Snorre News

PSA completes Snorre B audit

Jan 11, 2017

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out audits within several disciplines at Snorre B, which is operated by Statoil.  From 24 October to 7 November 2016, the PSA carried out an audit of Statoil's handling of major accident and working environment risk at Snorre B…

4Subsea inks Statoil Snorre B contract

Feb 07, 2017

Norwegian riser analytics firm 4Subsea has won a contract for monitoring flexible risers for Statoil on the Snorre B facility in the Norwegian North Sea.  The project involves automated integrity monitor systems for six flexible risers the semisubmersible Snorre B platform…

Aibel contracts Aqualis for human factors analysis

Mar 13, 2017

Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Aibel to conduct human factors analysis for a number of the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor’s ongoing projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. Under the contract,…

Statoil issued Troll order

Feb 21, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has issued an order after identifying several regulation breaches at Statoil’s Troll field, stemming from an investigation of an “out of control” incident that occurred last year. The Songa Endurance…

Aibel FEEDs Snorre A expansion works

Dec 16, 2016

Norway's Aibel has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for modifications on the Snorre A facility in connection with Statoil's Snorre Expansion project in the Norwegian Sea. The contract also has an option for the actual implementation phase…

Doing things differently

Feb 01, 2017

While cost cutting has been a top priority for many, if not all, in the industry, GCE Subsea members are also look to do things differently – to change the game. Elaine Maslin reports. Coast Centre Base – the centre of the activity…

WoodMac: Norway upstream to recover in 2017

Jan 11, 2017

Norway’s upstream sector continued to feel the pain of low oil prices in 2016, but looks poised to make a recovery in 2017, new research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie shows. Driving the recovery will be a step-change in exploration…

Statoil: 2017 drilling to increase 30%

Jan 04, 2017

Norwegian oil firm Statoil has set out its plans to drill around 30 exploration wells, in up to 11 countries on five continents, as operator and partner, in 2017 - an increase of around 30% compared to 2016. More than half of the wells will be drilled on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…

Shell fails at Knarr FPSO audit

Dec 27, 2016

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has unveiled a number of failings, following an audit of Shell's management of the integrity of flexible risers, transfer lines and associated safety equipment on Knarr floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit…

Statoil to use Scarabeo 5 for Snorre

Sep 15, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 mobile drilling facility for well intervention in well 34/7-A-10H on the Snorre field. The activity is scheduled to begin in September and to last 22 days…

ROV in residence

Oct 01, 2016

Elaine Maslin details Statoil’s journey towards the resident ROV – using an existing ROV design. The Merlin UCV. Photo from IKM Subsea. The concept of the subsea resident remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has been around for some time…

Bilfinger bags US$300 million in contracts

Oct 10, 2016

Bilfinger has won orders valued at some US$301 million (€270 million) from several operators. Key framework agreements have been extended with oil and gas group Statoil, the largest operator of production facilities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…

Statoil advises further chopper safety

Sep 23, 2016

Statoil’s investigation following the Turøy helicopter accident on 29 April has been finalized, offering conclusions and recommendations for how the company can further improve its helicopter safety work. Image of a helicopter landing at Snorre A…

NCS development costs cut by 40%

Aug 29, 2016

The price tag for developing a field on the Norwegian shelf has declined by an average of more than 40% since the autumn of 2014, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD) analysis of eight planned developments that are approaching start-up…

Shell takes over Knarr and Gaupe

Aug 26, 2016

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority has given Shell permission to take over the Knarr and Gaupe fields, as part of the major's take over of the two field's former operator BG Group. Gaupe is an oil and gas field close to the boundary with the UK shelf…

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