The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Barents Sea.The permit has been issued for wellbore 7122/9-2 in production license 1131, which is operated by Vår Energi with 40% working interest.The company’s partners in the license include Petoro, Equinor, and Aker BP, each holding 20% stake.The drilling operations will be conducted with COSL Drilling’s COSLProspector semi-submersible drilling rig…
Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has made an oil discovery in the operated Countach appraisal well near the Goliat field in the Barents Sea, confirming the potential to unlock significant additional resources in the Goliat ridge area…
Equinor and its partners Vår Energi and Petoro have postponed the start-up of Johan Castberg field, located in the Norwegian part of the Barents Sea, to January or February 2025 from the initial plan to bring the field on stream by the end of 2024…
The Swedish government said on Monday it had rejected applications to build 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to defense concerns, while it had given the go ahead to one on the country's west coast.Defense Minister Pal Jonson told…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the Barents Sea.The permit has been issued for wells 7122/7-8 and 7122/8-3 S in production license 229.The license is operated by Vår Energi…
Equinor, the operator of the Johan Castberg field, has anchored the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) unit at the field in in the Barents Sea, which is expected to start producing at the end of 2024.The hook-up of the FPSO to the subsea facilities…
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP and its partners have discovered gas in a wildcat well, drilled in the Barents Sea, using Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig.The well 7324/8-4 (Hassel) represents the second well drilled in the production license 1170…
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a gas discovery in an exploration well at Ferdinand Nord prospect in the Barents Sea, drilled with Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible rig.The exploration well 7324/6-2 is the first well in production license 1170…
Equinor has drilled a dry wildcat well in the Snøras prospect, located in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.The well, 7220/2-2, drilled by the Transocean Enabler rig, is located in production license 1080, which was awarded in the Awards in Predefined Area (APA) in 2020…
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into several agreements with Equinor and partners for fully pre-funded multi-client survey acquisitions in the Barents Sea.The combined contracts have a total value of approximately $3.4 million…
Norwegian oil and gas companies Vår Energi and Aker BP have drilled two dry wells, one in Barents Sea and the other in North Sea, respectively.Vår Energi drilled the exploration well 7219/6-1 Venus, in production license 1025 S, in the Barents Sea…
Norwegian diving contractor SubseaPartner has secured offshore work at the Goliat and Balder fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) for Vår Energi.The contracts have been awarded by Vår Energi under the existing frame agreement for offshore contingency and diving intervention services…
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered 37 bocks in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea as part of its annual licensing round for predefined areas (APA), which give oil companies the opportunity to gain access to attractive acreage in the mature areas of the Norwegian shelf…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells in the Barents Sea, which will be drilled using Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible rig.The permit issued by Norwegian Offshore Directorate are for the wildcat…
Equinor has received consent from Norwegian regulator to use Transocean Enabler rig for production drilling/completion and drilling of exploration segment in the Barents Sea.The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) issued a permit to Equinor for drilling operations at Johan Castberg field…
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