"Northern Lights" News

Equinor Wraps Drilling of Offshore Well for CO2 Storage

Mar 05, 2020

Equinor, with its partners Shell and Total, has completed the drilling of confirmation well 31/5-7 Eos south of the Troll field in the North Sea. The purpose was to determine the suitability of the reservoir in the Johansen formation for CO₂ storage…

Equinor Gets Nod for Gabriel Prospect Drilling

Mar 10, 2020

Equinor Energy has received approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill a wildcat well in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The company will use the West Hercules semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the Gabriel prospect exploration well formally named well 35/10-5…

Ashtead Installs CCS Monitoring System

Feb 13, 2020

Ashtead Technology, the provider of technically advanced subsea solutions, tools and systems, has completed subsea installation monitoring work to support the Northern Lights Carbon Capture Storage project (CCS) in the North Sea.The Global subsea…

The Energy Transition, Stupid

Jan 30, 2020

“Fit at 50”, “life begins at 70” and “the swinging 60s” were all slogans chosen to reflect oil price market sentiment in 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively. This year, at the Society of Underwater Technology’s (SUT) annual Global Subsea Market Outlook Business Breakfast…

Northern Lights Partners Drill Wildcat for CO2 Storage

Nov 29, 2019

Partners in the Northern Lights project will drill an exploration well south of the Troll field in the North Sea with the objective to not find oil and gas.Wildcat well 31/5-7 Eos is being drilled to investigate whether the reservoir in the…

A Blue/Green Energy Revolution

Dec 17, 2019

A seismic shift in the dialogue around big oil and climate has occurred in the past 12 months. It’s a change in how big oil is orientating itself around what many call the energy transition. Climate goals - governmental, international and industry…

Aker Solutions Eyes Low Carbon Tech

Oct 23, 2019

Aker Solutions aims to adjust its portfolio of products and technologies to include more renewable energy and low-carbon technologies over the next decade, Norway's largest oilfield services firm said on Wednesday.While oil and gas will remain its biggest market…

Norway's CCS Project Gets Industry Boost

Sep 05, 2019

Norway's Equinor and its partners in the Northern Lights underground carbon dioxide (CO2) storage project offshore Norway have signed preliminary agreements with seven potential industrial customers for the venture.The agreements are a crucial…

Aker Solutions Revenues Up 8%

Feb 08, 2019

Aker Solutions reports Q4 2018 revenue of $813 million, an 8% rise compared to Q4 2017 powered by “significant international awards in a competitive, but improving market.” In total, order intake for the quarter was $615.6 million, leaving the company with an order backlog of more than $4 billion…

Shell Exits Draugen and Gjøa Fields

Nov 30, 2018

A/S Norske Shell has completed the sale of its interests in the Draugen and Gjøa offshore fields in Norway for 4.52 Billion NOK (US$526 million) to Norwegian focused OKEA AS.The deal is part of Shell's global $30 billion divestment program and will see the supermajor exits its 44…

Multiconsult inks Statoil Northern Lights CCS project contract

Nov 08, 2017

Statoil has awarded Norwegian firm Multiconsult a for site preparation and marine structures for Statoil's  carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project offshore Norway. The project, called Northern Lights by Statoil, will see…

Northern Lights

Jun 01, 2017

Lundin believes the future is in the north. Elaine Maslin reports on the firm’s plans for the Alta Gohta development. An artist’s impression: Alta Gohta. Image from Lundin. Norway’s far north…

Alta well proves wider reservoir qualities

Jul 13, 2017

Lundin Petroleum's latest well on the Alta field in the southern Barents Sea has confirmed reservoir communication and qualities.   Lundin is now planning a sidetrack well, which will help to plan for the drilling of a horizontal well for use as in an extended well test…

NPD greenlights Lundin Barents well

Jun 29, 2017

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Petroleum subsidiary Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit to drill a wildcat well in the Barents Sea. The company will drill well 7220/6-3 in Production License 609 using the Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible…

GE wins Gazflot vessel maintenance work

Jun 09, 2016

GE’s Marine Solutions was awarded a service contract by CIMC Raffles to provide the first dry-dock services on two of Gazflot’s semisubmersible drilling vessels, the Northern Lights and Polar Star. During the dry-docking, GE’s Marine…

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