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Equinor Secures Permit for Drilling Ops Offshore Norway

Mar 14, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a permit for exploration drilling in North Sea offshore Norway.The permit is for well 15/3-13 S and A, located in the Brokk prospect, at the water depths of 11’ meters.The prospect…

Norway Gives Production Go-Ahead for Aker BP-Operated Hanz Field

Feb 27, 2024

The Norwegian authorities have approved the start-up of production on the Hanz accumulation on the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea.The development solution involves reusing the subsea installations on the Jette field, which was shut down in 2016…

Equinor Gets Green Light for Exploration Well in North Sea

Feb 19, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor has received consent from the Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) for exploration drilling in North Sea offshore Norway.The consents awarded by the country’s offshore industry safety watchdog, formerly known as the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway…

Equinor Drills Dry Well in North Sea

Feb 16, 2024

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has drilled a dry exploration well in the North Sea offshore Norway.The exploration well 35/11-28 in the North Sea, part of 258 C license, has proved to be dry, according to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate.The…

Vår Energi Comes Up Dry in Norwegian North Sea

Feb 14, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has drilled two wells in the North Sea offshore Norway, both of which were dry.The wells 25/7-12 S and A, were drilled in production license 917, 200 kilometers northwest of Stavanger, that was awarded in 2017…

Offshore Energy Services Group Moreld Gets New Owner

Jan 09, 2024

Investment company McIntyre Partners has purchased the core business of Norwegian offshore energy and marine services provider Moreld Group, consisting of Moreld Apply, Moreld Ross Offshore and Moreld Global Maritime.McIntyre Partners has entered into an agreement with HitecVision…

Aker BP Restarts Production at Alvheim Field After Unexpected Downtime

Dec 18, 2023

Norwegian oil company Aker BP has restored production at Alvheim field, causing an oil spill during the process of starting up the production vessel located in the central North Sea. The downtime resulted from a malfunction in new equipment…

SubseaPartner Inks North Sea Offshore Contract

Dec 07, 2023

Norwegian Diving Contractor, SubseaPartner, won a contract for the 2024 season, work awarded by OceanInstaller for end-client Vår Energi as part of the Balder Future Project.The first phase of work encompasses engineering, planning, design, fabrication…

Expro Secures Well Testing Services Deal with Equinor on Norwegian Continental Shelf

Nov 22, 2023

Expro has been awarded a corporate framework agreement to deliver well testing services for Equinor on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).According to Expro, the corporate frame agreement will see a substantial delivery of well testing operations in the NCS from a single service provider…

Aker BP Gets Nod for North Sea Exploration Drilling

Sep 07, 2023

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, the Norwegian offshore industry safety watchdog which will bear a new name from January 1, 2024, has this week granted Aker BP consent for exploration drilling in block 30/12 in the North Sea.Aker BP is…

Equinor Gets Green Light for Norwegian Sea Well Drilling

Aug 18, 2023

Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea.The consent is for drilling in the production license 1058 for the JDE prospect (Well 6307/1-2 JDE)…

Equinor's Eggen Wildcat in North Sea Proves Dry

Jun 01, 2023

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has drilled a dry well in the production license 923, in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The information was shared by the Norwegian Petoleum Directorate on Thursday.According to the NPD, the wildcat well 31/2-23 S (prospect name Eggen)…

Equinor Makes Gas/Condensate Discovery in Norwegian Sea

May 12, 2023

Norwegian oil company Equinor Energy has made a gas/condensate discovery in the offshore licence 255 B, about 25 km south of the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea.The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in Middle and Lower Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Garn…

Odfjell Drilling Secures More Work with Equinor for Two Offshore Drilling Rigs

May 04, 2023

Oslo-listed offshore drilling company Odfjell Drilling has won more work with Equinor for two of its semi-submersible drilling rigs the Deepsea Aberdeen and Deepsea Stavanger.Equinor has added additional firm scope for the Deepsea Aberdeen as…

OMV Norge Strikes Oil at Eirik Prospect in North Sea, Off Norway

Apr 20, 2023

Oil and gas company OMV Norge has made an oil discovery at the Eirik prospect in the North Sea, off Norway, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said Thursday.The wildcat well 15/2-2 S, in the production license 817, where OMV is operator,  was…

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