Gullfaks News

 

Statoil plans further Gullfaks development

Jun 30, 2015

Statoil and its partners submitted an amendment to the plan for development and operations (PDO) for the Gullfaks license to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for phase 1 of the Shetland/Lista development. Investment costs are estimated at some US$114…

Making light work of sand removal

May 01, 2015

Desanding to stop wellbore tubing clogging-up is nothing new, but FourPhase has developed their own technology to keep the flow going. Neil Meldrum explains. A DualFlow system overview. Images from FourPhase…

Nexans powers Gullfaks subsea compression station

Apr 13, 2015

The Statoil-operated Gullfaks gas field in the Norwegian Sea will use Nexans' innovative power umbilicals combining power, fiber-optic and hydraulic lines in a single cross section. The cables were handed over to Statoil this month.  The…

OneSubsea delivers first subsea multiphase compressor

Mar 20, 2015

OneSubsea delivered the world’s first subsea multiphase compressor to Statoil for the Gullfaks South field in the North Sea. The subsea multiphase compressor enables boosting of unprocessed wet gas production fluids, while eliminating…

Gullfaks wet gas compression nears launch

Mar 19, 2015

The world’s first subsea wet gas compression system is ready to be installed on the seabed and tied back to the Gullfaks C platform, Norwegian oil firm Statoil has announced. The Gullfalks subsea wet gas compression system is being progressed…

NPD processes Statoil Gullfaks plan

Jan 09, 2015

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is processing Statoil’s plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Rutil discovery in the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen area in the North Sea. Image of Gullfaks…

Statoil submits Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen development plan

Dec 16, 2014

Statoil and partners are investing US$610 million in its latest fast-track project to develop the Rutil discovery that aims to extend the lifetime of the Gullfaks A platform and provide approximately 80MMboe. Ivar Aasheim…

Technip wins Gullfaks GRD contract

Nov 28, 2014

Technip has won a lump sum contract with Statoil for the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) marine operations pipelay and subsea installation project. The project is an option to the Snøhvit CO2 Solution project awarded in 2013. The GRD project…

Statoil plugging Gullfaks Sør with Songa Dee

Nov 03, 2014

Statoil received consent to use the Songa Dee mobile drilling facility to permanently plug exploration well 34/10-52 A/B, according to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway. Well 34/10-52 A/B is located at the Statoil-operated Gullfaks Sør…

Subsea wet gas compression gets closer

Oct 28, 2014

The world’s first subsea wet gas compressor station is now ready for the final testing at Horsøy outside Bergen before being prepared for installation and hook-up to Gullfaks C in 2015, says Statoil. By adding 22MM boe extra from the…

Hess contracts Magseis for OBS

Sep 01, 2014

Norway's Magseis has been awarded a contract by Hess Denmark for seabed seismic acquisition in the southern part of the North Sea using the company’s proprietary MASS system and the Artemis Athene. The duration of the contract is estimated…

Lundin spuds Vollgrav South probe

Sep 01, 2014

Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 33/12-10 S on the Vollgrav South prospect, 250km west of Florø, between the Gullfaks and Statfjord fields, in production license 631. The main objective of well 33/12-10 S is to test…

Statoil, Schlumberger enter NCS agreement

Aug 08, 2014

Statoil awarded Schlumberger Norway a contract to provide integrated drilling services and exploration drilling on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Licenses are for Gullfaks, Gullfaks Satellites, Snorre, Statfjord, Tordis/Vigdis…

New buoys for Gullfaks

Jun 05, 2014

Statoil has outlined investment it is making to extend the life of its Gullfaks field out to 2040, including installing new loading buoys on the field. Statoil says 2.55 billion bo from the Gullfaks field have passed through the existing loading buoys since first oil in 1986…

Boskalis wins Statoil jackups deal

Jan 31, 2014

Royal Boskalis Westminster subsidiary, Dockwise, said that it has won several contracts throughout January 2014, worth a total of US$65 million. Statoil awarded the largest contract to the firm, for the transportation of two jackup rigs from South Korea to Norway…

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