Norway/NCS
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March 08, 2019
Big Oil dodged a bullet.
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March 07, 2019
Norway will decide whether to let its $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund dump all its oil and gas stocks.
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March 04, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate is giving a green light to using the C platform on the Gullfaks field in the North Sea until June 30, 2036.
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March 04, 2019
Equinor has, together with partners Petoro, ConocoPhillips and Repsol, made an oil discovery from the Visund A platform in the Telesto exploration well in the North Sea.
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March 03, 2019
Aker BP has awarded platform supply vessel agreements
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February 19, 2019
Wood has secured a new $13 million contract with Equinor to deliver engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) services to the Vigdis boosting station increased oil recovery (IOR) project.
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February 07, 2019
WellConnection Group, a leading Norwegian inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) company has acquired Peterhead-based Independent Oilfield Services (IOS) in a deal which marks their entrance into the UK market.
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February 04, 2019
Aker BP is currently drilling exploration well 24/9-14 on the Froskelår Main prospect.
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February 03, 2019
Norway has built a reputation as one of the calmest and most predictable corners of the global oil industry, but lately it’s been full of surprises.
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January 31, 2019
Rowan Companies plc has announced that the Rowan Viking, an N-Class ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig, has been awarded a seven-well program by Lundin Norway AS in Norway for a minimum duration of 265 days.
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January 29, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/1-31 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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January 25, 2019
For establishment politicians in Norway, discussing changes to the country’s oil policies is akin to swearing in church.
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January 22, 2019
Preliminary production figures for December 2018 show an average daily production of 1.8 MMbbl of oil, NGL and condensate, which is a decrease by 26 Mbpd compared to November.
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January 16, 2019
LYSAKER, Norge -- Aker BP has become the first company on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to operate a staffed platform from an onshore control room. Ivar Aasen in the North Sea is now operated from Aker BP’s offices at Trondheim torg.
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January 16, 2019
Equinor has, together with its partners Petoro, ExxonMobil and Total, proven gas and condensate in the Norwegian Sea Ragnfrid North (6406/2-9 S) exploration well.
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January 15, 2019
The Gullfaks partners have decided to drill seven new wells and thereby improve oil recovery by 17 MMbbl with good profitability.
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January 14, 2019
The Aasta Hansteen gas field began production on Dec. 16 as the first development in the northern Norwegian Sea.
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January 11, 2019
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s forecasts show that, after a minor decline in 2019, oil and gas production will increase from 2020 and up to 2023. Overall production will then approach the record year of 2004.
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January 10, 2019
Rowan Companies plc has announced that the Rowan Norway, an N-Class ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig, has been awarded a contract in Norway by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS ("COPSAS") for an estimated duration of seven months that is expected to commence in second-quarter 2019.
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January 10, 2019
Norway’s oil regulator reduced its forecast for production this year, predicting crude output could drop to the lowest in three decades before recovering in 2020.
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January 09, 2019
The well has been drilled about 45 km east of the Valhall and Ekofisk fields and 20 km north of the Norwegian-Danish border in the Mandal High area.
