Norway/NCS
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March 05, 2020
Aker BP and Framo have entered a long-term maintenance contract for seawater lift pumps where compensation is directly linked to facility uptime.
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February 19, 2020
Neptune Energy announced first gas from the new L5a-D4 well in the deepest producing gas field of the Dutch North Sea.
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February 13, 2020
Developed by Equinor in partnership with Shell and Total, the Northern Lights project aims to securely collect and transmit CO₂ from onshore sources and store it under the seabed.
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February 06, 2020
The move, which Equinor had initially resisted, is another illustration of the tremendous pressure building against the oil industry to act on climate change, including from a growing proportion of major investors.
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February 03, 2020
As operators worldwide set ambitious net-zero-emissions goals, oilfield service companies have an opportunity to both play a key role in meeting these targets, and take a leadership position in shaping the path of the coming energy transition.
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January 29, 2020
Under the agreement, the companies will offer tooling and services in four distinct areas: platform well abandonment, subsea well abandonment, topside and jacket removals and subsea removals.
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January 23, 2020
Western Europe’s biggest oil and gas producer just witnessed its final investment boom, according to Norway’s largest bank.
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January 20, 2020
In direct continuation of the rig’s current workscope, Maersk Integrator will move to the Ivar Aasen field offshore Norway to drill two wells, with work expected to commence in October 2020.
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January 15, 2020
OPEC’s latest forecasts suggested a weaker outlook for global oil markets this year as surging supplies from competitors from Norway to Guyana threaten the group’s efforts to defend crude prices.
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January 14, 2020
Odin Estensen, managing director of Neptune Energy in Norway, said “The awards support our
strategy to grow operatorship and acreage in and around our core areas. Through this latest licensing
round we have secured four more awards than in 2019, a record for our company in Norway.”
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January 14, 2020
“The award enables us to mature new prospects and prove profitable resources that can be developed within the scope of our new climate roadmap for the Norwegian continental shelf,” said Nick Ashton, Equinor’s senior vice president for exploration in Norway and the UK.
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January 13, 2020
Norway’s vision of establishing a new major oil province off its northern tip has suffered another blow.
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January 09, 2020
Equinor and its partners in Norway’s Statfjord area have identified and approved plans to extend production from the field towards 2040.
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January 08, 2020
TGS announced the purchase of all U.S. onshore petrophysical log database and associated intellectual property from Petrophysical Solutions, Inc.
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January 06, 2020
In 2050, Equinor expects Norwegian oil and gas production to be less than half of current levels, assuming development of defined projects and substantial efforts to increase production from existing fields and continued exploration.
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December 17, 2019
The agreement will be managed from DNV GL’s office in Stavanger, Norway and supported with a global network of 2,000 technical experts, with global services ranging from verification and environmental to due diligence studies.
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December 16, 2019
A new compensation format will help improve efficiency as Equinor awards new framework agreements for safety and automation systems with five suppliers.
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December 13, 2019
Morten Baltzersen, the head of the Financial Supervisory Authority in Norway, says the rush to plow funds into investments that fulfill environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards has opened the door to a new risk.
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December 12, 2019
Norway’s oil lobby raised the investment forecast for the country’s offshore industry for the coming years, even if it still sees a sharp drop in 2021 amid a lack of big new projects.
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December 10, 2019
Equinor performed rigorous testing of the Stauper technology at the Grane Field in the North Sea, and the results showed that up to 99.5% of oil was removed from the produced water.
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December 05, 2019
Sverdrup’s earlier-than-expected start in October broke a long trend of underperformance for Norway’s overall oil production. Output lagged forecasts in 28 straight months through September, even after the 2019 estimate was slashed to a 31-year low.
