Norway/NCS
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May 13, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted consent for start-up of the Trestakk field in the Norwegian Sea. Operator Equinor plans start-up during the month of May 2019.
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May 08, 2019
Our estimates indicate that more than half of the oil and gas that has not yet been discovered is located in the Barents Sea.
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May 02, 2019
The Statfjord A platform in the North Sea will shut down production in 2022, 43 years after first oil. This more than doubles the expected lifetime of the platform. Now the contract for removal and disposal of the topside has been signed, and the topside will be demolished at Stord – where it was built in the 1970s.
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May 01, 2019
Oceaneering International, Inc. has recently secured a drilling and completion support contract for integrated services with Wintershall Norge AS.
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April 11, 2019
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has launched an investigation into a gas leak experienced on the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea on April 8, 2019. This incident occurred in connection with gas flaring.
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April 08, 2019
Aquaterra Energy, global offshore engineering solutions company, has been awarded a contract by Lundin Norway to deliver early well construction, via its Well Start solution, on three additional wells in the Edvard Grieg field.
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April 07, 2019
Norway's Labor Party holds steadfast against oil exploration in Arctic's Lofoten islands
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April 05, 2019
Saipem has been awarded new contracts in offshore drilling in Norway and Middle East totaling over $200 million.
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April 03, 2019
The Alliance Agreement between Neptune and TechnipFMC has been signed for an initial five year term with options for further extensions.
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April 03, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has presented the report Petroleum Activity in the High North. The report places the petroleum activity in the High North into a historical, international and technological framework.
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March 27, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has received the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the Solveig oil discovery in the North Sea.
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March 22, 2019
Three days – that’s what it took to lift four of the last pieces in the Johan Sverdrup puzzle into place – the two final platform topsides, a bridge and a flare stack. The processing platform lift was the heaviest lift ever performed offshore.
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March 20, 2019
On behalf of the Johan Sverdrup license, Equinor is awarding a contract for constructing and installing the subsea production system for project phase 2 to TechnipFMC.
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March 19, 2019
The Oda field started to produce oil and gas on March 16, 2019. The field, which is located 13 km east of Ula in the North Sea, is operated by Spirit Energy.
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March 19, 2019
Neptune Energy Norge AS has awarded a rig contract for six wells to CIMC Offshore AS.
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March 19, 2019
Aker BP has successfully completed the Froskelår Main exploration well in license 869 in the Alvheim area.
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March 18, 2019
With 560 beds the Johan Sverdrup living quarters topside is the largest of its kind in Norway. The fourth and last platform for the first phase of the giant project is now ready for sail-away from Kværner’s yard on Stord to the Johan Sverdrup field, where it will be installed in a single lift.
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March 18, 2019
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has decided to investigate an incident involved a dropped object on the Åsgard B facility on March 13, 2019.
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March 14, 2019
Equinor has received the authorities’ approval for extending the life of eight installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) during the last three years.
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March 12, 2019
The oil majors are safe from divestments from the world’s largest wealth fund -- for now.
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March 08, 2019
Big Oil dodged a bullet.
