Norway/NCS
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October 30, 2018
Claxton, a leading supplier of engineering and services for shallow-water, jackup-depth markets in subsea services group Acteon, has been contracted to support MOL Norge AS on its first well program on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
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October 29, 2018
Equinor and partners ENI and Petoro have completed the Skruis exploration well in the Johan Castberg license.
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October 29, 2018
Wellesley Petroleum AS, the exploration company focused on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) announces the successful appraisal of the Grosbeak Discovery in the Northern North Sea by wells 35/11-21S and 35/11-21A.
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October 23, 2018
Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. has exercised an option with Maersk Drilling to extend the current contract of jackup rig Maersk Resolute.
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October 22, 2018
BiSN, the global leader in metal-to-metal downhole sealing solutions, has achieved a world first in conjunction with AkerBP and Altus Intervention, through the successful deployment of the largest-ever bismuth plug.
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October 22, 2018
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, has announced the commencement of the Faroe-operated Rungne exploration well 30/6-30, in the Norwegian North Sea.
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October 19, 2018
Equinor has signed an agreement with PGNiG to sell its non-operated interests in the Tommeliten field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf for $220 million.
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October 15, 2018
The Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field in the North Sea is now on stream. Remote-operated from the Oseberg field centre, the new Oseberg H platform is the first unmanned platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
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October 15, 2018
Aker BP has entered into an agreement with Equinor Energy to acquire its 77.8% interest in the King Lear gas/condensate discovery in the Norwegian North Sea for a cash consideration of $250 million.
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October 10, 2018
Chevron Corp. is selling its last remaining oil exploration license in Norway, putting it one step closer to a full retreat from the aging North Sea basin as the U.S. major seeks higher returns elsewhere.
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October 08, 2018
Equinor has reduced the estimated investments for operated projects in the development phase on the Norwegian continental shelf by some NOK 30 billion ($3.6 billion) since the development plans were submitted to Norwegian authorities.
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October 08, 2018
Global Maritime has been awarded a contract with Equinor until 2020 for marine operations. The contract value is estimated to be around $7-9.5 million, one of the largest in Global Maritime’s history. Global Maritime will oversee project management, engineering, equipment procurement and offshore management with everything handled from their Stavanger and Oslo offices.
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October 04, 2018
Equinor has, together with partners Eni and Petoro, completed the appraisal well on the Cape Vulture discovery from 2017. The well confirms a volume potential of 50-70 MMbbl of recoverable oil. The discovery more than doubles the remaining oil reserves to be produced through Norne field.
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October 03, 2018
Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has entered into an agreement with Equinor Energy AS, under which Lundin Norway will acquire Equinor's entire 15% working interest in the Lundin Norway operated license PL 359, containing the Luno II oil discovery.
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October 02, 2018
Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore (TVO), a developer of innovative solutions for the offshore industry, has signed an agreement with SubseaDesign AS in Norway, providing SubseaDesign sole rights to market and commercialize TVO’s patented Tethered BOP design for use in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
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October 01, 2018
Wintershall Norge AS and its partners have now received approval by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Nova development, about 120 km northwest of Bergen, Norway.
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September 28, 2018
Neptune Energy Group has announced the closing of the acquisition of VNG Norge AS, as signed on June 28.
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September 28, 2018
DEA Norge AS, operator of production license 721, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 7321/4-1. The well is dry.
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September 27, 2018
Wood has secured a new call off from Wintershall to provide engineering and construction services to the Brage offshore platform, west of Bergen, Norway.
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September 26, 2018
Aker Solutions has signed a strategic, global collaboration agreement with Equinor to ensure mutual and continuous improvement on current and future subsea projects within the domains of safety, quality, technology, execution and cost.
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September 25, 2018
Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has successfully completed the Alta appraisal well 7220/11-5 and extended production test in PL609, in the southern Barents Sea.
