Norway/NCS
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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.
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September 21, 2018
Aker BP ASA, operator of production license 028 B, has concluded the drilling of appraisal wells 25/10-16 S, A and C on Hanz field, as well as wildcat well 25/10-16 B drilled in production license 915 just southeast of the Hanz field.
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September 21, 2018
Equinor has awarded Transocean a contract for drilling six wells on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) by use of the Transocean Norge mobile rig. Drilling start-up is scheduled for the summer of 2019.
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September 13, 2018
The race is on to become Norway’s biggest non-state oil company.
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September 12, 2018
After supplying Europe’s biggest economy with natural gas for more than four decades, Norway is preparing to defend its share as the world’s biggest producers all vie for a larger slice of the $21-billion market.
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September 11, 2018
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Faroe Petroleum Norge AS a drilling permit for well 30/6-30, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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September 10, 2018
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for well 6407/11-1, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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September 10, 2018
Last week Norway’s largest and longest pipeline, laid by the vessel Saipem Castorone, reached the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.
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September 06, 2018
Liquid handling and pump specialist PG Flow Solutions has been awarded a contract by the Aker Solutions and Kvaerner 50/50 joint venture (ASK JV) to deliver MEG (mono ethylene glycol) and chemical injection pump packages to the Johan Sverdrup phase 2 field development.
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September 05, 2018
On Sept. 2, the Visund Nord IOR (improved oil recovery) project came onstream, two months ahead of schedule. The project has further been delivered with no serious HSE incidents and well below budget.
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August 31, 2018
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted consent for start-up of the Aasta Hansteen facility in the Norwegian Sea. Operator Equinor plans to start production during the course of autumn 2018.
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August 29, 2018
Come visit ONS Innovation Park 2018 to learn more about the latest technical solutions. The stand gathers 18 small- and medium-sized Norwegian companies, exhibiting new and exciting innovations primarily tailored to increase value creation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
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August 29, 2018
In collaboration with Cognite and Framo, Aker BP intensifies the digitization of offshore operations; new smart service contract will change the traditional approach to maintenance.
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August 29, 2018
Wood recently provided technical support for Equinor’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Melkøya Island, Norway, as part of a new contract secured under an existing master services agreement.
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August 28, 2018
Since ONS in 2016, the landscape of E&P companies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) has changed significantly. New players have entered the arena, companies have merged and several of the larger majors have changed their organizations, altered their business models or even changed their names and branded outfit.
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August 27, 2018
Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has successfully completed the appraisal well 16/1-28S and production test on the Rolvsnes discovery in the PL338C, on the Utsira High in the Norwegian North Sea.
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August 27, 2018
As the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference & exhibition got underway on Monday in Stavanger, Norway, it was hard to tell whether it is still mostly a traditional oil and gas event, or whether it has become a renewables advocacy forum.
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August 27, 2018
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), has received a three-year extension to a subsea services frame agreement with Equinor for its operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
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August 26, 2018
Back in 2015, Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc cast doubt over the future of aging oil fields offshore Norway.
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August 24, 2018
Norway’s $1-trillion sovereign wealth fund is meeting resistance on its plan to dump more than $40 billion in oil and gas stocks.
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August 23, 2018
Right before Norway’s biggest oil project in decades got the go-ahead in 2015, crude prices fell off a cliff. That turned out to be perfect timing.
