resumed production at its Gjøa-platform in the North Sea following extensive inspection and start-up work, due to a gas leak on 21 June. Gjøa. Image from Engie. Gjøa…
Engie E&P has found the cause of a gas leak that shut down production at the Gjøa field offshore Norway on Wednesday (21 June). Gjøa. Image from Engie. Engie identified the direct…
Engie E&P Norge has awarded Schlumberger company WesternGeco two contracts for acquisition and processing of towed 4D seismic data over the Gjøa license, in the northern part of the Norwegian North Sea. The acquisition will be performed with the vessel WesternGeco Magellan…
Kongsberg Maritime, Saipem and Hereema Marine Contractors, have all picked up contracts from Engie E&P Norge to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies for modifications at the Gjøa platform in the North Sea. Gjøa…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has unveiled a number of failings, following an audit of Shell's management of the integrity of flexible risers, transfer lines and associated safety equipment on Knarr floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit…
Oil major Shell has completed system testing of the Ormen Lange subsea compression pilot in Norway, technology provider GE Oil & Gas has said. GE says it is the world’s first subsea gas compression system with a full subsea power supply…
A hydrocarbon leak Thursday morning (28 July) aboard the Alvheim FPSO prompted a production halt at the field, according to operator Det norske. The leak occurred in the FPSO's pump room, triggering an alarm, and stopping production.…
Per Harald Kongelf (56) has been appointed new SVP Improvement for Norway's Det norske oljeselskap. He joins Det norske from Aker Solutions Norge, where he has served as the regional head of Norway. He will take up the new role on 15 September 2016…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Norske Shell consent to use the Island Constructor mobile drilling facility for start-up and repair of wells on the Draugen field, offshore Norway. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea in 250m of water…
Island Offshore has secured contracts with Norske Shell worth US12 million (100 million NOK) for two of its vessels, the Island Valiant and Island Constructor at the Draugen oil field, offshore Norway. The Island Constructor…
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