"Aker BP" News

Vår Energi Gets Green Light for Dilling Op in North Sea

Jan 31, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 7/1-4 S in production license 1090, in which Vår Energi holds an operating stake of 50%, along with partners Petoro (20%)…

OMV Gets North Sea Drilling Permit

Jan 21, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 35/6-6 in production license 1109.OMV (Norge) is the operator of the license with 30% interest, with partners DNO Norge (30%)…

Norway Greenlights DNO’s North Sea Drilling Campaign

Jan 08, 2025

DNO Norge has secured a permit from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) to drill an exploration well in the North Sea.DNO Norge, and its partners Aker BP, Japex Norge, and Concedo, will use Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible…

Aker BP Bites Dust Offshore Norway

Dec 13, 2024

Aker BP and its partners have drilled a wildcat well in the northern part of the North Sea, which proved to be dry.The well 34/6-7 S was drilled with Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible rig, about 40 kilometres north of the Visund field…

Aker BP More Optimistic on Johan Sverdrup Peak Output as its Q3 Profit Grows

Nov 01, 2024

Aker BP expects Norway's largest oilfield Johan Sverdrup to produce at peak levels well into 2025, it said on Wednesday, taking a more bullish view than the field's operator and boosting its shares.The Norwegian company, partly owned by BP,…

DNO Proves 'Dry Belt' in North Sea to be Not So Dry with New Oil Discovery

Dec 02, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has made an oil discovery in the Othello prospect in the southern North Sea, offshore Norway, refuting what the industry deemed as a dry belt area.The discovery was made in wildcat well 2/6-7 S in production license 108…

Norway Awards Two CO2 Storage Permits in North Sea

Dec 19, 2024

Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered two CO2 storage permits to Harbour Energy, Equinor, and Aker BP, both located in the North Sea.One of the permits is being offered to a group consisting of Harbour Energy (operator) and Equinor Low Carbon Solution…

Oil and Gas in Norway Set for Record Investments in 2025

Dec 16, 2024

Oil and gas companies operating in Norway expect to invest a record 275 billion Norwegian crowns ($24.68 billion) in 2025, up from 263.7 billion this year and more than previously expected, the Offshore Norge industry association said on Monday…

Var Energi Gets Clearance to Drill North Sea Wildcat Well

Dec 23, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore7/1-3 in production license 1090, operated by Var Energi with 50% working interest, along with partners Aker BP holding 30% and Petoro 20% stakes…

Equinor Comes Up Dry Offshore Norway

Dec 23, 2024

Equinor and its partners have drilled two wells in the North Sea, both of which were proven dry.The wildcat wells Kvernbit and Mimung (35/10-14 A and 35/10-14 S) are the first to be drilled in production license 1185, which was awarded in 2023…

OKEA and DNO Exchange Stakes in Mistral and Horatio Prospects Off Norway

Dec 19, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas companies DNO and OKEA have entered into swap agreement to exchange 10% interests in production licenses that contain Mistral and Horatio prospects.As part of the agreement, DNO Norge will pick up 10% interest in PL1119 containing the Mistral prospect…

Aker BP Reports Quarterly Profit Decline

Oct 30, 2024

Norwegian oil firm Aker BP, partly owned by BP, on Wednesday reported a bigger-than-expected decline in third-quarter operating profit, but said its full-year output would be in the upper-half of its forecast.The group's profit before interest and tax fell to $1…

AGR Concludes Technical Review of Aker BP’s CCS Licenses Off Norway

Nov 11, 2024

AGR’s reservoir management and subsurface team has delivered technical peer review of two carbon storage licenses in the Norwegian North Sea to Aker BP.The review's main goal was to ensure the evaluation of the two CO2 storage licenses has been…

Harbour Energy Confirms Gas Discovery in Norwegian Sea

Dec 10, 2024

Harbour Energy has proven gas discovery in an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea, drilled with Transocean Norge semi-submersible drilling rig.The gas has been proven in an appraisal well 6507/4-5 S, in license 211 CS, located 270 kilometers north of Kristiansund…

TGS and Aker BP Ink Strategic Partnership for Yggdrasil Area Digitalization

Sep 30, 2024

TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, has signed a strategic partnership with Aker BP contributing to digitalize the operations of the Yggdrasil oil and gas area.This agreement builds on the ongoing collaboration between the…

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