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 […]
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 […]
Dugong discovery : Neptune Energy and its partners have made a hydrocarbon discovery in PL 882 license offshore Norway following the drilling of the Dugong well in the North Sea. The company said that upon entering the reservoir, logs and cuttings identified hydrocarbons and a decision has been made by the partners to initiate coring. Neptune […]
UK-based oil and gas company Neptune Energy and its partners in the offshore Norwegian license PL882 have spudded the Dugong wildcat well with the Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig in the North Sea. The Dugong well is the first operated exploration well to be drilled by Neptune Energy in the northern North Sea since the Duva […]
Lundin Norway has been granted a permit from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for drilling the wildcat well 7221/4-1 in production licence 609 (PL 609) in the Barents Sea. The company, which is the operator of production licence 609 with 40% stake, will drill well 7221/4-1 using the West Bollsta drilling facility. The other partners […]
PGNiG Upstream Norway has secured a final administrative consent to increase its presence in the Duva oil and gas field in the North Sea by acquiring an additional 10% interests in the PL636 and PL636B licences. With the closing of the deal, PGNiG Upstream Norway’s interests in both the licences have gone up to 30%. The […]