Regulatory approval has been given for Norway's prestigious Ivar Assen development.
[Read more ] • 22.05.2013
Sweden's Lundin Petroleum has missed out on proving up further reserves near Norway's Brynhild discovery with a dry hole to the north of the field.
[Read more ] • 23.05.2013
Statoil is facing a price-fixing investigation by the Norwegian Competition Authority on behalf of the European Commission which is looking into anti-competitive agreements.
[Read more ] • 15.05.2013
Technip has bagged a deal to deliver new equipment for the Statoil-operated Norne field.
[Read more ] • 14.05.2013
Oil operators offshore Norway are facing up to the prospect of higher development costs after the government suggested a 2% change in petroleum tax which will hit company profits.
[Read more ] • 07.05.2013
Total has been given clearance to drill its Norvarg II exploration well in the Barents Sea with the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible.
[Read more ] • 13.05.2013
Norwegian explorer Noreco has appointed a former oil and gas investor as its new chief executive.
Aker has said the costs of the new Ekofisk Zula platform have increased by about NOK 70 million (US $12 million) in the first quarter this year.
[Read more ] • 08.05.2013
Prospects for another Norwegian offshore oil development have been boosted with a successful test on the Luno II discovery.
Aker Solutions has said the costs for building a new Ekofisk field platform have risen due to quality issues with a sub contractor.
[Read more ] • 29.04.2013
Consultants at BMT Group have just completed an environmental monitoring programme for Total Norge As for its forthcoming Martin Linge development.
[Read more ] • 24.04.2013
BP has been wrapped for regulatory breaches by Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority after a “substantial leak” of oil and gas on its Norwegian Ula platform last year.
[Read more ] • 30.04.2013
Drilling at the Lupin prospect offshore Norway operated by Statoil has ended with a dry hole.
[Read more ] • 22.04.2013
Bridge Energy reports the start of drilling on the Norwegian Mjøsa exploration well.
[Read more ] • 15.04.2013
Operator Rocksource has kicked off drilling on the first of five exploration wells planned offshore Norway this year and next.
[Read more ] • 12.04.2013
Drilling on the Storbarden exploration well offshore Norway is to be pugged and abandoned after the hole failed to find oil and gas.
Permanent Reservoir Monitoring – PRM – is to be used by Statoil on two of its Norwegian fields to improve understanding of oil and gas flows.
[Read more ] • 10.04.2013
Repsol has drilled a dry hole south west of the Barents Sea Skrugard oil discovery.
Wintershall has had further success offshore Norway with a new appraisal which has proved up a northern extension to the Skarfjell discovery.
[Read more ] • 09.04.2013
Statoil is reporting a significant new find within the Gullfaks field area – one of the oldest producing fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
[Read more ] • 19.04.2013
Operator Lundin Petroleum has confirmed its belief that Luno II is another major new oil discovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
[Read more ] • 08.04.2013
Lundin Petroleum is seeking oil and gas with a new North Sea well on the Carlsberg prospect.
[Read more ] • 05.04.2013
Accommodation rig provider Floatel Internationalhas signalled its intention to raise US $150 million for new units under construction by Keppel FELS in Singapore.
[Read more ] • 04.04.2013
For sale: One Norwegian offshore oil and gas platform, twelve years old and only one previous careful owner.
[Read more ] • 17.04.2013
More oil has been found in Norway's Luno oil discovery with up to 200 metres (656 feet) of gross reservoir.
Further drilling on Norway's giant Johan Sverdrup field has confirmed that it stretches into a third licence area with the potential to boost the reserves on the huge discovery.
[Read more ] • 22.03.2013
Drilling on the Jorvik exploration prospect offshore Norway near the Edvard Grieg discovery has encountered oil.
[Read more ] • 15.03.2013
Talisman Energy has agreed to scrap the topsides for the Yme platform in a settlement of the long running North Sea platform construction dispute with SBM.
[Read more ] • 12.03.2013
Development of a new fast-tracked subsea tieback has allowed Statoil to extend the life of its Norne field by nearly a decade.
[Read more ] • 19.03.2013