The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for well 25/2-20 as per the the Resource Management Regulations.Well 25/2-20 in the North Sea will be drilled from the Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Stavanger drilling facility…
Equinor said it has awarded a group of drilling service contracts worth about NOK 2.5 billion ($286 million), exclusive of options, to several suppliers.The services will be delivered to both new and existing fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)…
Aker BP is gearing up to drill its Freke-Garm exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Stavanger semisubmersible drilling rig. Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) authorised the well, 15/6-15…
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has completed exploration well 2/6-6S, targeting the Oppdal and Driva prospects in PL860 in the North Sea. Both targets were dry…
Independent oil and gas company Faroe Petroleum announced the Cassidy exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea will be plugged and abandoned following 'disappointing' results.The well 8/10-7S within the PL405 Oda licence encountered 13 meters of water bearing Jurassic Ula formation sandstones…
Neptune Energy announced Monday it has completed the integration with the former VNG Norge business. The integrated business, Neptune Energy Norge, will be among the top five independent producers on the Norwegian Continental Shelf by equity…
Faroe Petroleum announced Wednesday the commencement of the Cassidy exploration well 8/10-7 S in the Norwegian North Sea.The Cassidy prospect sits within the PL405 Oda licence (discovered in 2011) and is being drilled back-to-back with the production wells on the Oda structure…
Aker BP announced on Monday that it has completed the $205 million acquisition of Total E&P Norge's Norwegian continental shelf portfolio. Aker BP first announced the deal in July, and this week said all closing conditions have been fulfilled…
International drilling, well service and engineering company Odfjell Drilling said it has signed a Letter of Intent for Deepsea Bergen with MOL Norge for one exploration well in direct continuation of the contract with OMV Norge, estimated to expire in Q3/Q4 2019…
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has authorized Norwegian E&P player Aker BP to use the Maersk Reacher mobile facility as a quarters facility on the Valhall field.A public statement from PSA said: 'A lot of work will be taking place on the Valhall field in the time ahead…
Lundin Petroleum's Hurri exploration well in the Norwegian southern Barents Sea was dry. The well, 7219/12-3S, drilled using the Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible drilling rig, in PL533, in the southern Barents Sea, was dry, says operator Lundin…
Operator Aker BP has completed an acquisition of Hess Norge, which owns 10% stakes in the Norwegian North Sea Valhall and Hod fields, from Hess Corp for US$2 billion. At the same time, a deal by Aker BP to sell 10% interest in the…
VNG Norge today (19 December) submitted the US$1.2 billion (NOK 10.2 billion) plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea. The company previously estimated its development plan for Fenja to cost $1.3 billion (NOK11…
Norwegian operator Aker BP has submitted three plans for development and operations to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Aker BP is planning to develop Valhall Flank West…
VNG Norge, part of German group VNG, has lined up a drilling for for work on the Fenja development in the Norwegian Sea. VNG Norge has issued a letter of intent (LOI) to North Atlantic Norway for the semisubmersible drilling rig West…
