Norway/NCS
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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.
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January 09, 2019
Spirit Energy Norway AS, operator of production license 405, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 8/10-7 S.
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January 08, 2019
Norway’s oil industry is in full recovery mode, but the country’s top petroleum lobbyist is worried about growing opposition ahead.
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January 07, 2019
The authorities have approved the application for start-up of the Oda field in the North Sea. Operator Spirit Energy expects start-up in February/March 2019.
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January 07, 2019
Two centers have been opened at Sandsli in Bergen by the petroleum and energy minister, Kjell-Børge Freiberg.
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January 07, 2019
Norway’s oil lobby raised its forecast for investments in the country’s petroleum industry as cost cuts during a three-year downturn made projects more profitable and able to withstand even the recent slump in crude prices.
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December 28, 2018
Equinor has completed the sales of two non-core discoveries on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) that were both announced in October 2018.
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December 27, 2018
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, announces the results of the Cassidy exploration well 8/10-7S within the PL405 Oda license in the Norwegian North Sea.
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December 21, 2018
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted AkerBP ASA drilling permits for well 2/11-12 A and 2/11-12 S cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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December 20, 2018
Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has completed the drilling of the Silfari exploration well 6307/1-1S, located in PL830 in the Norwegian Sea.
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December 19, 2018
Resman AS, a well and reservoir surveillance and intelligent tracer systems company, has announced that it has agreed to acquire Restrack AS, a tracer service provider, in a share purchase agreement.
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December 19, 2018
The Johan Sverdrup processing platform is now sailing to Norway on board Boskalis Vanguard, the world’s largest heavy-transport vessel.
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December 17, 2018
Equinor and its partners started production from the Aasta Hansteen gas field in the Norwegian Sea. Gas from the Aasta Hansteen field is available to the market for the first time and together with the Polarled pipeline the field opens a new region for gas export to Europe.
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December 11, 2018
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for well 36/1-3, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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December 11, 2018
Neptune Energy has announced it has completed integration with the former VNG Norge business.
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December 07, 2018
Through utilization of the PWC (Perforate, Wash & Cement) plug and abandonment method (P&A) on the Valhall field, HydraWell has contributed towards Aker BP executing its plugging program significantly quicker than planned.
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December 07, 2018
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Troll Phase 3 development. Capital expenditures of $918.5 million (NOK 7.8 billion) will help extend the productive life of the Troll field beyond 2050.
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December 06, 2018
Well 35/11-22 S will be drilled from the Deepsea Bergen drilling facility in position 61°5'2.27"N and 3°20'56.92"E after completing the drilling of wildcat well 6407/11-1 for Equinor Energy AS in production license 751.
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December 06, 2018
Subsea tieback solution to Gjøa platform proposed for Norwegian North Sea oil and gas development.
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December 05, 2018
The waters around the sensitive Lofoten islands will probably never be opened to oil exploration, according to Norway’s climate and environment minister.
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December 05, 2018
Decom North Sea has announced the publication of its Managing Offshore Decommissioning Waste Guidelines, produced in conjunction with D3 Consulting Ltd, during last week’s annual Offshore Decommissioning Conference.
