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Equinor Gets Drilling Permit

Apr 16, 2019

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted the Norwegian energy giant Equinor a drilling permit for offshore wells 6507/3-13 and 6507/3-13 A in the Norwegian Sea.Wells 6507/3-13 and 6507/3-13 A will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen…

SubseaPartner Wins Work at Goliat

Apr 15, 2019

Norwegian services company SubseaPartner said it has secured a contract from Vår Energi, to provide dive support at its operated Goliat field in the Barents Sea.The engineering and installation project work scope incorporates a 24 hours air diving operation on the Goliat floating production…

New Subsea Wireless IP Camera Technology

Apr 15, 2019

Next generation subsea technology deployed for the first time in the North Sea has helped to improve safety and reduce costcfor an offshore oil and gas project, said Scotland based WFS Technologies.The firms's new cutting-edge computing and…

Black Sea MGD Project Gets Government Nod

Apr 15, 2019

Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG), controlled by private equity firm Carlyle Group LP, announced it has received Romanian government approval from the Romanian Government through the National Agency for Mineral Resources (NAMR) for its plan to develop…

Major Growth for Tendeka North Sea Projects

Apr 15, 2019

The oil and gas service company in the completion sector Tendeka reports it  has more than doubled its work in the UK offshore sector over the past 12 months.The independent global completions service company said in a press release that the…

Norway's March Oil Output Dips

Apr 12, 2019

Norway's oil production dropped 8.2 percent in March year-on-year to 1.396 million barrels per day, lagging the official forecast for the month by 1.5 percent, Norway's Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Friday.Technical problems at certain…

Lundin Gets Nod to Drill Offshore Norway

Apr 11, 2019

Norway's offshore safety watchdog has give Lundin consent to drill a pair of exploration wells in the North Sea, the Petroleum Safety Authority said on Thursday.The two wells 16/5-8 S and 16/5-8 A are in production licence 815, where Lundin is operator with 60% interest…

Okea Plans IPO This Year

Apr 11, 2019

Norwegian oil company Okea, partly owned by Thailand's Bangchak Corporation and private equity firm Seacrest Capital, announced plans on Thursday for an initial public offering on the Oslo stock exchange this year.Okea said it had hired investment banks Pareto Securities…

Subsea Power Hub Tested in Aberdeen

Apr 10, 2019

Subsea energy storage and power generation specialists EC-OG said it has demonstrated the capabilities of its Subsea Power Hub (SPH) for powering subsea production equipment using battery power alone, during a recent workshop test program in Aberdeen…

Equinor Delays Mariner Start-up Again

Apr 10, 2019

The operator of the Mariner heavy oil field, one of Britain's largest offshore developments in years, postponed its start-up to summer 2019 on Wednesday for safety checks on the platform's electrical couplings.Originally due to come on stream…

Safe Boreas Extended at Mariner

Apr 10, 2019

Equinor has exercised three of six available one-month options to extend the Prosafe accommodation vessel Safe Boreas at the Mariner project in the UK sector of the North Sea, after another round of setbacks has pushed back the oil field's start-up date even further…

HydraWell to Plug UKCS Wells

Apr 09, 2019

Norway based HydraWell said it has signed a contract with an undisclosed UK-based supermajor to provide equipment and personnel for plug and abandonment (P&A) services in the UK North Sea.The contract is valid for five years and is expected…

Aasta Hansteen Field Shut after Gas Leak

Apr 09, 2019

Production at Equinor's Aasta Hansteen gas field remained shut on Tuesday after a gas leak the previous day.'We are focusing on finding the cause of the leakage and prepare for repairing. We are still working on that,' Equinor spokesman Morten Eek said…

Focusing on Next-gen VXTs

Apr 09, 2019

Global subsea Xmas tree orders took a major hit through the downturn. But, manufacturers are doing their bit to reduce cost and new generation trees are soon to leave factories, as Offshore Engineer found out during a tour of Aker Solutions’ Tranby facility…

In Norway, Mixed Signs of Offshore Earnings

Apr 09, 2019

A recent industry survey suggests Norway’s offshore fleet, the world’s second-largest, may have passed the worst of the painful, post-2014 slowdown, although ship owners contemplating market moves also say financial markets may be looking away…

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