Norwegian energy company Equinor has installed a battery that will for first time make it possible to store energy produced from an offshore wind farm. The so-called Batwind battery storage solution was inaugurated Wednesday in Peterhead, Scotland by Batwind partners Equinor and Masdar. With the system in operation, electricity produced at … [Read more...]
Equinor Awards $3.7 Billion in Drilling and Well Services Contracts in Norway
Norwegian energy major Equinor has awarded new contracts for integrated drilling and well services contracts amounting to NOK 30 billion (about $3.7 billion). Equinor, which was recently renamed from Statoil, awarded the contracts to Baker Hughes Norge, Halliburton AS and Schlumberger Norge AS and cover most of the Equinor-operated fields on the Norwegian continental … [Read more...]
Pioneering Spirit Picks Up and Installs the Johan Sverdrup Drilling Platform in a Single Lift -PHOTOS
The 22,000-tonne topside for the drilling platform was lifted into position in one single lift on the Johan Sverdrup field over the weekend using the engineering marvel Pioneering Spirit. The installation marks the first time the record-setting heavy lift vessel has been used for single-lift topside installation. Last Thursday, May 31, the topside for the Johan … [Read more...]
22,000-Tonne Johan Sverdrup Drilling Topside Going to Meet Pioneering Spirit
The drilling topside for the giant Johan Sverdrup field has left the shipyard in Haugesund, Norway to meet up with the heavy lift ship Pioneering Spirit for its installation in the North Sea. For the last nine months, the 147-meter Johan Sverdrup drilling platform has towered over the city of Haugesund in southwestern Norway while at the Aibel shipyard. On Thursday … [Read more...]
Statoil Drops the ‘Oil’: Shareholders Approve Name Change to Equinor
Shareholders of Norwegian energy giant Statoil have approved a proposal to change the company’s name from Statoil ASA to Equinor ASA reflective of the company's (and Norway's) growing focus on green energy. During annual general meeting (AGM) of shareholders held Tuesday, Statoil shareholders voted in favor of the board of directors’ proposal to change the company name to … [Read more...]