Baker Hughes and Horisont team up for Barents Sea carbon capture project
Baker Hughes and Horisont Energi have entered into a pact for the Polaris carbon storage project off the northern coast of Norway.
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‘Well control incident’ on West Hercules rig leads to investigation
A "well control" incident on the West Hercules rig is being investigated by Norway's offshore safety watchdog.
Equinor says 25m barrel discovery proves Barents Sea’s potential
Equinor and partners have detected 12-25 million recoverable barrels of oil at the Skruis exploration well in the Johan Castberg licence.
Equinor hires West Hercules for Barents wells
Equinor has booked Seadrill's West Hercules rig for two wells in the Barents Sea in spring 2019.
Norway scoops up new batch of Barents data
Norway scooped up 4,500 kilometres worth of 2D seismic data in the Barents Sea in autumn 2017.
Lundin spuds Barents well
Lundin Petroleum this morning confirmed it had kick-started drilling of exploration well 7219/12-3 on the Hurri prospect in PL533 in the southern Barents Sea.
Lundin’s Hufsa well in Barents Sea a dud
Swedish oil firm Lundin Petroleum said today that its Hufsa prospect in the Barents Sea was "non-commercial".
Inpex buys into company’s first Norwegian project
Japanese firm Inpex has agreed to buy a 40% stake in a licence in the Barents Sea from Bayerngas.
Statoil, Eni hand Bristow contracts for Barents work
Statoil and Eni have jointly awarded Bristow contracts for two Sikorsky S92 helicopters operating out of Hammerfest, Norway.
Lundin spuds in Barents Sea
Lundin Petroleum has commenced drilling the exploration well 7130/4-1 on the Ørnen prospect.
EMGS wins licensing agreements worth $1.6million
ElectroMagnetic GeoServices (EMGS) has signed two new licensing agreements with two oil companies in the Barents Sea worth $1.6million. The contracts come as the company revealed a loss of revenue in its second quarter earnings.