Norway offered 76 new blocks to explore for oil and gas in the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea on Friday in a so-called APA licensing round, an annual event awarding acreage in mature parts of the continental shelf, the energy ministry said.Norway is Europe's biggest supplier of natural gas and a major producer of crude, pumping on average more than four million barrels of oil equivalent per day鈥
The Norwegian 云顶赌场老虎机 Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea, which will be drilled with Odfjell Drilling-managed DeepSea Bollsta semi-submersible rig.The permit is for wellbore 6606/4-1 S and 6606/4-1 A in production license 1194鈥
Aker BP and its partners have completed drilling on the Kongeørn prospect in the Norwegian Sea without making a discovery as the wildcat well proved to be dry.Wildcat well 6507/2-8 is situated in production license 942, which was part of the Awards in predefined areas (APA) 2017鈥
Oilfield services company TechnipFMC has been secured a 鈥榣arge鈥 integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (iEPCI) contract by Equinor for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 3 development in the Norwegian North Sea.The Johan Sverdrup field鈥
Harbour Energy has secured a permit to drill a well in the Norwegian Sea, which is part of carbon storage exploration license at Havstjerne development.The permit, awarded by Norwegian 云顶赌场老虎机 Directorate (NOD), is for wellbore 9/6-1 in production license EXL006鈥
The Norwegian 云顶赌场老虎机 Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.The permit is for wellbore 6405/7-4 in production license 1005, which is operated by Aker BP with 40% working interest, Vår Energi with 40% stake鈥
Equinor has started production at the Halten East development in the Norwegian Sea, two years following approval from Norwegian authorities.Halten East is a tie-in development located in the Kristin-Åsgard area in the Norwegian Sea. Vår Energi and Petoro are partners鈥
Equinor and its partners have made an oil discovery at Mistral exploration well, located in the southern Norwegian sea.The well 6406/6-7S in the PL1119 license was drilled using Odfjell Drilling鈥檚 Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig.The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 4鈥
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has drilled a dry wildcat well in the Bounty Updip prospect in the Norwegian Sea.The wildcat well 6306/6-3 S was drilled in production license 886, which was part of the awards in predefined areas (APA) 2016鈥
Norwegian seismic firm TGS has secured two 4D streamer contract acquisition projects, one in the North Sea and the other in the Norwegian Sea.The 4D projects are scheduled to be acquired back-to-back and start in June 2025.The total duration of the two surveys is approximately 80 days鈥
Orlen Upstream Norway has drilled a dry well as part of exploration campaign in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea.The wildcat well 6305/10-1 was the first exploration well in production license 1055, which was awarded in 2020 (Awards in predefined areas (APA) 2019)鈥
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered 53 new production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf in the APA 2024 licensing round to a total of 20 companies.Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) is an annual exploration round for the Norwegian continental shelf鈥
The Norwegian 云顶赌场老虎机 Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Norwegian Sea.The permit is for wellbore 6507/2-8 in production license 94, which is operated by Aker BP with 30% working interest, along鈥
The Norwegian 云顶赌场老虎机 Directorate has granted Aker BP two drilling permits for wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea.The permits are for wellbore 6306/6-3 S in production license 886, and 6507/5-13 S in production license 212.Aker BP operates the license 886鈥
Norwegian oil and gas companies DNO and OKEA have entered into swap agreement to exchange 10% interests in production licenses that contain Mistral and Horatio prospects.As part of the agreement, DNO Norge will pick up 10% interest in PL1119 containing the Mistral prospect鈥