The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-20 A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-20 A will be drilled from the Island Innovator drilling facility ...
Tags: drilling, permit, well, production, licence
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the oil companies in the Diskos group have awarded contracts for software and operation of the Diskos databases to CGG. The contracts apply for the period 2015 to 2020. The contract award is ...
Preliminary production figures for October 2013 indicate an average daily production of about 1 751 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is 175 000 barrels per day (about 11 percent) more than in September 2013. Total gas sales ...
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Seismic streamers were installed on the Snorre field this past summer. When the streamers are lying exposed on the seabed, before they are covered, they are extremely vulnerable to trawling activity and other outside influences. Work to ...
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Seadrill Limited announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the company that owns the yard construction contract of the newbuild high specification jack-up rig Prospector 3 from Prospector Offshore for a total purchase ...
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The frequency of flights between Aberdeen and Oslo is to be increased due to demand from the oil and gas industry, according to operator bmi regional. The airline’s scheduled service providing direct access from Europe’s oil ...
Polarn O. Pyret AB acquires 100 percent of the shares in WAM AS in Norway. WAM AS, which is the master franchisee of Polarn O. Pyret in Noway, operates 24 physical stores as well as an e-commerce store and is expected to generate net sales ...
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Brazilian mining group Vale has reduced its stake in Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro to 2% from 21.6% and may completely offload its holding in the company, Hydro said Tuesday. Vale announced on Monday an offering to sell shares ...
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Statoil is pleased to announce an exciting exploration programme in Norway also in 2014, building on the exploration successes of recent years. Statoil plans to drill 20-25 exploration wells on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in ...
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7220/4-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7220/4-1 will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility at ...
This is the third near-field discovery in the Norwegian Sea in three months. Exploration well 6407/8-6 and sidetrack 6407/8-6A, drilled by the Songa Trym drilling rig, have proven several oil columns in formations dating from the Jurassic ...
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Sevan Marine ASA (the "Company") is pleased to announce that a company within the Logitel Offshore group of companies ("Logitel") has entered into a 3 year charter contract (the "Contract") with Petrobras commencing end 2014 for the ...
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Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and undeveloped field opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, is pleased to announce an oil discovery in well ...
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Norwegian softwood-lumber exports to the EU in the first half-year 2013 were more or less as they had been in the same period of last year. Eurostat data shows that deliveries of rough-sawn and planed softwood lumber amounted to 255,391 m3. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 501, is in the process of completing the drilling of appraisal well 16/3-7 on the 16/2-6 Johan Sverdrup oil discovery in the North Sea. The discovery was proven in Jurassic reservoir rocks ...
Tags: Oil Discovery, Petroleum