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Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…