Statoil has made a discovery of light, high-quality oil in the Flemish Pass Basin, offshore Newfoundland. Oil was encountered while drilling the Harpoon prospect (EL 1112), located approximately 500 kilometres north-east of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. “While it is still too early to determine Harpoon’s resource potential at this time, this is very encouraging [...]
Norwegian oil company Statoil yesterday closed production from its Oseberg field centre after an emergency siren had been triggered, Reuters has reported. Statoil’s spokesperson notified the news agency that “oil was observed on deck of the platform” and that the case needed to be investigated before the production could be back online. The Oseberg Field Centre [...]
Statoil today launches its “Energy Perspectives” report describing the long-term macroeconomic and market outlook based on studies conducted by Statoil’s in-house analysis team. Highlights: Economic development continues to drive energy demand Increase in demand expected for all energy sources – but considerable improvement in global energy efficiency Demand for oil expected to rise by ~15 [...]
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 120, has completed drilling of wildcat well 34/8-15 S. The well proved gas. The well was drilled on the northeast flank of Visund in the northern part of the North Sea. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Brent Group), [...]
Statoil together with PL265 partners have drilled an important appraisal well in the western part of the Johan Sverdrup field. The well drilled by the Ocean Vanguard rig, consisted of a main wellbore 16/2-17S which was an appraisal in the western part of Johan Sverdrup, and a sidetrack 16/2-17B which tested potential in the Cliffhanger [...]
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In the 22nd licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) Statoil has been awarded interests in seven production licences in the Barents Sea. Three of the licences will be Statoil operated. “Statoil has been awarded new quality acreage in the Barents Sea. It creates a good foundation for expanding and deepening the core position [...]
Statoil, a Norwegian oil and gas exploration and production company, has placed an order for two jack-up rigs to be built in South Korea. The news was revealed by Samsung Heavy Industries, which, in its filing to the Korea Stock Exchange, said that the value of the contract was approximately $1.3 billion. The rigs are [...]
In a meeting in the Corporate Assembly of Statoil ASA, Svein Rennemo was re-elected as chair and Grace Reksten Skaugen as deputy chair of the board of directors. Børge Brende, Bjørn Tore Godal, Maria Johanna Oudeman and Jakob Stausholm are re-elected as shareholder representatives to the board. Catherine Hughes and James J. Mulva were elected [...]
Statoil Petroleum AS has awarded a contract to Floatel International for provision of an accommodation and construction support vessel for the Gina Krog Field Development project. The Gina Krog field, formerly known as Dagny, is situated on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, approximately 250 kilometers west of Stavanger, Norway, in a water depth of 116 meters. [...]
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Prosafe has been awarded a contract from Statoil (U.K.) Ltd for the provision of either the Safe Zephyrus or Safe Boreas accommodation support vessel at the Mariner project in the UK Continental Shelf of the North Sea. The contract has been awarded following a competitive tendering process and is for a firm period of 8 months with on-site [...]
