Norwegian authorities have approved Equinor and partners’ plans to begin production from the Snorre expansion project in the North Sea. In July 2018, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy approved the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the expansion of the Snorre field for increasing recovery from it by almost 200 million barrels […]
Wisting oil field Norway : Equinor has awarded contracts for concept studies to advance the project development of the Wisting field in the Barents Sea in Norway towards a final concept select decision. Aker Solutions, KBR, Sevan SSP, and Aibel have been awarded contracts for concept studies pertaining to the floating production storage and offloading […]
Phase 1 of the offshore Norwegian oil project begins production
Ærfugl phase 1 project : Operator Aker BP and its partners Equinor, Wintershall Dea, and PGNiG have begun production from the phase 1 development of the Ærfugl oil field (formerly Snadd field) in the Norwegian Sea. The partners are developing the offshore Ærfugl field in two phases with a total investment of NOK8 billion ($873.12 […]
John Wood Group (Wood) has bagged a three-year contract worth around $75 million from Equinor to support the latter’s operations at the Mariner oil field in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Under the contract, the British energy services company will be responsible for the operations, maintenance, modifications, and offshore services on the Mariner A platform […]
Breidablikk oil project : Equinor and its partners Petoro, ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, and Vår Energi have approved the development of the Breidablikk oil field in the Norwegian North Sea with an investment of NOK 18.6 billion ($1.96 billion). The partners will submit the plan for development and operation of the Breidablikk field to the Norwegian Minister […]
British energy services company Wood has bagged an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) services contract worth $84 million from Equinor in the Norwegian North Sea. As per the terms of the contract, Wood will supply all topside modifications at Equinor’s Grane platform, which will be prepared to enable the tie-back of the Breidablikk subsea […]
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras) said that it has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Well 1-BRSA-1376D-RJS (Naru) of Block C-M-657 in the pre-salt of the Campos Basin. According to the Brazilian national oil company, the Naru well was drilled nearly 308km from the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, in water depth of […]
Equinor said that it has given a NOK400 million worth ($42 million) engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract to Wood for the MEG Upgrade project at the Kollsnes gas processing plant in Norway, on behalf of the operator Gassco. As per the EPCI contract, Wood will upgrade the mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) regeneration handling capacity […]
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has awarded a contract worth around $51 million to Noble Drilling Norway for the use of its Noble Lloyd Noble drilling rig for a three-well campaign at the Valemon field in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract for which work will begin from 2021 summer includes an option for […]
Equinor Energy has made a minor oil discovery in production licence 089 (PL 089) through the drilling of the 34/7-E-4 AH wildcat well near the Vigdis field in the Norwegian North Sea. The goal of the 34/7-E-4 AH exploratory well was to determine the presence of hydrocarbons in reservoir rocks from the Middle Jurassic Age […]