Arctic
News
July 23, 2019
TechnipFMC has been awarded a $7.6-billion EPC contract by Novatek and its partners for the Arctic LNG 2 project located in the Gydan peninsula in West Siberia, Russia.
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June 17, 2019
Equinor Energy AS, operator of production license 859, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7335/3-1.
News
April 25, 2019
CNOOC Limited has announced that the company has signed a heads of agreement with JSC Novatek, a Russian gas producer, for the acquisition of 10% interest of the Arctic LNG 2 project.
News
April 12, 2019
Nidec ASI, head of the Nidec Industrial Solutions business platform belonging to the Nidec Group, signed last month with Siemens Gas and Power , a multi-million euro contract, for the supply of Variable Frequency Drives Systems (VFDS) and Motors for the Arctic LNG 2 project which will be used as part of the Natural Gas (LNG) liquefaction plants located in the Yamal peninsula in Arctic Russia.
News
April 08, 2019
About 1,500 mi from Moscow, the port of Sabetta on the Russian Arctic peninsula is the site of Russia’s most ambitious LNG project.
News
April 07, 2019
Norway's Labor Party holds steadfast against oil exploration in Arctic's Lofoten islands
News
March 31, 2019
The Trump administration's attempt to restore oil and gas leasing in U.S. waters was blocked by a federal judge in Alaska, delivering a win to environmentalists who argued that offshore drilling isn’t worth the risk.
News
March 20, 2019
Greenland Gas & Oil Limited (‘GGO’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to confirm the award of a new license and extension of existing licenses, as well as provide details of upcoming operational activities on its Jameson Land acreage located onshore south-east Greenland.
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March 05, 2019
Total announces that it has signed the definitive agreements with Novatek for the acquisition of a direct 10% interest in Arctic LNG 2, a major liquefied natural gas development led by Novatek on the Gydan Peninsula, Russia.
News
January 14, 2019
Russia’s Novatek PJSC is looking at storing liquefied natural gas produced in the Arctic on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu so it can better meet spot demand from China and cut shipping costs.
News
January 03, 2019
The resource estimates on Goliat continues to increase. Vår Energi AS has together with license partner Equinor completed an appraisal in PL 229 in the Barents Sea through the successful drilling of the 7122/7-7 S Goliat West appraisal well.
Article
December 2018
Companies in the news
Article
September 2018
Evy Glørstad-Clark has been appointed senior V.P., exploration, for Aker BP.
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The Prirazlomnaya platform. The only production platform on the Russian Arctic Shelf.
September 13, 2018
Article
July 2018
Akofs Offshore has been awarded a contract for light well intervention services, using its 156-m vessel, Akofs Seafarer, for all Equinor-operated licenses, in the period 2020 to 2025.
Article
July 2018
EnerMech has appointed Salvatore Cutino as regional director for Africa, based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Article
March 2018
Down the Hall
News
February 13, 2018
The contract includes the construction and installation of the topside structure for the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) to be located on the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. The contract has a total value of about NOK 3.8 billion.
News
February 13, 2018
Aker Solutions will as a subcontractor of Kvaerner deliver modules for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Statoil-operated Johan Castberg development, the largest oil discovery in the Norwegian Barents Sea.
News
February 01, 2018
The West Hercules semisubmersible rig has been contracted for drilling two exploration wells in the Barents Sea in 2018, and options to drill another five exploration wells.
