Aker BP started first oil at the Ivar Aasen field earlier this week, just four years after the plan for development and operations (PDO) was submitted. Image of Ivar Aasen, from Aker BP. Production…
Gullfaks was Statoil’s first field where the company was both developer and operator. Since production started 30 years ago on 22 December 1986, 2.6 billion bbl have passed the loading buoys. Image of Gullfaks C on its way to the field in 1989…
Aker BP is considering development options for its Langfjellet discovery in the Norwegian North Sea after completing three appraisal wells on the field, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The discovery, initially estimated at 24-74 MMboe…
Hoover Ferguson Group (Hoover Ferguson), a provider of container, workspace and packaging solutions for the energy and petrochemical industries and general industrial enterprises, has acquired the rights and obligations of Uniteam Holding’s (Uniteam’s) offshore container rental business…
Maersk Supply Services has confirmed that two of its vessels have sunk off the coast of France today (22 December), while being towed to a Turkish shipyard for recycling. Image of one of the vessels that sunk off the coast of France…
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…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for well 16/2-22 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-22 S will be drilled from the Deepsea Atlantic drilling facility in position 58°55’33…
A new decommissioning action plan launched today by the Scottish government’s economic development agencies hopes to help Scotland’s oil and gas sector take advantage of the estimated £17.6 billion forecast by Oil & Gas UK to be spent on…
The government of Cyprus has selected companies, which include ExxonMobil, Eni, and Total, to negotiate exploration drilling terms for three blocks in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Cyprus. Image of the 3rd licensing round map…
Siemens has entered the offshore wind market in Belgium with a first order for the 309MW Rentel wind project. The customer is Rentel, part of the Otary partnership, a conglomerate of specialists from the Belgian renewable energy industry including investment and development companies…
Statoil has completed its internal investigation on a fire at the Statfjord A platform on 16 October, an incident that was part of a string of hazardous events, leading the Norwegian giant on a safety mission. Image…
Terje Søviknes (Progress Party) has been appointed Minister of Petroleum and Energy in Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg's cabinet. Søviknes replaces Tord Lien, who was Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 16 of October 2013 until yesterday…
In September 2016, privately owned Norwegian contractor Imenco launched a new division Imenco Corrosion Technology to concentrate on the promotion of its field proven anode systems globally to the offshore renewable energy sector and into late life assets in the oil and gas industry…
Statoil’s Troll B has produced 1 billion boe since coming onstream two decades ago, with a further eight to 10 years of oil production expected, the Norwegian giant revealed today. Image of Troll B…
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)…
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