Shell takeover target BG Group has continued a dry exploration run offshore Norway with its latest exploration well near the Knarr field. The 34/3-5 well, on production license 373 S, in 403m water depth, was drilled about 5km southeast of Knarr in the Northern North Sea…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) is investigating a fire that broke out on the Petrojarl Knarr floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) in the Knarr field, North Sea. Petrojarl Knarr achieving first oil…
Lundin Norway began drilling the 7220/11-2 appraisal well in the Barents Sea South. The Island Innovator. From Island Drilling. The Alta discovery is located 10-20km northeast of Lundin…
BG Group began production at the Knarr field in the North Sea, seven years after its discovery. In this video, BG Group takes you to the process to get to this month, where its first floating vessel development is expected to deliver vital resources to the European energy market…
First production has started from the BG Group-operated Knarr field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Knarr, discovered in 2008, with estimated gross recoverable reserves around 80 MMboe, is being produced from two subsea templates…
Norway's Ministry of Petroleum has welcomed interest in its latest Awards in Pre-defined Areas licensing round, despite the expection that future discoveries in the area will be smaller than in the past. Stakes in some 54 new production…
RWE Dea Norge has started drilling the Atlas exploration well in production license 420 after approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Atlas, also known as well 35/9-12 S, is located in the North Sea approximately 45km off Norway…
Germany's RWE Dea is will not submit a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Norwegian Sea Zidane development in October as planned, the firm has said, citing the need to improve the project's economics. ”Further value enhancement…
Nearly 50 companies have made applications for licenses in the Norwegian government's lates licensing round. The deadline for applications ended September 2. Norway's Ministry of Energy and Petroleum said applications had been received…
The TOTAL E&P Norge operated exploration well 25/5-9 on the Trell prospect in production license 102 F/G in the Norwegian North Sea has discovered oil in the Paleocene Heimdal Formation. The well intersected 19m of net pay in excellent quality Heimdal reservoir…
Wintershall is to begin evaluating development options for the Skarfjell discovery, after a second appraisal well on the field exceeded expectations. Options could includea tie back to the Gjøa platform, or another facility, or as a standalone development…
Hans-Joachim Polk took over as managing director for Hamburg-based RWE Dea AG’s UK subsidiary in August. Polk, a 22-year veteran of the German exploration company, began his career in 1991 as a production operations engineer. He eventually…
Lundin Petroleum, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Lundin Norway, posts the completion of wildcat well 6608/2-1S. The well was drilled in PL330 about 60km east-southeast of the Aasta Hansteen gas field in the Norwegian Sea. The exploration well 6608/2-1S…
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum awarded 24 licenses in the country’s 22nd licensing round. The offerings include 20 production licenses in the Barents Sea and four in the Norwegian Sea. The agency granted 29 companies shares—including ConocoPhillips…
The Skarfjell oil discovery offshore Norway could become a new hub development, one of the partners in the project has said following succsesful appraisal drilling.Cairn Energy, which holds 20% in Skarfjell, said it had increased its resource…
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