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Aker BP Confirms Gas Discovery in Norwegian Sea

Oct 03, 2024

Aker BP has proven gas in an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea, confirming also the size of previous discoveries made in 2022.The 6507/2-7 S well, located around 12 kilometers west of the Skarv field, was drilled to confirm the size of the…

TGS and Aker BP Ink Strategic Partnership for Yggdrasil Area Digitalization

Sep 30, 2024

TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, has signed a strategic partnership with Aker BP contributing to digitalize the operations of the Yggdrasil oil and gas area.This agreement builds on the ongoing collaboration between the…

Aker Solutions to Prepare Equinor’s Troll A Platform for New Gas from Troll West

Sep 30, 2024

Norwegian offshore engineering and construction firm Aker Solutions has secured an EPCIC contract from Equinor to prepare the topside of Troll A for accelerating production from the Troll West gas reservoir.The Troll field is located in the North Sea…

Aker BP Extends Stay of Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 Drilling Rig Off Noway

Sep 16, 2024

Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has secured contract extension with Aker BP for its Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig, in operation offshore Norway.The contract for Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 for has been extended until the end of 2026…

Aker Solutions to Design Substations for Mediterranean Floating Wind Project

Sep 12, 2024

Renexia, through its subsidiary Renext Solutions, has signed a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) with Aker Solutions to design the underwater substations for Med Wind project, a 2.8 GW floating wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea…

Partly Electrified Equinor’s Troll Field Starts Operating with Reduced Emissions

Sep 11, 2024

Equinor-operated Troll B and C platforms in the North Sea have become partly powered from shore, which will result in the reduction of annual emissions from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) by 250,000 tonnes of CO2.The achievement is in…

Norway Attracts 21 Bidders in Latest Oil and Gas Exploration Round

Sep 06, 2024

Norway's offshore exploration licensing round in mature areas, launched in May 2024, has attracted bids from 21 firms, including Shell, ConocoPhillips, Equinor, Aker BP and TotalEnergies.The Norwegian authorities have received applications from…

Oil Production Starts at Aker BP’s Tyrving Field

Sep 03, 2024

The production of oil from the Tryving filed in the Alvheim area offshore Norway, operated by Aker BP, with Petoro and PGNiG Upstream Norway as partners, has begun.The Tyrving development leverages the planned extended lifetime for the Alvheim…

Aker BP, Aize Expand with SaaS Partnership

Aug 21, 2024

Aize announced an expansion of the strategic collaboration with Aker BP to include a Software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreement for all relevant facilities.Aize and Aker BP have focused their combined development efforts on two areas:  Develop…

Subsea7 Hires GEG to Fabricate Subsea Spools for Aker BP’s Yggdrasil Field

Aug 15, 2024

Global Energy Group (GEG) has been awarded a contract from Subsea7 Norway, to fabricate 134 subsea spools for the Aker BP-operated Yggdrasil field in the North Sea.The work will be executed from GEG’s flagship multi-user energy facility at the Port of Nigg…

DNO Norge Gets Clearance for North Sea Drilling Operation

Aug 14, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted DNO Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea, to be conducted using Noble Corporation's Noble Invincible ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig.The drilling permit is for a wellbore2/6-7 S in production license 1086…

Aker BP Hires Oceaneering for IMR Support Services Off Norway

Aug 06, 2024

U.S.-based subsea services and technology firm Oceaneering International has secured an Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair (IMR) support services contract with Aker BP for work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.The initial contract duration is for three years with two…

SLB and Aker BP to Develop AI-Driven E&P Platform

Jul 23, 2024

SLB and Aker BP have agreed a long-term partnership to co-develop an AI-driven digital platform for Aker BP to accelerate innovation and deliver substantial efficiency improvements across the company’s E&P operations.The new platform will leverage…

Esgian Week 27 Report: A Lull in Contracting

Jul 07, 2024

Esgian provides an update on the current lull in contracting in its Week 27 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryContractsAban Offshore-owned 250-ft jackup Aban II has received a letter of award (LOA) from Oil India for an offshore work program in Andhra Pradesh…

Aker BP Makes Another Gas Discovery in Barents Sea

Jun 28, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP and its partners have discovered gas in a wildcat well, drilled in the Barents Sea, using Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig.The well 7324/8-4 (Hassel) represents the second well drilled in the production license 1170…

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