VNG Norge and its partners in PL586 will develop the Pil & Bue discoveries using a subsea installation tied back to the Njord A platform in the Norwegian Sea. Map of Pil & Bue, from VNG Norge. In…
Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery at the Njord North Flank in the Norwegian Sea that could potentially hold up to 28.3 MMboe, according to partner Faroe Petroleum. The Songa Delta, from Songa Offshore…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum drilling permit for well 6407/7-9 S using the Songa Delta semisubmersible drilling rig. The well, also called Njord NF2, is in production licence PL 107 C, operated by…
Floating offshore wind projects are gaining momentum in Europe and elsewhere, including Japan. But, the concepts on offer still vary. Elaine Maslin reports. Hywind schematic. Images from Statoil…
Wind powered water injection is a technically feasible project for suitable fields, according to the results of a joint industry project (JIP), revealed at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston today. The DNV GL-led WIN WIN JIP would also be capable of meeting performance targets…
Sequa Petroleum is dropping out of two deals to acquire stake in the Gina Krog and Ivar Aasen projects in the North Sea due to the current market conditions. Image of Ivar Aasen, from Det Norske…
Operator VNG Norge has signed a frame agreement contract for the Pil and Bue (arrow and bow in Norwegian) project owner’s engineering services (OES) with Norwegian engineering firm Reinertsen. The OES contractor will provide necessary…
Det norske oljeselskap has gained approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for a drilling permit for well 16/1-26 S, which is part of the Ivar Aasen field, in the North Sea. Well 16/1-26 S will be drilled from the Maersk…
Norway's Det norske is expecting sailaway of the Ivar Aasen devlopment topsides in late may, with installation offshore Norway expected for July 2016. In a market update, the firm said key activities for the project, on the Utsira High…
Swedish exploration firm Lundin Petroleum's latest exploration well 6407/10-4 on the Lorry prospect in the Norwegian Sea has been classified as dry. The well, in PL700B, on the northern part of the Frøya High in the southern Norwegian Sea has been plugged and abandoned…
Lundin Norway has commenced drilling of exploration well 6407/10-4 on the Lorry prospect, in the Norwegian Sea. Image from Lundin Petroleum. Well 6407/10-4 will explore the Lorry prospect in PL700…
VNG Norge’s Blink well in the Norwegian Sea has failed to find hydrocarbons, according to partner Faroe Petroleum. Image from VNG Norge. The well, 6406/12-5S, was drilled 27km…
VNG Norge has started drilling on the Blink prospect in the Norwegian Sea offshore Norway. The well, 6406/12-5 S, is in license PL586, which also contains the recent significant Pil and Bue discoveries (announced in 2014), says partner Faroe Petroleum…
VNG Norge has made an oil discovery in the main bore of the Boomerang exploration well offshore Norway. Well 6406/12-4S on Boomerang was drilled close to the Pil discovery and encountered a 26m gross Upper Jurassic intra-Spekk/Rogn sandstones with good reservoir properties and moveable oil…
Shell’s Portrush prospect in the Norwegian Sea encountered no hydrocarbons and will be permanently plugged and abandoned, according to partner Faroe Petroleum. Image of the Transocean Barents. From Transocean…
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