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IKM Testing Wins Aker BP Contract

Jun 04, 2019

Oil company Aker BP has awarded Norwegian testing, cleaning and inspection service provider IKM Testing a frame agreement that includes most of IKM Testing’s core services. The duration of the frame agreement is six years plus an option period…

Norwegian Oil Strike Averted

Jun 04, 2019

Norwegian oil workers struck a wage deal with employers on Tuesday, averting the outbreak of a strike that would have cut production by 440,000 barrels of oil equivalents per day (boed), the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOG) announced…

Aker BP Comes Up Dry at Freke-Garm

Jun 04, 2019

Oil firm Aker BP has come up dry in the Freke-Garm exploration well in the North Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Tuesday.The wildcat well 15/6-15 was drilled by the Deepsea Stavanger drilling facility, about 15 kilometers northeast…

Culzean Startup Expected Within Days

Jun 04, 2019

French energy group Total will start up the Culzean field in the British North Sea within days, the group's UK Exploration and Production Chief Jean-Luc Guiziou said on Tuesday, shortening the timeline for the project.Culzean, part of Total's acquisition of Maersk's oil and gas portfolio…

2H Offshore Opens Paris Office

Jun 04, 2019

2H Offshore, a riser and conductor specialist in subsea services group Acteon, announced it has opened a new regional office in Paris, France, to provide a direct and higher-quality service to operators and contractors based in and around Paris and to other clients throughout Continental Europe…

Equinor Plans Rosebank FID by 2022

Jun 04, 2019

Equinor and its partners expect to reach a final investment decision (FID) for Rosebank, one of the largest undeveloped oil and gas fields on the UK continental shelf, by May 2022, the Norwegian major said on Tuesday.The Rosebank field was discovered…

Norway: Strike Negotiations Go Past Deadline

Jun 03, 2019

Norwegian oil workers and their employers have extended their pay talks past a midnight deadline in a bid to avert a strike that would reduce the country's oil and gas output, negotiators said on Tuesday.The Lederne trade union has threatened to strike at offshore fields operated by Equinor…

Ampelmann Scores W2W Contract in Norway

Jun 03, 2019

Dutch offshore service provider Ampelmann said it has secured a contract with DeepOcean to support the hook-up and commissioning of the Valhall Flank West (VFW) project, operated by Aker BP.An E-type system will support the Normand Jarstein…

Strike Would Cut Norway's Output 11%/Day

Jun 03, 2019

Norway's oil and gas output could be cut by about 440,000 barrels of oil equivalents per day, or about 11% of total production, if workers go on strike from June 4, industry association Norwegian Oil and Gas (NOG) said on Monday.A government…

Hess Charters Maersk Rig for Jill Wildcat

May 31, 2019

American independent Hess has chartered the Maersk Resilient jackup rig to drill the Jill exploration well in License 6/16 in the Danish North Sea, Maersk Drilling announced on Friday.The work is expected to commence in September this year, with an estimated duration of 35 days…

Boskalis Nets $126 Mln Subsea Contracts

May 31, 2019

Boskalis Subsea Services said it has secured several contracts in the North Sea over the last six months that are worth more than £100 million ($126 million) combined. These include the Total Tyra redevelopment project, an inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) campaign for Repsol Sinopec…

Production Resumes at Claymore

May 30, 2019

Production at oilfields that contribute to the North Sea Flotta Gold crude grade has restarted following pipeline repairs, a spokesman for the terminal operator said.Output was shut down in mid-May after a subsea valve on the pipeline from the…

Ithaca Buys Chevron's UK North Sea Fields

May 30, 2019

Israel's Delek Group moved closer to listing its Ithaca Energy subsidiary on Thursday by buying most of Chevron's British North Sea oil and gas fields for $2 billion.Under pressure from a fall in oil prices to near 14-year lows of $26 a barrel in 2016…

Norway Sets Deadline for Mature Area Licenses

May 29, 2019

Norway has asked oil firms to apply for exploration blocks in its so-called mature areas licensing round by August 27, with up to 90 blocks on offer, the Ministry of Oil and Energy said.In March, the ministry announced the predefined areas (APA) licensing round for 2019…

Norway Oil Workers Threaten Strike

May 29, 2019

Around 200 Norwegian offshore oil and gas workers plan to go on strike on June 4 unless pay negotiations lead to a deal with employers, the Lederne labour union said on Wednesday.A strike would hit seven offshore fields and at least two of those would have to shut production…

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