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Mon, 7 Feb 2011 09:27:58 +0100

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Statoil has Norway's second best Chairman

Fri, 4 Feb 2011 10:13:16 +0100

Statoil's chairman of the Board, Svein Rennemo, receive a score of 99 point, and only one Norwegian tops that. Several other tops in the oil business frequent the list.

Several new contracts for SeaBird

Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:33:00 +0100

Seabird Exploration has secured new contracts worth a total of NOK 115 million.

Efficient back home

Fri, 4 Feb 2011 07:39:00 +0100

Songa Offshore has reported an operating efficiency of between 95 and 99 percent on its mobile units operating in Norway.

Aker snare Goliat installation

Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:02:59 +0100

Aker Solutions have signed a contract with ABB for installation of a subsea power cable for the Goliat field. The contract is worth around NOK 70 million, excluding vessel costs.

BP to test Snadd production

Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:59:48 +0100

BP made a discovery at their Snadd North discovery near the Skarv development. The company is now planning to test the field's production, and hope to tie it into their ongoing Skarv field development.

Marginal discovery at Svaneøgle

Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:20:00 +0100

Noreco has made a discovery at their Svaneøgle prospect south east of the Grane field, but the discovery is too small to be commercially interesting.

Kuehne+Nagel heads north with Eni

Wed, 2 Feb 2011 14:04:10 +0100

The logistics for Eni's Goliat unit are ready, logistics company Kuehne+Nagel in Tananger will move the Sevan unit from Korea to the Barents Sea.

Dry well at Ormen Lange

Wed, 2 Feb 2011 13:25:06 +0100

A/S Norske Shell has completed the drilling of appraisal well 6305/4-2 S on the Ormen Lange field. The well was dry, but will not result in changes to the assumed recoverable volumes for the gas field.

Westcon snares Turkey gig

Wed, 2 Feb 2011 13:18:07 +0100

Westcon have secured the contract for dismantling and reinstallation of the upper part of the derrick at semisub "Leiv Eiriksson". The derrick has to be dismantled when the rig passes bridges in the Bosporos strait.

Dry well at Gnatcatcher

Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:43:14 +0100

Wintershall have drilled a dry well in 35/12-3 S at their Gnatcatcher prospect in the North Sea.

Aker signs CLOV umbilical

Tue, 1 Feb 2011 13:20:55 +0100

Aker Solutions have signed a contract for the construction and delivery of a subsea umbilical bound for Total's CLOV field with Framo Engineering. The contract is worth NOK 80 million.

EMGS snares Red Sea gig

Tue, 1 Feb 2011 11:28:00 +0100

EMGS have secured a contract with an unnamed Saudi Arabian customer for 3D electromagnetic and magnetotelluric data collection in the Red Sea. The contract is worth around USD 12,5 million, roughly NOK 70 million.

Bergen Group to mod Statfjord

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:15:15 +0100

Bergen Group Rosenberg have secured a modification contract worth between NOK 20 million and 25 million at Statoil's Statfjord B and C installations.

Frame agreement for Promineo

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:35:00 +0100

Aker Solutions have awarded a frame agreement to Promineo for delivery of their cost control software Promineo Cost. The software can be used in all of Aker Solutions business areas worldwide.

New acquisition for Seawell

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:25:42 +0100

Seawell has acquired Universal Wireline for USD 25,5 million with cash reserves. The wireline company will be merged with recently acquired Gray Wireline.

Stream to swallow Ahlsell Oil & Gas

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:52:00 +0100

Stream acquires Ahlsell Oil & Gas, a company that controls around 30 per cent of the market shares within pipes and fittings on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Petrobras employs Subsea 7 again

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:48:30 +0100

Subsea 7 has been awarded to new contracts from Petrobras for offshore activities on the Brazilian Continental Shelf (BCS).

Lundin spuds Tellus

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:32:00 +0100

Lundin have started drilling exploratio well 16/1-15 in license 338 at the Tellus prospect. Dolphin semisub "Bredford Dolphin" is drilling the well.

Deep Sea Supply sell vessel

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:36:19 +0100

Deep Sea Supply sell their AHTS vessel "Sea Weasel" to a new Malaysian partnership, where the company has a 25 percent ownership.

SeaBird enters PGS cooperation

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:34:00 +0100

SeaBird Exploration has entered into a strategic cooperation with Petroleum Geo-Services to further develop the Ocean Bottom Node-technology.

To invest in marginal berries

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:03:14 +0100

BG Norge is operator of the discovery called Jordbær on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Total investments for developing the field is around USD 1,7 billion, but this excludes the FPSO.

Valemon contract this summer

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:37:36 +0100

Statoil will hand out contract for fabrication and delivery of topside on Valemon on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) within this summer.

To explore pre-salt in Angola

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:23:49 +0100

Statoil has been chosen as an operator and partner outside Angola. The company will now explore pre-salt areas, correspondingly with similar geology on the Brazilian Continental Shelf (BCS).

Scarabeo 8 is six monts late

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:24:49 +0100

Saipem's problem-ridden new semisubmersible rig "Scarabeo 8" was slated to start drilling the Barents Sea Goliat field in summer/fall 2011. That has now been postponed by six months.

Gygrid one step closer

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:01:00 +0100

GDF Suez E&P Norge, 20 percent partner in the Norwegian Sea Gygrid field, has received the blessing from its parent company to go ahead with a potential development.

Lundin set for investment boom in '11

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:46:48 +0100

Lundin Petroleum has decided to invest NOK three billion in 2011. That's up some 38 percent from 2010,with the bulk going to field development and exploration.

Thumbs up for Krafla

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:31:00 +0100

Statoil has been granted a drilling permit on the prospect called Krafla on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

No Skarv to Sandnessjøen

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:07:11 +0100

Skarv sails past its base in Sandnessjøen and heads straight for the oil field when it is done commissioning at Aker Stord around Easter.

One out of three wants

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:35:09 +0100

One out of three considers a job in the oil industry, and more than 60 per cent of Norwegians between 15 and 19 years have faith in the future of the business.