Norway doubles Barents Sea resources estimate
Norway has doubled its estimates for undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Barents Sea.
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Aquila snaps up six hydro power plants in Norway
Investment firm Aquila Capital has bought six hydro power plants in Norway for an undisclosed sum.
Video: Sail-away for Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen substructure
Statoil has released jaw-dropping footage of the substructure for its Aasta Hansteen platform being loaded onto the world’s largest heavy transport vessel, Dockwise Vanguard.
Statoil cleared to use Songa rig on Kayak prospect
Statoil has received consent from Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea.
Video: Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen substructure leaves dry dock in South Korea
Statoil has released incredible footage of the substructure for its Aasta Hansteen platform leaving a dry dock in South Korea.
PSA finds fault with Statoil’s Statfjord facilities
Norway’s offshore oil industry watchdog has warned Statoil over safety systems on the Statfjord facilities in the North Sea.
Aker BP cleared to drill North Sea well
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog has cleared Aker BP to drill an exploration well in the North Sea.
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund calls for firms to be transparent about tax
The operators of Norway £915billion sovereign fund wants global companies to be transparent about tax payments.
Norway and China team up on North Sea FPSO project
Norwegian ship owner BW Offshore has joined forces with a Chinese financial leasing firm in an effort to make big waves in the FPSO market.
Prosafe locked in dispute over rig conversion contract
Offshore accommodation provider Prosafe said today that its dispute with Westcon Yards over a rig contract could be heard in court again later this year.
CHC wins North Sea helicopter contract with Faroe Petroleum
CHC Helicopters has won a contract to provide flights for Faroe Petroleum’s exploration drilling campaign at the Norwegian North Sea Brasse field.
Norway can’t live off oil wealth as ‘rentier’, PM Solberg says
Norway needs to plot a new course as more economic engines are needed to propel western Europe’s biggest crude and gas producer out of the oil age, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said.
Baker Hughes deny Norway downsizing is related to GE merger
Baker Hughes has denied that the downsizing of the firm's Norway arm is related to the proposed merger with GE Oil and Gas.
Statoil given clean bill of health at Haltenbanken but must improve deck wave analysis
Statoil has been given a generally clear bill of health for two mobile production facilities based on the Haltenbanken field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Repsol Norge undergoes audit of emergency preparedness and helideck at Gyda
Respol has been ordered to respond to Norway's safety watchdog after a number of areas for improvement were noted in a recent audit.
Norway is the happiest nation on earth, new report shows
Norway is the happiest country on Earth, Americans are getting sadder, and it takes more than just money to be cheery, according to a new report.
Aker bags £95m contract for Njord platform refit
Aker Solutions said today it had clinched a deal worth £95million for upgrading Statoil’s Njord A platform in Norway.
Norway buries oil-tax incentives as crude crisis fades
Norway’s government won’t propose any tax incentives for oil companies to boost recovery at aging fields and marginal offshore discoveries before parliamentary elections later this year.
Norway’s wealth fund in talks with coal-related firms
Norway's $900billion sovereign wealth fund is in a talks with 26 companies because they use or produce coal, its CEO has revealed.
E&P firm VNG awards FEED contracts to Subsea 7, Technip FMC, and Aker Solutions
Gas exploration and production (E&P) firm VNG has awarded Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contracts to Subsea 7, Technip FMC, and Aker Solutions
AkerBP gets go-ahead for North Sea exploration well
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority has given AkerBP permission to drill an exploration well on the North Sea Volund field.
Repsol cleared to drill Stordal exploration well
Norway’s offshore safety body has cleared Spain’s Repsol to drill an exploration well on the Stordal prospect. The Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible rig will drill the well on Stordal in the Norwegian Sea, about 395kilometres west of Bodo. Drilling is slated to start in early March and last 33 days.
Statoil to drill follow-up appraisal well
Statoil has been granted permission for a follow up appraisal well.
No diving injuries reported on NCS last year
No divers reported injuries last year during operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, according to the country's safety body.
Video: Floatel Endurance lives up to its name as it shrugs off North Sea waves
A video has emerged showing a North Sea accommodation vessel living up to its name.