Norway/NCS
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March 31, 2023
Norway has the largest underground storage potential in Europe and can play a key role in efforts to achieve climate targets when efficiently linked to continental European emitters.
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March 28, 2023
Transocean Encourage and Transocean Enabler are 6th generation fully winterized, harsh environment semisubmersible rigs with automated drilling control specially designed for operations on the Norwegian continental shelf.
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March 27, 2023
ABL’s operation in Norway, based in Stavanger, has been appointed to provide marine warranty services for the transportation and installation operations relating to both fields.
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March 21, 2023
The total recoverable resources from these development projects were estimated to 730 MMboe net for Aker BP, with net investments of approximately $19 billion in nominal terms and an average break-even price of $35-40 per bbl.
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March 20, 2023
The total consideration is $220 million plus a contingent payment element based on oil and gas prices over a 3-year period. A 28% working interest in PL037 gives 23.9% in Statfjord Unit, 28% in Statfjord Nord, 14% in Statfjord Øst Unit and 15.4% in Sygna Unit.
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March 14, 2023
Named Heisenberg, the oil and gas discovery well was drilled by the Deepsea Stavanger drilling rig. Equinor is the operator, and DNO is a partner.
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March 02, 2023
Vår Energi confirms an oil discovery in the operated 7122/8-1S Countach well in production license PL229, northwest of Hammerfest, including updated volume estimates. The well was drilled in one of the segments that form the Countach prospect.
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March 01, 2023
Equinor has signed an agreement to acquire equity interest in five oil and gas discoveries in the Troll, Fram and Kvitebjørn area in the North Sea on the Norwegian continental shelf from Wellesley Petroleum AS.
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February 27, 2023
The company seeks to fill gaps in the market to help meet operator demand for high-quality services and offer clients a more streamlined, efficient approach to delivering projects under a single supplier.
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February 17, 2023
The contract – awarded under TechnipFMC’s framework agreement with Equinor – covers the complete subsea production system including subsea trees and structures, control systems, connections, tooling, and installation support for Equinor's Verande project.
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February 16, 2023
TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant contract for subsea production systems by Equinor for its Irpa oil and gas development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract covers the supply and installation support of subsea trees, control systems, structures, and connections, as well as tooling.
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February 14, 2023
Norway has become the continent’s largest supplier of natural gas, pumping a record 122 Bcm in 2022 through over 8,000 km of subsea pipes. Johan Sverdrup, which began oil production in late 2019, is estimated to hold 2.7 Bboe, making it the continent’s biggest oil field.
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February 14, 2023
Aibel won an EPCI contract that involves engineering, procurement, construction and installation of two new processing modules related to the onshore compression and electrification of the Melkøya plant.
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February 13, 2023
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded two contracts by Equinor for the Irpa and Verdande field developments, located in the Norwegian Sea. The two projects will be executed in a consortium between DeepOcean and Subsea7.
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February 09, 2023
The Heimdal Terrace OBN survey will span an additional 500 square kilometer area under receivers (AUR) to increase the contiguous multi-client OBN coverage in the region to 3,778 square kilometers AUR.
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February 09, 2023
According to preliminary estimates, the size of the discovery is between 17 and 47 MMboe, of which the majority is oil. The two exploration wells of the discovery were drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen rig.
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February 09, 2023
The discovery occurred in the operated 7122/8-1S Countach well in PL229 (Goliat), north-west of Hammerfest.
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February 03, 2023
The agreements will secure the majority of the power needed for the existing manufacturing activities and also the additional power required for planned investments into electrification and hydrogen production as part of INEOS Inovyn Norway's plans to decarbonize its assets in Norway.
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February 01, 2023
The Barents Blue concept is to make ammonia from natural gas from the Barents Sea, capture the CO2 and store it under the seabed. The Polaris CO2 storage under the Barents Sea was selected as the CO2 storage solution for the Barents Blue project.
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January 20, 2023
TotalEnergies awarded the first contract- the LAPA Southwest (LAPA SW) development project- to Saipem and partner Aker Solutions do Brasil. Equinor also awarded a contract to Saipem for the Irpa pipeline project.
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January 18, 2023
The Obelix Upflank discovery was made some 23 km south of the Irpa gas discovery, and 350 km west of Sandnessjøen. This is the first discovery made on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in 2023, and the first wells in the Equinor-operated production license awarded in the APA award in 2020.
