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Shell spuds Portrush prospect in Norwegian Sea

Aug 26, 2015

Shell has started drilling on the Portrush exploration well 6407/10-5 in the Norwegian Sea. The Portrush prospect is in license PL793 about 10km southeast of the producing Statoil-operated Njord field and 20km west of the Shell-operated Draugen field…

Greater Njord taking shape at drill bit

Jun 24, 2015

Drilling to further grow the resources around the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea has started, with more expected this year, helping firm up plans for the greater Njord area, according to partner Faroe Petroleum. Concept selection for…

Wintershall North Sea wildcat comes up dry

Jun 18, 2015

Wintershall Norge, operator of production license 378, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 35/12-5 S. The well was drilled about 15km southwest of the Gjøa field in the North Sea and 80km southwest of Florø…

Wintershall to sell assets to Tellus

Jun 18, 2015

Wintershall, a 100%-BASF subsidiary, plans to optimize its portfolio by selling to Tellus Petroleum its interest in assets in four non-operated fields in a US$602 million deal. The fields include Knarr (where Wintershall owns a 20% interest)…

iQx GEO adds new functionality

Jun 16, 2015

AGR released new functionality for its bespoke well data software, iQx that will improve the analysis of spatial well data by using data collected from more than 6000 wells drilled on the Norwegian continental shelf. The new GEO module is aimed at geologists and petroleum engineers…

Ivar Aasen gets its steel jacket

Jun 10, 2015

Det norske installed the 8900-tonne steel jacket for its Ivar Aasen platform in the North Sea. The Ivar Aasen steel jacket. Images from Det norske. The Saipem-built jacket was lifted in place down to the seabed at 112m water depth…

Rocksource sees off CEO and CFO

Jun 01, 2015

Rocksource CEO Terje Arnesen is stepping down from the company today after a mutual agreement with the firm's board. The Norwegian company has also agreed with Hans Petter Klohs that the services provided under a consultancy agreement for the CFO position will end as of 31 August…

Det norske gets Ivar Aasen go ahead

May 28, 2015

Det norske oljeselskap received a green light for drilling an appraisal well on the Ivar Aasen field, from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Ivar Aasen. From Det norske. Drilling at well 16/1-22 A…

Bister bites the dust

May 20, 2015

Statoil's Norwegian Sea Bister well found no oil, partner Faroe Petroleum reports. Drilling on Bister, in production license 348/C, near the 2013 Snilehorn discovery, reached target depth and intersected good quality reservoirs, but no hydrocarbons were found…

Statoil spuds Bister in Norwegian Sea

Apr 28, 2015

Statoil spudded the Bister exploration well 6407/8-7 in the Norwegian Sea, says Aberdeen-based exploration firm Faroe Petroleum. Map from Faroe. The Bister prospect is in production license 348/C…

Faroe lines up Norwegian drilling

Jan 22, 2015

Faroe Exploration is planning four exploration wells offshore Norway in 2015 - Shango, Pil, Blister and Kvalross. Shango, operated by Total (Faroe 20%), is in the Norwegian North Sea on the northern part of the prolific Utsira High. The…

Ivar Aasen production drilling starts

Jan 22, 2015

Maersk Drilling's Maersk Interceptor harsh environment jackup drilling rig has started production well drilling on Det norske oljeselskap's Ivar Aasen development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The drilling campaign will last…

43 companies net Norwegian stakes

Jan 20, 2015

Norway's Ministry of Petroleum has welcomed interest in its latest Awards in Pre-defined Areas licensing round, despite the expection that future discoveries in the area will be smaller than in the past.  Stakes in some 54 new production…

HW reports on 2014 drilling activity, results in Norway and UK

Jan 13, 2015

In a year during which the oil price remained stable at circa US$100 per barrel until the last quarter when a significant collapse in commodity price began, activity levels in both the UK and Norwegian sectors have continued to show a distinct divergence…

Det norske green lighted for Ivar Aasen exploration

Dec 18, 2014

Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) of Norway for exploration drilling on the three appraisal wells in Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. Illustration of Ivar Aasen…

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