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OMV Gets North Sea Drilling Permit

Jan 21, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 35/6-6 in production license 1109.OMV (Norge) is the operator of the license with 30% interest, with partners DNO Norge (30%)…

Aker Solutions and Siemens Cleared for HVDC Work at UK Offshore Wind Farms

Jan 15, 2025

Aker Solutions, in a consortium with Siemens Energy, has received the full notice to proceed from RWE for the HVDC scope of work for the Norfolk Vanguard West and East offshore wind farms.The Norfolk Vanguard West and East represent the first phase of RWE’s Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone…

Norway Offers 53 New Production Licenses

Jan 14, 2025

The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered 53 new production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf.Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) is an annual exploration round for the Norwegian continental shelf.  Of the 53 production licenses offered in APA 2024…

Aker BP Bites Dust in North Sea

Jan 14, 2025

Aker BP and its partner Concedo have drilled a dry well near the Bøyla field in the North Sea.The well, 24/12-8 S or ‘Rumpetroll South’, is a follow-up to the discovery made in well 24/9-13 – ‘Rumpetroll’, in 2019.Both wells are located in production license 869…

Norway Greenlights DNO’s North Sea Drilling Campaign

Jan 08, 2025

DNO Norge has secured a permit from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) to drill an exploration well in the North Sea.DNO Norge, and its partners Aker BP, Japex Norge, and Concedo, will use Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible…

Aker BP Set for Drilling Ops in Norwegian Sea

Jan 08, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.The permit is for wellbore 6507/2-8 in production license 94, which is operated by Aker BP with 30% working interest, along…

ASCO Secures Aker BP’s Contract to Support Norwegian Ops

Jan 07, 2025

Scottish logistics and materials management company ASCO has secured a five-year contract from Aker BP to provide base and logistics services in Tananger, Sandnessjøen, and Farsund in Norway.The agreement also includes continued services in warehouse management…

Aker Solutions Inks Maintenance Services Deal with Var Energi for Norwegian Assets

Dec 20, 2024

Aker Solutions has signed a sizeable contract to deliver maintenance and modification services for Vår Energi’s Jotun, Balder, and Ringhorne assets in the southern area of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).The five-year agreement includes…

Norway Awards Two CO2 Storage Permits in North Sea

Dec 19, 2024

Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered two CO2 storage permits to Harbour Energy, Equinor, and Aker BP, both located in the North Sea.One of the permits is being offered to a group consisting of Harbour Energy (operator) and Equinor Low Carbon Solution…

Aker BP Gets Green Light for Drilling Ops in Norwegian Sea

Dec 19, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP two drilling permits for wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea.The permits are for wellbore 6306/6-3 S in production license 886, and 6507/5-13 S in production license 212.Aker BP operates the license 886…

Aker, Aibel Get FEED Contracts for GreenVolt Floating Wind Project

Dec 16, 2024

Floating Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have awarded front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts to two partnership for the delivery of 560 MW GreenVolt floating wind farm offshore Scotland…

Oil and Gas in Norway Set for Record Investments in 2025

Dec 16, 2024

Oil and gas companies operating in Norway expect to invest a record 275 billion Norwegian crowns ($24.68 billion) in 2025, up from 263.7 billion this year and more than previously expected, the Offshore Norge industry association said on Monday…

Aker Solutions Secures Maintenance Extension for Aker BP’s Norwegian Fields

Dec 16, 2024

Aker Solutions has signed a two-year contract extension for maintenance and modifications work for Aker BP, which covers the operated field centers Valhall and Hod, Ula and Tambar, Alvheim and Skarv, offshore Norway.The existing frame agreement…

Aker BP Bites Dust Offshore Norway

Dec 13, 2024

Aker BP and its partners have drilled a wildcat well in the northern part of the North Sea, which proved to be dry.The well 34/6-7 S was drilled with Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible rig, about 40 kilometres north of the Visund field…

DNO Proves 'Dry Belt' in North Sea to be Not So Dry with New Oil Discovery

Dec 02, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has made an oil discovery in the Othello prospect in the southern North Sea, offshore Norway, refuting what the industry deemed as a dry belt area.The discovery was made in wildcat well 2/6-7 S in production license 108…

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