Aker BP has drilled a dry hole close to the Volund field in the Norwegian North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Well 24/9-11 S was drilled using the Transocean Arctic semisubmersible drilling rig in 122m water depth…
Seventy-seven discoveries on Norway’s Continental Shelf containing 700 MMcum were being considered for development at the start of 2016, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) reports. Most of these discoveries are in the North Sea…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) on Wednesday granted Statoil Petroleum AS the exploration drilling permit for the Kayak prospect in the Barents Sea. Statoil will use the Songa Enabler to drill wildcat well 7219/9-2 in production license 532…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has signed framework agreements with 11 supplier firms representing various technology areas to ensure sufficient capacity to be an even better champion for developing new fields and improving recovery from producing fields…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has launched a consultation on a new act on mineral recovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The move comes after the ministry took over responsibility for the exploration and recovery of…
Repsol Norge has come up dry at the Stordal wildcat in the Norwegian Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Map of Stordal in PL 705, from the NPD. Upon completing drilling operations at Stordal (well 6705/7-1)…
AGR has been awarded a frame agreement to deliver well and drilling engineering advice to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to support evaluation of drilling programs, well design and testing, completions and plugging and abandoning…
AGR has been awarded a new framework agreement with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to deliver reservoir management studies in subsurface technology, reservoir geology and reservoir engineering over a two-year period, with options for extension…
There are higher hopes for the Barents Sea as the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said the northeastern part of the basin contains more than double that in the southern area. The NPD also expects 15 wildcat wells to be drilled in the Barents Sea this year…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) awarded Shearwater GeoServices the reprocessing of 2D seismic data in the Barents Sea. The reprocessing is of two projects to be run in parallel, including approximately 6000km of pre-stack time…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and Russian petroleum authorities (Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency, Rosnedra) have entered into an agreement to exchange seismic data from the areas around the demarcation line in the Barents Sea…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has announced a tender competition to supplement its technological expertise and capacity, with the intention of becoming even more of a driving force in the development of discoveries and improved recovery measures from producing fields…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske a drilling permit for well 25/2-18 S on PL 442 in the central North Sea. The well, targeting the Langfjellet prospect, will be drilled using the Maersk Interceptor jack up drilling rig…
Norway's Statoil has made a gas condensate and oil discovery southwest of the Oseberg Sør facility in the North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The discovery, in production license 035/272, was made through the wildcat wells 30/11-14 and 30/11-14 B…
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…
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