The Norwegian offshore drilling company Odfjell Drilling has, on behalf of the China-based rig owner CIMC Offshore, signed a contract with the Polish oil firm PGNiG for the Deepsea Yantai offshore drilling rig.PGNiG will use the semi-submersible drilling rig to drill one firm well…
Production from the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea restarted at 16.30 on December 27th, following an upgrade project in which both the platform and the floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) were brought ashore for extensive upgrades…
Norwegian offshore survey company PGS said Tuesday it had secured industry pre-funding for a large multiclient survey in the Norwegian Sea. PGS will use a Ramform Titan-class vessel over two seasons, with mobilization for the first season in Q2 2023…
Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea, with its partners Petoro and Sval Energi, have filed a plan for development and operation for the Dvalin North field in the Norwegian Sea.According to the partners, the Dvalin North, which they describe as the largest discovery in Norway in 2021…
The Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has filed a plan for development and operation (PDO) for Verdande offshore development in the Norwegian Sea to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.According to Equinor, the subsea development secures important oil volumes for the Norne production vessel…
The Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP said Friday it would vote in favor of submitting Plans for Development and Operation (PDO) for the NOAKA field development project, the Valhall PWP-Fenris project, the Skarv Satellite Project, and the Utsira High projects…
The Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has drilled a dry well at the Othello North prospect in the Norwegian Sea.The well exploration well, formally known as Well 6507/8-11 S, was drilled about 17 kilometers north of the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea and 240 kilometers west of Sandnessjøen…
Norway will not issue licenses for energy companies to explore for oil and gas in frontier areas during the life of the current parliament, which ends in 2025, its oil and energy minister told Reuters on Tuesday.The decision to postpone the…
Norwegian major Equinor plans to drill 25 exploration wells off the Nordic country next year, compared with 22 wells this year, most of them in the North Sea, a senior executive said on Tuesday. A 'small handful' of wells will be drilled in the Norwegian and Barents Seas each…
The Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has filed a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Irpa offshore gas discovery, formerly known as Asterix, to the Norwegian Minister for Petroleum and Energy.The gas discovery, sitting in the Norwegian Sea at a depth of 1350 meters…
The Norwegian offshore oil and gas safety regulator Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has decided to investigate a fire in a transformer on Equinor's Åsgard B platform in the Norwegian Sea. The incident occurred on November 14, 2022.Breaking out in a transformer room…
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy said Wednesday it had found hydrocarbons in the Calypso exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. The well is located within the Neptune-operated PL938 license.'Having entered the reservoir, logs proved the presence of hydrocarbons…
The Norwegian oil and gas compan Equinor has recently obtained consent for extended operation of the Mikkel field offshore Norway.Under the consent, granted to Equinor by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), Equinor will continue operations at the Mikkel fielduntil 31 December 2039…
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy said Friday it had started drilling on the Calypso exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.Neptune Energy is using the Deepsea Yantai, a semi-submersible rig owned by CIMC and run by Odfjell Drilling, to drill the exploration well formally known as Well 6407/8-8 S…
A rig contract for drilling the OMV-operated Velocette exploration well in the Norwegian Sea has been signed, according to partner in the project North Sea oil and gas company Longboat Energy.The company says that Velocette (PL 1016) will be drilled using the semi-submersible Transocean Norge…
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