Norway
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March 13, 2015
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an oil company for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS's multi-client data library in the Barents Sea.
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March 12, 2015
As offshore field developments in the North and Norwegian Seas face maturity, operators on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) are looking to the more remote areas of the Barents Sea for further development.
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March 05, 2015
Seadrill, the offshore oil driller controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, said the rig market is unlikely to recover for at least two years following a slump in crude prices.
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February 27, 2015
Following the sanction of the Peregrino phase 2 project in December, Statoil together with its partner Sinochem, has submitted the Plan of Development (PoD) to the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels in Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 30.
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February 26, 2015
Seadrill, the offshore driller controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, said fourth-quarter profit fell by a third as low oil prices weaken demand for rigs, forcing it to delay the delivery of new units and consider lowering rates on existing contracts.
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February 25, 2015
McDermott International and Petrofac have formed a strategic marketing alliance to pursue top-tier deepwater subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) projects.
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February 24, 2015
Lime Petroleum Norway has entered into an agreement with Tullow Oil Norge to acquire an additional 20% stake in licenses PL591, PL591B and PL591C in the Norwegian Sea.
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February 24, 2015
Lundin Petroleum, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway, has signed a farm-out agreement with Lime Petroleum Norway, whereby Lime Petroleum will acquire a 30% working interest in PL338C.
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February 24, 2015
Statoil, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partnership, is to sign a contract with Aibel for the construction of the deck for the drilling platform on the field.
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February 24, 2015
AGR has won a further contract award for its well intelligence software solution, iQx, with Lukoil Overseas North Shelf AS. The contract value is $130,000 (1 million NOK).
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February 23, 2015
Talisman Energy has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway for exploration drilling of well 15/12-24.
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February 23, 2015
On Feb. 21, Statoil and its partners started up production from Oseberg Delta 2 in the North Sea. The field’s recoverable reserves are estimated at 77 MMboe.
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February 20, 2015
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has announced preliminary production figures for January 2015 indicating an average daily production of about 1,931,000 bopd, NGL and condensate.
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February 20, 2015
At the start of this year, Holmatro and its Norwegian dealer EIVA-SAFEX jointly supplied 64 cylinders, each with a capacity of 536 tons, to the Statoil operated tension-leg platform (TLP) Snorre A.
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February 19, 2015
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for wildcat well 6706/12-2 in PL128.
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February 17, 2015
OSLO (Bloomberg) -- Oil exploration in Norway’s Arctic waters will be cut by half this year as state-controlled Statoil ASA halted drilling in the Barents Sea after crude prices plunged.
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February 16, 2015
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has announced that BG Group, operator of production license 373 S, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells 34/3-4 S and 34/3-4 A. The wells were dry.
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February 16, 2015
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority has now given BP Norge consent for gas lift at Valhall IP.
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February 16, 2015
KANFA, a subsidiary of Sevan Marine, has been awarded a LOA for the EPC contract for four process modules for the FPSO Yinson Production.
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February 13, 2015
Statoil and its partners, on Feb.13, will submit the plan for development and operation (PDO) for Johan Sverdrup, phase one, to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.
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February 13, 2015
Eni Norge has entered into a contract with TOOLS for the provision of services and supplies to the Goliat FPSO, leading to a further buildup of activity for the supplier in Hammerfest.
