The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 25/7-13 in production license 782 S.The license is operated by Equinor with 60% working interest, with partner Aker BP holding the remaining 40%.The Drilling operation will be conducted with COSL’s COSLInnovator semi-submersible drilling rig.The rig is able to operate in water depths up to 750 meters and is designed for North Sea…
Norwegian oil and gas firm Aker BP has started oil production from the Solveig Phase 2 development in the North Sea.The project has been delivered on schedule and within budget, adding approximately 39 million barrels of oil equivalent in recoverable resources to the Solveig field…
Norway has offered ownership interests in 57 new oil and gas production licenses to 19 companies in its latest annual awards in pre-defined areas (APA) licensing round.Of the 57 licenses, 31 are located in the North Sea, 21 in the Norwegian Sea and five in the Barents Sea…
Equinor has awarded framework agreements worth around $9.93 billion (NOK 100 billion) to seven supplier companies, laying the groundwork for maintenance and modification work at its offshore installations and onshore plants in Norway over the coming years…
Aker Solutions has been awarded multiple five-year frame agreements for maintenance and modification services with Equinor in Norway.The contracts include options to extend for two additional periods of three and two years, respectively. The…
Following several years of record-high workload, Aker Solutions forsees activity levels decreasing in 2026 compared to 2025. To adapt to the market situation and prepare for the future, Aker Solutions will reduce capacity and headcount in certain areas…
Aker BP has exercised the three-year extension option under the long-term contract with Archer for the provision of platform drilling operations and maintenance services in the North Sea.The long-term contract was originally awarded in November…
Saipem announced that Aker BP has exercised a new option to extend the contract for the semi-submersible drilling unit Scarabeo 8, prolonging its deployment for an additional year.This is the third extension of the contract originally awarded in March 2022…
Equinor and its partner Aker BP have discovered hydrocarbons in wildcat wells drilled in the North Sea.The gas/condensate discovery was made in the Lofn and Langemann prospects, part of 1140 production license, operated by Equinor with 60% working interest…
Equinor has started production from the Verdande subsea field in the Norwegian Sea, a development that is expected to keep the Norne floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) producing beyond 2030.The field, which holds an estimated 36 million barrels of oil…
Aker Solutions has signed a six-year contract extension with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia for brownfield maintenance and modification (M&M) services on the Eldfisk and Ekofisk fields offshore Norway.The new contract period starts in January 2027…
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has received confirmation from Aker BP that it will extend the firm contract period for use of the Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible rig by one year.With this signed confirmation, the Deepsea Nordkapp extends its firm contract backlog to the end of 2027…
A Norwegian appeals court ruled in favour of environmentalists and against the government on Friday by confirming a lower court's decision that the energy ministry's approval of the development of three offshore oil and gas fields was invalid…
Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Snorre area in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The wildcat well 34/6-9 S, or Avbitertang, was drilled in production license 554, 35 kilometers northeast of the Snorre field and 125 kilometers west of Florø…
Aker Solutions has secured a five-year enabling contract extension with ExxonMobil Canada Properties, the operator of the Hebron platform offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.The brownfield maintenance and modification (M&M) contract, valued between $147 million and $245 million…