Dozens of applications for Norway oil and gas licensing round
Dozens of companies have applied for acreage in the latest oil and gas exploration round in Norway, though it is the lowest figure in recent years.
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Equinor and partners to invest £750m in six discoveries at Halten East
Equinor and its partners have decided to invest NOK 9 billion (£746m) in the Halten East development area in Norway.
Norway well slot: Three exploration wells active
Westwood Global Energy reports that there were three exploration wells active as of 24 January. One exploration well has spudded and completed in 2022.
Who won what? Norway dishes out 53 licences in oil and gas exploration round
Norway has dished out 53 licences in its latest round of awards for oil and gas exploration.
Norway well slot: 10 discoveries so far in 2021
Westwood Global Energy reports that there were two exploration wells active as of 29 November. A total of six appraisal wells and 27 exploration wells have completed to date in 2021, from which ten commercial discoveries have been made giving a 37% commercial success rate to date.
Neptune begins final well campaign at Fenja
Drilling has begun on four production wells at the field in the Norwegian Sea.
Well Slot: Five E&A wells active in Norway
Westwood Global Energy reports that there were five E&A wells active as of 31 August, comprising two exploration wells and three appraisal wells.
Deepsea Aberdeen rig to drill exploration and infill production wells for Wintershall Dea
Oil and gas producer Wintershall Dea Norge has awarded a contract to Odfjell Drilling to complete the drilling of at least four operated wells next year.
Some optimism for Norway’s offshore prospects
Westwood Global Energy reports that there was one exploration well programme active as of May 27, plus one development programme with an exploration sidetrack planned. One exploration well programme was completed and one exploration well programme spudded in May.
Norway: Five active operations ongoing with busy times in North Sea
Four exploration wells and one appraisal well were active in Norway at the end of September. Three wells were completed and one well spudded in September.
Six exploration wells active at end of July
Westwood Global Energy reports that there were six active exploration wells and one active appraisal well at the end of July. Since the last report, five exploration wells have spudded and six E&A wells have completed on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Exploration: Oil finds in Greater Edvard Grieg area
Westwood Global Energy reports that there were five active exploration wells and two active appraisal wells as of June 25. Since the last report, six wells have spudded and four have completed.
Wintershall strikes gas with wildcat well
German energy firm Wintershall has struck gas with its Balderbraa wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.
Statoil strikes gas on Mim play
Statoil has hit gas on the Mim prospect in the Norwegian Sea. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said today that wells had been drilled on the discovery, six kilometres east of the Alve field. Early estimates put the size of the discovery at between one and five billion standard cubic metres of recoverable gas.
Centrica puts off submitting plan for Fogelberg discovery
Centrica has confirmed putting off the submission of a field development plan (FDP) for the Fogelberg discovery in the Norwegian Sea until mid-2019.
Noreco expects $14m pay out from ‘Zidane’ field
Norwegian energy firm Noreco said today that it is due a payment of $14million from the Dvalin project, previously named Zidane.
Statoil’s wildcat strikes oil and gas
Statoil was today celebrating after its wildcat made an oil and gas discovery.
Wintershall picks CHC as aviation partner for drilling campaign
Wintershall has picked CHC to provide helicopter services in support of the drilling programme on the Maria Field in the Norwegian Sea.
Shell given go-ahead for Norway gas plant expansion
Norway’s oil and gas safety body said today it had given Shell permission to expand its gas plant at Nyhamna.
Statoil to make multimillion investment in new development
Statoil is said to have invested NOK798million in a new mini development in the Norwegian North Sea.
Statoil shuts down Volve field
Statoil has shut down the Volve field, according to reports.
Companies vying for latest Norwegian production licences
Nearly 40 companies have applied for new production licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, indicating there is still considerable interest in the sector according to country's petroleum directorate.
Companies throw hats into ring for Norwegian licences
Norway's 23rd licensing round has attracted 26 companies keen to explore in the Barents Sea.
Statoil’s record-breaking Polarled pipeline now in place
Norwegian energy giant Statoil has announced the completion of its 482km Polarled pipeline, the deepest on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Faroe begins drilling latest well in Norwegian sector
Aberdeen-based Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company, has spudded its latest exploration well on the Blink prospect.