Whatever the state of gas markets, new Norway operators keen on the commodity as cheap energy for millions of their citizens or as lynchpin of a new chemicals industry are pressing ahead taking organizational hiccups in-stride.That’s the case of Polish gas player…
Norwegian oil company Okea ASA Okea has been granted safety consent to drill its first operated wells off Norway, with drilling of a pair of probes near its Draugen field due to start next month. According to a press note, the Norway's Petroleum…
Spain's Repsol believes it can start producing oil at the Norwegian Yme oilfield in the first half of next year, a partner in the field said on Wednesday.'Repsol, the operator of the field, is confident that Yme could start production in the first half of 2020…
OKEA announced it has won a tender from fellow oil producer Neptune Energy for supply to drilling operations on the Fenja field (formerly Pil & Bue) at Haltenbanken, offshore Norway.The 89-meter platform supply vessel (PSV) Siem Pride will supply…
U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil has hired investment bank Jefferies to sell the stakes it holds in oil and gas fields off the Norwegian coast, which could fetch up to $4 billion, banking sources said.Exxon said in June that it was looking to test market interest for its Norwegian upstream portfolio…
Oil firm Okea on Wednesday reported higher core earnings for the second quarter in its first-published quarterly report since its debut on the Oslo Stock Exchange.Company's earnings before interest, tax, debt and amortization (EBITDA) came in at 594 million crowns ($69…
Technology company ABB said it will support Norwegian oil and gas producer OKEA in an effort to achieve productivity gains using agile and dynamic business models, looking at areas such as autonomous operations, digital solutions and advanced services…
The withdrawal from Norway’s offshore sector of ExxonMobil appears to be underway, and the development to some looks like the start of a pullout of “international oil majors” from a sector dominated by stately player, Equinor.True, ExxonMobil’s departure is symbolic…
ExxonMobil is considering selling all of the stakes it holds in oil and gas fields off the Norwegian coast, a spokeswoman said.Two years ago the U.S. major – the world's largest oil company – sold its operated assets in the area. But it has retained stakes in more than 20 other fields…
Norwegian oil firm Okea predicts all oil majors, except Norway's Equinor, will leave the Norwegian continental shelf in 10 years, opening up opportunities for smaller, independent firms, its chief executive said on Tuesday.The British and Norwegian sections of the North Sea…
Norwegian oil firm Okea has raised 315 million crowns ($36 million) in an initial public offering, the company said on Monday, less than half of what it had initially planned due to a fall in the oil price.Europe's oil and gas sector has built…
Neptune Energy said it has awarded contracts to Rosenberg Worley for modifications on the Neptune operated Gjøa semi-submersible platform.The engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contracts, awarded under…
Norwegian oil workers struck a wage deal with employers on Tuesday, averting the outbreak of a strike that would have cut production by 440,000 barrels of oil equivalents per day (boed), the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOG) announced…
Norway's oil and gas output could be cut by about 440,000 barrels of oil equivalents per day, or about 11% of total production, if workers go on strike from June 4, industry association Norwegian Oil and Gas (NOG) said on Monday.A government…
Around 200 Norwegian offshore oil and gas workers plan to go on strike on June 4 unless pay negotiations lead to a deal with employers, the Lederne labour union said on Wednesday.A strike would hit seven offshore fields and at least two of those would have to shut production…
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