A new generation UK oil & gas junior is in the final stage of buying its way into the Mariner heavy oil field having agreed to purchase a chunk of JX Nippon Exploration & Production UK’s 28.89% stake.
Norwegian oil producer Statoil sees the crude price downturn as a chance to slash costs and become more efficient, with a senior executive calling it a "great opportunity" to improve operations.
Standard & Poor's cut its corporate credit ratings on BP, Total and Statoil, citing the Europe-based oil and gas companies' persistent weak debt coverage measures over 2015-2017.
Statoil has awarded the NOK1.1billion 10-year contract for insulation, scaffolding and surface treatment maintenance services at Sture and Kollnes to services company Prezioso Linjebygg.
NorSea Group has struck a deal with Statoil for the use of its Strodbase in Norway to assemble the world’s first floating windfarm off the coast of Aberdeenshire.
First steel has been cut for Statoil's Johan Sverdrup drilling platform for the North Sea, marking a major milestone for the firm's flagship development.