Aasta Hansteen and Polarled are moving the boundaries for technology, deep waters and ripple effects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). "Aasta Hansteen is one of the biggest and most complex industrial projects in Europe. With the Polarled…
The Edvard Grieg oil field off Norway is expected on stream in October next year, its operator Lundin Petroleum said on Monday. "We should be on production in October next year," Torstein Sannes, Lundin Petroleum's chief in Norway, told a news conference.
Norway is confident the Snorre oilfield's production life will be extended as planned, the country's oil and energy minister said on Tuesday, despite doubts expressed by some of the partners about the project's viability. Statoil and partners planned to install a new platform at the North Sea field…
Sea spray icing is one of the major challenges when operating in Arctic conditions. DNV GL is now launching an industry collaboration which will develop a simulation model that bridges functional winterization requirements and real physical conditions for drilling rigs…
Norwegian energy firm Statoil will only slightly raise its U.S. shale oil and gas output in the near term due to spending curbs, well below a potential for a 50 percent surge, the firm said on Monday. Statoil, which produces around a tenth of its oil and gas from its U.S.