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Monday, August 11, 2014
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News

COSLPioneer Given Green Light at Visund Nord

Norway’s offshore safety regulators have given Statoil consent to use the COSLPioneer drilling rig to drill and complete a pair of wells at the Visund

August 11, 2014
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
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Offshore

Statoil Wildcat Well Reveals Gas North of Norway

The Statoil-contracted rig Transocean Spitsbergen has made a gas discovery while drilling at production license 614 approximately 300 kilometers north of

August 7, 2014
Total Views: 2

Monday, July 28, 2014
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News

Saipem 7000 Lands Statoil’s Valemon Topsides

40 days after leaving Samsung Heavy Industries, the 9,750-ton topsides structure for the Valemon platform offshore Norway was suspended in the air below the

July 28, 2014
Total Views: 40

Monday, June 30, 2014
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News

Statoil Postpones Decision on Flagship Oil Project

OSLO, June 30 (Reuters) – Statoil has postponed a decision on the development concept for its flagship Johan Castberg Arctic oil project until the summer

June 30, 2014
Total Views: 3

Friday, June 27, 2014
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Maritime News

SPOTD: Eagle Sydney Loads Condensate at Kårstø

The 105k deadweight ton Aframax tanker Eagle Sydney was at Statoil’s Kårstø oil terminal last week taking on a cargo of condensate (light crude oil).

June 27, 2014
Total Views: 13

Monday, June 23, 2014
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Multimedia

SPOTD: Buksèr og Berging’s LNG-Powered Tugs Support Kårstø

I’ve been cruising around Norway for the past 6 days and met up with the folks from Rolls-Royce and Norwegian tug operator Buksèr og Berging who gave

June 23, 2014
Total Views: 68

Friday, June 20, 2014
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Offshore

Greenpeace Cheers as Statoil Comes Up Dry in the Northern Barents

By Mikael Holter June 20 (Bloomberg) — Statoil ASA failed to find oil in the northernmost site ever drilled off Norway’s Arctic tip. The Apollo well,

June 20, 2014
Total Views: 5

Wednesday, June 18, 2014
VIDEO: Valemon Topside Departs South Korea Shipyard
News

VIDEO: Valemon Topside Departs South Korea Shipyard

Statoil’s Valemon topside left the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea on June 15, 2014 atop the Dockwise Triumph for its delivery to the Norwegian

June 18, 2014
Total Views: 23

Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Norway Reaches Deal To Keep $20 Billion North Sea Project On Track
Offshore

Norway Reaches Deal To Keep $20 Billion North Sea Project On Track

The electrification of Norwegian oil platforms in an area of the North Sea with power from the shore must be completed by 2022, the country's parliament said

June 4, 2014
Total Views: 6

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News

Statoil Cancels Diamond Offshore Rig Contract 8 Months Early

OSLO, June 4 (Reuters) – Norway’s Statoil has cancelled a rig contract with Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc eight months earlier than expected, a

June 4, 2014
Total Views: 34

Tuesday, May 27, 2014
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News

Greenpeace Boards Transocean Spitsbergen Rig

15 Greenpeace activists boarded the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig this morning in protest of Statoil’s arctic drilling plans and

May 27, 2014
Total Views: 41

Friday, May 16, 2014
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News

Norway’s Lawmakers Force Statoil to Power Offshore Fields From Land

Mikael Holter and Stephen Treloar May 16 (Bloomberg) — Norwegian opposition parties will force Statoil ASA and other companies to power four North Sea

May 16, 2014
Total Views: 160

Thursday, May 15, 2014
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News

Statoil Likely To Pick Floating Facility to Develop Big Arctic Field

Statoil is more likely to develop the $15.5 billion Johan Castberg field in the Arctic using a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) installation

May 15, 2014
Total Views: 2

Monday, May 12, 2014
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News

Statoil CEO Discusses Global Oil and Gas Trends

Statoil CEO Helge Lund discusses global oil and gas trends as well as his company’s response to recent geopolitical issues in this interview produced by

May 12, 2014
Total Views: 4

Friday, May 2, 2014
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Blog

SPOTD: On Station at Grane

In the following image submitted to us by Øystein Osvoll, the supply vessel Havila Foresight maintains station next to the Statoil-operated Grane oil

May 2, 2014
Total Views: 63

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News

West Hercules Makes Discovery in the Barents Sea

For the second day in a row, a Statoil-contracted drilling rig has found oil off Norway, this time however, the discovery was located 230 kilometers northwest

May 2, 2014
Total Views: 19

Monday, March 31, 2014
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News

Why Deepwater Drilling is Hard and What Statoil is Doing About It

Drilling in deepwater is a fairly complicated for a number of reasons. 1) You’re floating in the ocean while maintaining exact position over the well

March 31, 2014
Total Views: 89

Tuesday, February 25, 2014
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News

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

Friday, February 21, 2014
draugen platform regalia flotel offshore norway
News

New Norwegian Taxes Put $13 Billion in Projects at Risk

Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — Norwegian efforts to raise oil and gas recovery from its offshore fields are being jeopardized as higher taxes threaten $13 billion

February 21, 2014
Total Views: 65

Monday, February 17, 2014
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News

Norway May Align Offshore Drilling Rules With U.K. in Bid to Tackle Costs

Norway, western Europe’s largest oil and gas producer, may align regulations for offshore drilling with the U.K. in an attempt to reduce costs which are as

February 17, 2014
Total Views: 75
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