![Norway: BP Gets Green Light for Continued Use of Hod Gas Lift Pipeline]()
BP Norge AS has received consent for continued use of the Hod 4” gas lift pipeline until 31 December 2014. Hod is located in the North Sea in block 2/11, 13 kilometres south of Valhall. The licensees are Amerada Hess Norway AS (62.5%) and BP Norge AS as operator (37.5%). The field was discovered in [...]
![Norway: Statoil Gets Green Light for Hyme Development]()
Just six weeks after the plan for development and operation (PDO) for Hyme (ex-Gygrid) was submitted on 12 May, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has given the green light. First oil is scheduled for the first quarter of 2013. The approval was given the same day as Norwegian petroleum and energy minister [...]
![Canada: Castrol Offshore and K&D Pratt Think Green]()
Tightening monitoring offshore by Canadian environmental regulators has prompted Castrol Offshore and its Canadian distributor K&D Pratt , to highlight the implications of existing guidelines that encourage the select ion of chemicals with superior environmental performance to minimise the potential impact of discharges. The partners point out that, while not explicitly expressed in selection criteria, [...]
![PSA Norway Gives Green Light to Total for Exploration Drilling in Norwegian Sea]()
Total E&P Norge AS (Total) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 6607/12-2S in the Norwegian Sea with the Songa Delta mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 127, with Total as the operator (50%) and Statoil as partner (50%). The well is located in the northern part of [...]
![Norway: Statoil Gets Green Light for Valemon Field Development]()
The plan for development and operation of the Valemon gas and condensate field in the North Sea was approved by the Norwegian parliament yesterday, 9 June. Production start-up is planned for 2014. The Valemon field is one of Statoil’s largest development projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in the next few years. The recoverable [...]
![Norway: Statoil Gets Green Light for Drilling in North Sea Using Bideford Dolphin]()
Statoil has received consent to use the Bideford Dolphin mobile facility in the northern and southern parts of the North Sea. The consent relates to drilling, sidetrack drilling, plugging, completion and well interventions at the Oseberg, Vigdis, Tordis and Vigdis Nord Øst fields. According to the plan, the first well is 30/6-C-27 AH on [...]
![Norway: BP Gets Green Light for Man Underwater Operations at Skarv and Valhall Fields]()
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted BP Norge AS consent to carry out manned underwater operations (MUO). The consent relates to diving in connection with the projects ”Valhall Re-Development” (VRD) and ”Skarv Diving 2011”. The work has a planned duration of approx. 14 days both on Valhall and Skarv, and will take place [...]
![Norway: Lundin Gets Green Light for Drilling of Exploration Well in Barents Sea]()
Lundin Norway AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 7120/2-3 in the Barents Sea with the Transocean Leader mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 438, approx. 172 kilometres northwest of Melkøya, and approx. 30 kilometres northwest of Snøhvit. The well has the coordinates N 71° 47′ [...]
![Singapore: Sembcorp Signs MOA with Ecospec to Provide Green Solutions to Offshore Industry]()
Sembawang Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Ecospec Global Technology to provide customized and greener environmental solutions to the marine and offshore industry. In anticipation of the huge demand for green environmental solutions to meet international and local regulations, this MOA will provide both companies [...]
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Read More » ![USA: AIDEA Gives Green Light for Cook Inlet Drilling Rig Project, Off Alaska]()
On Friday, April 1, Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution authorizing AIDEA to enter into a Joint Ownership Agreement with Buccaneer Energy Limited and Ezion Holdings Limited, and to expend up to $30 million to fund the acquisition, upgrade/modification, mobilization and commissioning of a jack-up drilling [...]
