Snorre News

Njord arrives at Kvearner for overhaul

Aug 26, 2016

Statoil's Njord A semisubmersible production platform has been towed to the Kværner Stord yard in Norway for reinforcement and renovation works, which will enable it to return to production up to and beyond 2030. The facility, which was built at the same yard in 1997…

IKM, Statoil to introduce resident ROV

Aug 11, 2016

Norway's IKM Subsea has won contracts for ROV and Subsea services for the Visund and Snorre B facilities with Statoil, paving the way for a resident ROV concept to be deployed.  The 10-year contract is worth up to NOK0.75 billion. The contract may be extended for a further period of 15 years…

Snorre B up 30% from triple well result

May 26, 2016

Old and partly lost slots that were given up as providers of new production triggered new solutions for Statoil’s Snorre B. The result was three wells with an average price of US$21.6 million (NOK 170 million), compared to NOK 490 as reference base…

DeepWell wins Statoil wireline services work

Jul 06, 2016

DeepWell has secured a long-term contract for provision of mechanical wireline services to Statoil. The contract value for the firm period, including options for add-on services, is estimated to exceed US$119 million (NOK 1 billion) over a four-year period…

Third year of decline for drilling market

May 26, 2016

Bermuda listed Seadrill, and Norwegian drillers Odfjell and Sevan Drilling reported their Q1 results this morning.  Intense focus on cost cutting and efficiency have helped all three, as it had with the likes of Ensco and Transocean,…

Ivar Aasen platform deck complete

May 23, 2016

The platform deck for the Ivar Aasen field was completed at the yard in Singapore on Sunday and will sail away to Norway shortly, operator Det Norske said this morning. The platform deck has now been moved from SMOE’s yard area to the Cosco vessel the Xiang Rui Kou…

Wood Group inks Statoil subsea contracts

Apr 25, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded four subsea contracts with Statoil on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The latest award is a study to deliver subsea field concept engineering for the Snorre expansion project.  This project will focus…

Drilling on a global scale

May 01, 2016

Weatherford’s Snorre Lutnes examines managed pressure drilling applications across key regions. MPD deployment. Images from Weatherford. Once reserved as a last resort for wells defined as undrillable…

Statoil - costs down but more to come, uptick or no uptick

Apr 06, 2016

Statoil has cut its average project cost per barrel from US$70/bbl to around $40/bbl, but the work has just started and the changes need to be permanent, even if prices increase, CEO Eldar Sætre said this morning.  Speaking at the Subsea Valley conference in Oslo…

Statoil extends trio's drilling contracts

Mar 31, 2016

Statoil has has extended its drilling contracts with KCA Deutag, Odfjell Drilling and Archer for services on its platforms on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract options, based on contracts initially awarded in 2012, were exercised…

Statoil to use Bideford Dolphin for Vigdis sidetrack

Jan 27, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) of Norway has granted Statoil consent to use the Bideford Dolphin mobile drilling facility to drill a sidetrack on the Vigdis field in production license 089. The planned start-up is early February and the activity is estimated to last 8 days…

Johan Castberg costs halved

Jan 20, 2016

Statoil is to move ahead with its delayed Johan Castberg oil field in the Barents Sea after cutting estimated development costs by half. The firm is now planning a floating production, storage and offloading vessel for the development…

DEA completes E.ON E&P acquisition

Dec 16, 2015

The acquisition of 100% of the shares of E.ON E&P Norge by DEA Norge has been completed on the 16 December, 2015. With the deal, DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG enhances its presence in Norway and its long-term commitment to the country’s oil and gas industry…

Wood Group bags main Statoil deal

Dec 16, 2015

Wood Group has been awarded a main contractor framework agreement worth approximately US$400 million to deliver maintenance and modification services to four Statoil installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Wood Group Mustang Norway will provide this support for the Snorre A&B…

DEA takes E.ON Norway biz for $1.6 billion

Oct 14, 2015

E.ON is divesting 100% of its Norwegian exploration and production (E&P) business in a US$1.6 billion deal with Germany’s DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG. Image from E.ON. Upon the terms of the contract…

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