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Equinor Generating Billions for Norwegian Suppliers

Aug 28, 2024

Deliveries for exploration, development projects and operation of Equinor-operated fields and onshore facilities in Norway had a value of more than NOK 134 billion ($12.8 billion) in 2023, 94% of which were invoiced by Norwegian suppliers.The…

New Emergency Vessel Part of Equinor Plan to Fortify Barents Sea Safety

Aug 27, 2024

Equinor will establish and operate a new area-wide emergency preparedness solution for the southwestern Barents Sea.'Together with the other operators, the authorities and the supply industry, we have through 50years developed the preparedness…

Poland Calls Nord Stream Attack Insinuations 'Groundless'

Aug 18, 2024

Suggestions that Ukrainian authorities supported by Poland were behind planning and executing the sabotage attack on Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 are groundless, the Polish president's aide said on Sunday.Germany's former intelligence chief…

Germany Seeks Arrest of Ukrainian Diver in Nord Stream Probe

Aug 14, 2024

Germany has asked Poland to arrest a Ukrainian diving instructor who was allegedly part of a team that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines two years ago, according to reports in German media published on Wednesday.However, one media outlet said the man appeared to be no longer living in Poland…

Equinor's Platform Supply Vessel Set to Operate on Gasum’s bio-LNG

Aug 08, 2024

Gasum and Equinor have launched a series of liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) bunkering operations in Norway's Port of Dusavik, with bio-LNG being bunkered to Equinor’s chartered platform supply vessel Island Crusader.The first bio-LNG delivery was successfully carried out mid-July…

Underwater Infrastructure Big Data Project Secures €2.4 Million Grant

Jul 24, 2024

Geospatial cloud specialist north.io has been awarded a €2.4 million grant for the 'Argus' project for underwater big data analytics in the context of critical underwater infrastructure, marking the highest single funding the Kiel-based company has ever received…

Equinor Still Considering Reducing Rosebank Oilfield Stake

Jul 24, 2024

Norway's Equinor is still considering reducing its 80% stake in Britain's Rosebank oilfield as it seeks to bring the share in line with that of its other assets, Chief Financial Officer Torgrim Reitan told Reuters on Wednesday.The current 80%…

CNOOC’s Ultra-Deep Well in Bohai Bay Outperforms Target

Jul 16, 2024

China’s state-run China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has informed that its first ultra-deep well in Bohai Bay achieved ‘high yield’, outperforming the targets set earlier.The Bozhong 19-6 condensate gas field D1 well, said to be…

Equinor Starts Production from Kristin South Off Norway

Jul 08, 2024

Equinor and its partners Petoro, Vår Energi, and TotalEnergies EP Norge have started production from the first Lavrans well in the Kristin South area in the Norwegian Sea.The partnership submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO)…

China Brings Online First Onshore Powered Offshore Oil Field

Jul 01, 2024

China’s state-run China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has brought onstream the first oil field in China that features low-carbon design and receives power from the shore for its operations in South China Sea.Located in Beibu Gulf of the South China Sea…

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…

TGS Set for Offshore Wind Measurement Campaign in Morro Bay Off California

Jun 26, 2024

Norwegian seismic firm TGS has announced a new campaign for offshore wind and metocean measurement located in Morro Bay, off the U.S. West Coast.This initiative further expands the company's pioneering multi-client wind and metocean measurement initiatives in key global offshore wind regions…

Majority of Oil & Gas Industry Leaders Optimistic on Sector Growth, DNV Survey Finds

Jun 25, 2024

Despite unprecedented energy challenges, 68% of oil and gas industry leaders have expressed optimism for sector growth in the coming year, according to the most recent survey by DNV.The latest DNV survey, The Paradox of Petroleum - How the oil and gas sector is transforming through uncertainty…

Esgian Week 25 Report: Mixed Results in Exploration Drilling

Jun 23, 2024

Esgian provides an update on exploration drilling in its Week 25 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryDrilling Activity and DiscoveriesOslo-listed BlueNord announced on Monday the start-up of drilling operations on the Harald East Middle Jurassic well (HEMJ) in the Danish North Sea…

Aker BP Finds Gas at Ferdinand Nord Prospect in Barents Sea

Jun 20, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a gas discovery in an exploration well at Ferdinand Nord prospect in the Barents Sea, drilled with Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible rig.The exploration well 7324/6-2 is the first well in production license 1170…

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