Norwegian oil and gas firm Aker BP and its partners have drilled a dry well in the North Sea offshore Norway.The drilling was carried out north of the Gjøa field at the wildcat well 35/6-5 S, located in production license 1110, which was part of the awards in predefined areas (APA) 2020…
Vår Energi and its partners have drilled a dry well on the Kokopelli prospect, south of the Sleipner area, in the North Sea.The wildcat well 7/1-4 S is located in the North Sea in production license 1190. Two exploration wells have previously been drilled within this area…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.The permit is for wellbore 6507/2-8 in production license 94, which is operated by Aker BP with 30% working interest, along…
Scottish logistics and materials management company ASCO has secured a five-year contract from Aker BP to provide base and logistics services in Tananger, Sandnessjøen, and Farsund in Norway.The agreement also includes continued services in warehouse management…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP two drilling permits for wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea.The permits are for wellbore 6306/6-3 S in production license 886, and 6507/5-13 S in production license 212.Aker BP operates the license 886…
Aker Solutions has signed a two-year contract extension for maintenance and modifications work for Aker BP, which covers the operated field centers Valhall and Hod, Ula and Tambar, Alvheim and Skarv, offshore Norway.The existing frame agreement…
Offshore accommodation rig firm Floatel International has secured firm contract with an undisclosed client North Sea client for Floatel Superior.Floatel Superior will provide services in the second quarter of 2026 under the three-month contract…
Aker BP and its partner Concedo have drilled a dry well near the Bøyla field in the North Sea.The well, 24/12-8 S or ‘Rumpetroll South’, is a follow-up to the discovery made in well 24/9-13 – ‘Rumpetroll’, in 2019.Both wells are located in production license 869…
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered 53 new production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf.Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) is an annual exploration round for the Norwegian continental shelf. Of the 53 production licenses offered in APA 2024…
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%)…
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%)…
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 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 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,…
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…