VNG Norge estimates its development plan for the Fenja field to cost US$1.3 billion (NOK$11.5 billion), the company said in a 15 June impact assessment of the project. Source: VNG Norge Formerly known as the Pil and Bue discoveries…
Odfjell Drilling signed a contract with Wellesley Petroleum for one firm exploration well, plus an optional well testing and sidetrack, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible. Drilling…
Faroe Petroleum started drilling the Brasse appraisal well 31/7-2S in the Norwegian North Sea. Map of Brasse, from Faroe. The main objectives of the appraisal well are to reduce…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has approved Faroe Petroleum to drill two exploration wells at the Brasse prospect in the North Sea, starting next month. Brasse (well 31/7-1) is some 97km west of Øygarden in Hordaland county in production license 740…
Faroe Petroleum has gained consents for the drilling of an appraisal well 31/7-2S on the Brasse discovery. Faroe, as operator has entered into a contract with Odfjell Drilling for the use of the semisubmersible drilling rig, the Deepsea Bergen…
Faroe Petroleum has been given Norwegian Petroleum Directorate approval to drill appraisal well 31/7-2 S on the Brasse discovery. Well 31/7-2 S will be drilled using the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible drilling rig in production license 740…
Statoil submitted development plans for two Norwegian Sea fields that are set to come onstream in 2020, with an investment of some US$2.3 billion (NOK 19.8 billion). The Bauge discovery will be tied in to the upgraded Njord field…
Eni's Boné exploration well in the Barents Sea is being plugged and abandoned after finding only water. The Boné well was drilled by the Scarabeo 8 semisubmersible drilling rig to a total depth of 3501m and encountered about 106m of gross water bearing reservoir…
VNG Norge is targeting a final investment decision on its Pil and Bue development in the Norwegian Sea by the end of this year. Map of Pil & Bue, from VNG. Pil and Bue ('arrow'…
Delek Group completed its deal with Dana Petroleum to gain 13.18% of Faroe Petroleum, expanding the Israeli firm’s North Sea footprint, and making it the majority holder in Faroe. Map of Faroe assets…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Eni Norge a drilling permit for wellbore 7318/12-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7318/12-1 will be drilled from the Scarabeo 8 drilling facility. The…
Independent Faroe Petroleum entered agreements with two banking facilities, which will provide substantial finance to underpin the company’s growth plans. The first, amounting to US$250 million is from the Reserve Base Lending Facility (RBL)…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Faroe Petroleum Norge consent to takeover operatorship from DONG E&P Norge of the Oselvar and Trym fields in the North Sea. Earlier this week, Faroe completed the acquisition deal…
Faroe Petroleum and DONG E&P Norge have completed the acquisition deal consisting of five Norwegian North Sea oil and gas fields, with Faroe only paying a fraction of the original US$70.2 million price tag. Image of Trym subsea gas compression…
Centrica is planning a US$637 million subsea tieback development of its 48 MMboe recoverable Oda field in the Norwegian North Sea. Oda, previously called Butch, was discovered in 2011, in 65m water depth about 250km southwest of Stavanger and 13km east of the Ula field…
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