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Thursday, January 21, 2021
Norway to Award Arctic Drilling Permits in Q2, Minister Says
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Norway to Award Arctic Drilling Permits in Q2, Minister Says

OSLO, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Norway is proceeding with plans to award oil and gas exploration permits in frontier regions of the Arctic later this year, Oil

January 21, 2021
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Equinor Strikes Oil in Barents Sea
Offshore

Equinor Strikes Oil in Barents Sea

Norway-based Equinor says it has struck oil in the Sputnik exploration well located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the Barents Sea. Recoverable

August 21, 2019
Total Views: 27

Tuesday, May 15, 2018
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News

Arctic Oil “Undrillable” Amid Global Warming, UN’s Ex-Climate Chief

By Alister Doyle OSLO, May 15 (Reuters) – An architect of the Paris climate agreement urged governments on Tuesday to halt oil exploration in the Arctic,

May 15, 2018
Total Views: 11

Thursday, January 11, 2018
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Maritime News

Hope Wanes for `Elephant’ Oil Finds in Norway’s Arctic Waters

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — After a disappointing year for drillers, Norwegian authorities are reviewing their hopes for the Nordic country’s

January 11, 2018
Total Views: 45

Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Barents Sea Oil Boom is Lesson in Progress for Arctic Drilling
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Barents Sea Oil Boom is Lesson in Progress for Arctic Drilling

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — With the oil industry barely recovering from its most brutal slump in decades, you might expect the Arctic Ocean to be the

May 3, 2017
Total Views: 27

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
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Maritime News

Norway’s Arctic Oil Ambitions Get $7 Billion Lifeline from Statoil

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Norway’s Arctic ambitions just got a $7 billion boost from Statoil ASA. Norway’s largest oil company was able to halve

January 19, 2016
Total Views: 8

Friday, December 4, 2015
Russian Oil Explorers Among Bidders for Norway Arctic Blocks
Maritime News

Russian Oil Explorers Among Bidders for Norway Arctic Blocks

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Russian oil companies OAO Rosneft and Lukoil PJSC were among 26 explorers to apply for blocks in Norway’s new licensing

December 4, 2015
Total Views: 4

Friday, January 30, 2015
Gudrun plattform West Epsilon boredekk drilling floor
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After 2014 Failure, Statoil Will Not Drill in the Barents Sea in 2015

Norwegian energy firm Statoil will not drill exploration wells in the Arctic Barents Sea this year after a failed campaign in 2014, exploration chief Tim

January 30, 2015
Total Views: 26

Friday, November 7, 2014
Statoil Completes Barents Sea Drilling Campaign with Dry Well
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Statoil Completes Barents Sea Drilling Campaign with Dry Well

210 kilometers north of Hammerfest, the Transocean Spitsbergen found nothing of consequence after drilling the last of Statoil’s wildcat wells in the

November 7, 2014
Total Views: 9

Friday, September 26, 2014
transocean spitsbergen barents
News

Statoil Makes Gas Discovery in Barents Sea

Under contract to Statoil, the Transocean Spitsbergen discovered a 15 meter column of gas while drilling in the Pingvin Prospect NNW of the Johan Castberg

September 26, 2014
Total Views: 3

Tuesday, February 25, 2014
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Joint Seismic Acquisition Project Gets Strong Industry Support

A total of 33 oil and gas companies have now signed on to take part in a joint seismic acquisition project to map a new area of the Norwegian arctic in an

February 25, 2014
Total Views: 2

Tuesday, July 16, 2013
transocean arctic
News

Transocean Arctic Spuds-In North of Hammerfest

Lundin Petroleum announced today that they have spudded in at the Gohta Prospect located approximately 150 km northwest of the northern tip of Norway in the

July 16, 2013
Total Views: 9

Sunday, April 1, 2012
Putin Promises “Favorable” Tax Conditions For Barents Sea Field Development
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Putin Promises “Favorable” Tax Conditions For Barents Sea Field Development

MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has reassured the chief executives of France’s Total SA (TOT) and Norway’s Statoil

April 1, 2012
Total Views: 35

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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Engineering News

No Ordinary FPSO…Sevan Marine Awarded Arctic Feasibility Study by Statoil

Statoil has awarded Sevan Marine a study of the potential application of a Sevan FPSO for Statoil’s Skrugard / Havis development in the Norwegian Barents

March 28, 2012
Total Views: 34

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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Norway Eyes Barents Sea Oil With Great Interest, Geoseismic Survey Planned

(Dow Jones) The Norwegian government Wednesday announced it will start a geological survey of what oil and gas assets the Northern part of a previously

February 8, 2012
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