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  • Technology Triggers Majority of Well Control Incidents in Norway, Study Shows

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    A new well control incident study reveals significant gaps between causes in investigation reports and the viewpoints cited by professionals in interviews. The industry should, among other things, investigate more well control incidents and implement more technical measures. While the results from the investigations generally point to technology as the triggering cause of well control […]

  • Norway: Summary of Crude Oil Spills on NCS

    18 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    During the period 2001–2010, there has been a significant reduction in the number of acute crude oil spills on the Norwegian continental shelf. The reduction was greatest during the first years of the period, while the number of spills following this remained stabile for several years. In 2010, the number has declined again, but it […]

  • PSA: All good with well clean-up and well testing on NCS

    6 November 2014
    Equipment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    In the first and second quarters of 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the management of well clean-up and well testing on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The activity was directed at the management, planning and execution of well clean-up and well testing on fixed platforms and production testing on […]

  • Norwegian Historians Publish History of DNV

    28 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Entitled Building Trust: the History of DNV 1864-2014, this volume describes how the organisation has developed from a minor Norwegian classification society into the world’s largest enterprise of its kind with the formation of DNV GL in 2013. The book has been written by Norwegian historians Gard Paulsen, Håkon With Andersen, John Peter Collett and […]

  • Statoil kicks off drilling ops at Oseberg Vestflanken 2 using new Cat J rig

    26 February 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil company Statoil has started drilling at the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 development offshore Norway using the Cat J rig Askepott. 

  • Regulator accepts Beach Energy’s plan for Otway offshore operations

    15 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has accepted Beach Energy’s environmental plan (EP) for the offshore activities related to the Otway gas development. According to NOPSEMA, the plan was submitted on 3 September 2021 and it has been accepted today, 15 August. The Otway gas development consists of offshore and onshore infrastructure […]

  • Following incident, Equinor ordered to ensure maintenance of offshore facilities and land plants

    6 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norway’s regulator has investigated an incident with a short circuit and fire pump breakdown on one of Equinor’s North Sea platforms.

  • Norway: Petroleum Safety Authority Releases Report on Diving-Related Incidents

    27 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      In 2011, eight minor personal injuries and one near-miss were reported in saturation diving in connection with petroleum activities, according to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s report from the diving database system DSYS. This year’s report contains statistics and analyses based on data from the period 1985-2011. Activity level In 2011, the activity level […]

  • Norway: Total Launches Hild Field Development

    2 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Total, operator of the Hild license, launches the development of this field located in the Norwegian North Sea. This development will represent an investment of US$4.2 billion (NOK 25.6 billion) and is subject to the approval of the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Norwegian Parliament (Storting). Total holds a 51 % interest together […]

  • Bergen Group to take part in Ekofisk decommissioning work

    28 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Bergen Group AAK has been awarded a framework contract by AF Offshore Decom for delivery of subcontractor services connected to decommissioning and disassembly of topside structures on the ConocoPhillips-operated Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea. Initially, the framework contract covers the period 2017 – 2018, Bergen Group said in an Oslo Stock Exchange filing on […]

  • Offshore watchdog reveals cause of crane incident on Statoil’s Gullfaks B

    31 August 2017

    Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has identified weaknesses in crane design as an underlying cause of a crane incident from March on Statoil’s Gullfaks B platform offshore Norway. The PSA said on Thursday it had finished its investigation of the incident on Gullfaks B from March 7, 2017, when the boom of the […]

  • Kongsberg to supply safety and automation systems for Johan Sverdrup Phase 2

    14 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Norwegian oil major Equinor has extended an existing contract with Kongsberg for the Phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup field development.

  • Red ink for Songa Offshore

    6 November 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Songa Offshore, an offshore drilling contractor, has recorded a net loss of $317 million for the third quarter 2015 versus $1 million profit in the same period last year. According to the company, the drilling market is facing challenging times over the next two years.  According to its 3Q 2015 report on Friday, following further developments […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime upgrades safety and automation systems on Aker BP’s FPSO

    17 December 2021
    Automation, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, IT & Software, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Safety, Vessels

    Kongsberg Maritime has successfully updated 19 Safety and Automation Systems (SAS) controllers on Aker BP’s FPSO vessel.

  • Faroe spuds Brasse appraisal well

    25 May 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Oil and gas company Faroe Petroleum has started drilling its operated Brasse appraisal well 31/7-2S in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Faroe announced the Brasse oil and gas discovery in PL740, where it holds 50% interest, in July 2016. The main wellbore 31/7-1  encountered an 18 meter gross gas column and a 21 […]

  • PSA aims to improve well safety on NCS

    13 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Petroleum Safety Authority Norway reports that wells which are left temporarily abandoned year after year represent a safety challenge on the NCS. The regulations have now been tightened up. Exploration wells must be permanently plugged after no more than two years, according to new regulatory requirements which came into force this year. Furthermore, production wells […]

  • Norway: PSA to Help Reduce Accident Risk Similar to Deepwater Horizon on NCS

    20 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Much effort has been devoted to learning from the Deepwater Horizon accident. The PSA has already identified three key areas where action is needed to help reduce major accident risk on the NCS. Eleven people died when the semisubmersible rig caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico during April 2010. Many more […]

  • OMV spuds gas-condensate prospect with Transocean rig

    8 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    OMV has started drilling an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea, using one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.

  • After worker suffers ‘crushing injuries’ during work on jack-up rig, probe reveals nonconformities

    1 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety regulator has completed an investigation into an incident involving a personal injury during work on a drag chain on a jack-up rig.

  • Aker BP strikes oil in Liatårnet well offshore Norway

    12 July 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian E&P player Aker BP has made an oil find in the Liatårnet well located in the North of Alvheim and Krafla-Askja (NOAKA) area offshore Norway.

  • Inquiry into fire incident at Norwegian offshore gas platform draws to a close

    6 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Norwegian offshore safety regulator has finished investigating a fire incident on a platform in the Norwegian Sea.

  • NOPSEMA opens comment period for Shell’s Crux project

    4 February 2019
    Infrastructure

    Australia’s oil and gas regulator NOPSEMA has released Shell’s Crux offshore project proposal for public comment.

  • Eni ordered to reassess its Goliat plans

    12 January 2017

    Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority has identified multiple breaches in regulations aboard the Eni-operated Goliat platform in the Barents Sea.   The PSA Norway on Thursday released reports tackling different issues identified aboard the giant cylindrical FPSO and has ordered Eni to reassess the ways it manages the operations there. The Goliat has been plagued by […]

  • RNNP Reports on Development in Risk of Acute Spills on Norwegian Shelf

    27 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    During the period 2001 – 2011, there was a clear reduction in the number of acute crude oil spills to sea on the Norwegian shelf. Leaks in and damage to flexible risers continues to be an unresolved problem area, which will require attention from the industry in coming years. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) […]

  • GALLERY: Wakashio’s bow finally scuttled

    25 August 2020
    Vessels

    Dramatic scenes of the Wakashio’s bow being sent out to its final resting place were captured on Sunday, August 24th, as the front section of the broken up Capesize bulker was sunk in a planned operation in Mauritian waters. The sinking of the stem section of the wreck was completed at around 3.30 pm on […]