Why is the Norwegian Continental Shelf still a hotbed for oil exploration? The answer might surprise you!
Despite the growing momentum toward renewable energy and the global push for decarbonization, interest in oil and gas exploration on the Norwegian Continental Shelf remains ... Read More
Wellesley Petroleum makes Carmen discovery in PL1148, Norwegian North Sea
Norway-based oil company Wellesley Petroleum AS has announced the Carmen discovery, a significant commercial hydrocarbon discovery in the North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum ... Read More
Snorre expansion project in North Sea set to begin production
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 ... Read More
PGNiG reports Warka gas discovery in PL1009 license in Norwegian Sea
Warka gas discovery : PGNiG Upstream Norway has claimed to have made a large gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea through the drilling of a ... Read More
Wellesley Petroleum fails to find hydrocarbons with 6204/11-3 well in PL 829
Wellesley Petroleum has failed to find any hydrocarbons following the drilling of exploratory well 6204/11-3 in production licence 829 (PL 829) in the Norwegian North ... Read More
Neptune Energy gets NPD nod for drilling 6406/12-G-1 H well in PL 586
Neptune Energy has been granted a drilling permit from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for drilling well 6406/12-G-1 H in production licence 586 (PL 586) ... Read More
Spirit Energy encounters dry well in PL 780 near Aasen field in North Sea
Spirit Energy Norway has failed to find any hydrocarbons in production licence 780 (PL 780), 5km north of the Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian ... Read More
Equinor makes minor oil discovery in PL 089 near Vigdis field in North Sea
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 ... Read More
Equinor encounters dry well near Fram field in Norwegian North Sea
Equinor Energy, the operator of production licence 827 S in the Norwegian North Sea, has failed to find any hydrocarbons following the drilling of wildcat ... Read More
Northern Lights CCS project : Equinor and partners complete drilling of exploration well
Oil and gas giants Equinor, Shell, and Total have reported positive results from the drilling of an exploration well 31/5-7 Eos located south of the ... Read More