Fugro has secured three contracts using the company’s Q1400 trenching system, to be deployed in the North Sea over the next 12 months. Image of the Q1400 trenching system, from Fugro. At…
Fugro has been awarded a three-year contract for integrity management support (IMS) and intervention works for Det norske in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The offshore scope covers subsea assets at Alvheim, Vilje, Volund and Bøyla field developments…
Sequa Petroleum is dropping out of two deals to acquire stake in the Gina Krog and Ivar Aasen projects in the North Sea due to the current market conditions. Image of Ivar Aasen, from Det Norske…
Det Norske has completed two appraisal wells on the West Cable discovery, nearby the Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian North Sea. The wells, in license 001 Bm, 16/1-26 S and 16/1-26 A, were drilled about 1.5km southeast of the 16/1-7…
Norway's Det norske is expecting sailaway of the Ivar Aasen devlopment topsides in late may, with installation offshore Norway expected for July 2016. In a market update, the firm said key activities for the project, on the Utsira High…
Det norske oljeselskap has gained approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for a drilling permit for well 16/1-26 S, which is part of the Ivar Aasen field, in the North Sea. Well 16/1-26 S will be drilled from the Maersk…
Norway's Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given Lundin the green light to start production from the Edvard Grieg field. The field is in production license 338 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. According to the NPD, the…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted start-up consents for the Edvard Grieg oil pipeline and the Utsira High gas pipeline. These transport solutions will become part of the development of the Edvard Grieg and Ivar Aasen fields on the Utsira High in the North Sea…
Det norske oljeselskap received a green light for drilling an appraisal well on the Ivar Aasen field, from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Ivar Aasen. From Det norske. Drilling at well 16/1-22 A…
First oil started from the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North Sea 28 November 2015. The Edvard Grieg field is part of PL338 on the Utsira High in the North Sea, about 180 km west of Stavanger. The development comprises a steel jacket platform and 22…
Det norske oljeselskap has entered into an agreement to acquire Svenska Petroleum Exploration for US$75 million on a cash free, debt free basis. Svenska has 15 employees in Norway, of which all will be transferred to Det norske. Svenska holds 13 licenses in Norway…
Det norske installed the 8900-tonne steel jacket for its Ivar Aasen platform in the North Sea. The Ivar Aasen steel jacket. Images from Det norske. The Saipem-built jacket was lifted in place down to the seabed at 112m water depth…
Sweden’s ABB has won a US$90 million contract to supply a two-cable high-voltage system to power, from shore, for Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup field. The move paves the way for the entire Johan Sverdrup field to be powered from shore, as well as other fields on Norway’s Utsira High…
Wintershall, a 100%-BASF subsidiary, plans to optimize its portfolio by selling to Tellus Petroleum its interest in assets in four non-operated fields in a US$602 million deal. The fields include Knarr (where Wintershall owns a 20% interest)…
The 9000-tonne jacket for Det norske's Ivar Aasen field offshore Norway is in Rotterdam before it's final journey to the North Sea. The 138m-tall jacket was built by Saipem at its Arbatax facility in Sardinia and is now sat on Heerema's H-627 barge at Franklin Offshore…
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