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.
Norwegian Sea
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.
Video: Statoil hails world-first gas plant as technology of the future
Statoil and partners have put the first subsea gas compression facility in the world on line at Åsgard in the Norwegian Sea.
Faroe Petroleum begins drilling of Portrush exploration well
Faroe Petroleum has commenced drilling of an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. The independent oil and gas explorer holds a 20% share in the Portrush well located in licence PL793. Faroe said the well, which is 10km from the Statoil-operated Njord field and 20km west of the Shell-operated Njord field, will target prospective resources along the Vingleia fault .
Transocean urged to make safety improvements after worker injured
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has called for a number of improvements to be made after a roustabout was injured on the Transocean Barents drilling unit. The incident, which happened in March this year, left the worker with injuries to his head, neck and back. He had been carrying out an inspection of the derrick when the accident happened.
Statoil hit with improvement notice over ignition risk on platform
Statoil has been given a deadline by the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) in Norway over a number of non-conformities and improvement points on the Heidmal gas processing platform in the North Sea. The list also includes the risk of ignition from the platform. The company has until August 24th to report on improvements it has made since the routine audit took place in June.
Noreco’s Haribo well comes up dry
Energy firm Noreco said no hydrocarbons were encountered at the Haribo exploration well. The company said the well will now be plugged and abandoned.