Statoil is set to drill its next well, on the Mim prospect, near the Norne field after being given the green light by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Statoil will use the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible drilling rig to drill well 6507/3-12 in production license 159 B…
Statoil is considering a subsea tieback to the Norne floating production unit after making a 20-80 MMboe oil and gas recoverable discovery on the nearby Cape Vulture well in the Norwegian Sea. The tieback project consideration comes as…
UPDATE: According to Reuters, Statoil restarted production at Gullfaks B, as of 2 May, following a helicopter crash that killed 13 people. Read the latest here Statoil has released the names of several offshore workers who died on Friday…
Production has finally started from Norway’s first Arctic oil field, at the Goliat floating production facility in the Barents Sea. The 180 MMbo field, the first producing oil field in the Barents Sea and the northernmost producing oilfield…
In the awards in predefined areas (APA) round 2015, Statoil has been awarded interest in 24 licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), 13 of those as operator and 11 as partner, breaking the company’s 2005 record for number of licenses awarded…
Norway, Cyprus-based drilling contractor Songa Offshore has taken delivery of its third Cat D drilling rig from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea. The Songa Encourage follows delivery of the Songa Equinox and the Songa Endurance earlier this year…
Rex International Holding Ltd. has announced that its jointly-controlled entity, Lime Petroleum Norway, signed an agreement with EnQuest Norge to acquire their 50% stake in licenses PL760 and PL760B in the Norwegian Sea. Following the transaction…
Statoil Petroleum awarded Baker Hughes an eight-year contract to design and supply production chemicals to the offshore Norne field and the deepwater Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. Work is anticipated to begin in July 2015…
Rig owner and operator Songa Offshore is close to taking delivery of the first two of four Cat D rigs it is building to work for Norway’s Statoil. The Songa Equinox has completed sea trials and is scheduled for delivery mid-June. The…
Jerry Lee takes a look at some of the research surrounding microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR), and how it could be a viable solution for increasing recovery efforts. A Glori scientist observes…
Statoil is bringing the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible back to the waters to drill a wildcat well in the Snedrid Nord prospect, after gaining consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA). Transocean Spitsbergen…
Statoil is hoping to extend the life of the Norwegian Sea Norne field to 2030 - more than 15 years after it was originally scheduled to be shut down. The Norway-based operator says the field life will be extended by tying in new discoveries in the area…
Statoil has exercised a two-year contract extension with Altus Intervention for the provision of mechanical wireline services on Statoil-operated fields and mobile drilling units on the Norwegian continental shelf. The scope of the extended…
Emerson Process Management has today announced the successful first deployment of its Roxar Downhole Wireless PT Sensor System. The new instrument has been deployed as part of the completion on Statoil’s Skuld field in the Norwegian North Sea…
Ghohta discovery Lundin Petroleum made an oil discovery on the Ghohta prospect in exploration licence PL492 in the Barents Sea. The well, 7120/1-3, 35km northwest of Snøhvit field, found a 75m oil column in Permian carbonates. Statoil…
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