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Thursday, January 5, 2017
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Offshore

Statoil Boosts Exploration Amid Cheapest Drilling in Years

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Statoil ASA, one of many international oil companies to slash spending during crude’s collapse, is increasing

January 5, 2017
Total Views: 41

Friday, December 16, 2016
Statoil Wins U.S. Offshore Wind Lease Off New York
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Statoil Wins U.S. Offshore Wind Lease Off New York

Norwegian energy giant Statoil has been declared the provisional winner of the U.S. government’s wind lease sale of 79,350 acres offshore New York. The win

December 16, 2016
Total Views: 58

Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Shipping News

‘Scarabeo 5’ Drilling Rig Catches Fire Off Norway

Update: The fire on board the Scarabeo 5 has been brought under control. All 106 crew are safe and accounted for. A fire broke out Tuesday in the engine

November 22, 2016
Total Views: 71

Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Statoil Terminates ‘Stena Don’ Contract
Offshore

Statoil Terminates ‘Stena Don’ Contract

Norway’s Statoil has announced it has decided to cancel the contract with Stena Drilling for the mobile rig Stena Don. The rig has been on contract

October 25, 2016
Total Views: 58

Saturday, October 15, 2016
Statoil: Well Control Incident on Songa Endurance Rig in North Sea
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Statoil: Well Control Incident on Songa Endurance Rig in North Sea

Statoil reported a well control incident on its contracted drilling rig Songa Endurance on Saturday while at the Troll field in the Norwegian North Sea. The

October 15, 2016
Total Views: 200

Monday, August 29, 2016
Offshore

Exploratory Drilling Hits 70-Year Low Water Mark

by Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) Explorers in 2015 discovered only about a tenth as much oil as they have annually on average since 1960. This year,

August 29, 2016
Total Views: 105

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Statoil Shaves $2.9 Billion Off Cost of Johan Sverdrup Development

By Jonas Cho Walsgard and Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Statoil ASA lowered development costs for the start-up at its giant Johan Sverdrup oilfield by $2.9

August 29, 2016
Total Views: 45

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Statoil Expects “Loads of” M&A Deals Coming Up [Interview]

STAVANGER, Norway, Aug 29 (Reuters) – John Knight, Statoil’s executive vice-president for global strategy and business development, told Reuters on

August 29, 2016
Total Views: 22

Friday, April 29, 2016
13 Presumed Dead in Norway’s Worst Offshore Helicopter Crash
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13 Presumed Dead in Norway’s Worst Offshore Helicopter Crash

Update: Statoil has identified the victims as coming from Halliburton, Aker Solutions, Schlumberger, Welltec, Karsten Moholt and Statoil. The two pilots are

April 29, 2016
Total Views: 245

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Statoil Enters German Offshore Wind Market Through $1.4 Billion Project with EON
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Statoil Enters German Offshore Wind Market Through $1.4 Billion Project with EON

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Statoil ASA, Norway’s biggest oil company, bought a 50 percent stake in EON SE’s Arkona offshore wind farm, entering

April 26, 2016
Total Views: 38

Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Goliat Oil Field Officially Opened in Barents Sea
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Goliat Oil Field Officially Opened in Barents Sea

Italian oil company Eni Norge this week officially inaugurated its Goliat oil field in Norway, marking the first oil field to come on stream in the

April 19, 2016
Total Views: 144

Highest Carbon Tax in Norway Prods Statoil to Try ‘Batwind’
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Highest Carbon Tax in Norway Prods Statoil to Try ‘Batwind’

By Jessica Shankleman (Bloomberg) — The highest carbon tax in an oil producing nation has persuaded Norway’s state-owned driller to experiment with

April 19, 2016
Total Views: 59

Monday, April 18, 2016
Could Snake-Like Swimming Robots be the Future of Subsea IMR?
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Could Snake-Like Swimming Robots be the Future of Subsea IMR?

Kongsberg Maritime and Statoil have signed an agreement with Eelume, a Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) spin-off company, to develop

April 18, 2016
Total Views: 127

Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Statoil Johan Sverdrup
Offshore

Statoil Releases 2015 Sustainability Report

Statoil has published the annual sustainability report and the payments to governments report for 2015. The company delivered annual equity production of 1.971

March 22, 2016
Total Views: 69

Monday, March 7, 2016
Statoil Terminates Rig Contract with COSL, Suspends Another
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Statoil Terminates Rig Contract with COSL, Suspends Another

Norwegian oil major Statoil has decided to terminate its contract for the charter of the semi-submersible rig COSL Innovator, as well as suspend drilling

March 7, 2016
Total Views: 119

Monday, February 15, 2016
Steel Cut on Johan Sverdrup Drilling Platform
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Steel Cut on Johan Sverdrup Drilling Platform

Norwegian oil major Statoil has announced the start of construction on the first of four topside units for the giant Johan Sverdrup oil field offshore Norway.

February 15, 2016
Total Views: 84

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
barents sea drilling
Offshore

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: 51

Wednesday, December 30, 2015
One Dead, Two Injured After Wave Hits North Sea Drilling Rig COSL Innovator
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One Dead, Two Injured After Wave Hits North Sea Drilling Rig COSL Innovator

One person has died and two other were injured on Wednesday after a large wave hit a semi-submersible drilling rig operating in the North Sea. Statoil

December 30, 2015
Total Views: 290

Monday, December 21, 2015
Statoil Terminates Contract for ‘Discoverer Americas’ Drillship
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Statoil Terminates Contract for ‘Discoverer Americas’ Drillship

Norwegian oil major Statoil has decided to terminate its contract with Transocean for the ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Americas over

December 21, 2015
Total Views: 134

Tuesday, December 1, 2015
crude oil pricing chart
Offshore

Norway Faces Bleak Year Offshore

By Jonathan Saul and Ole Petter Skonnord (Reuters) LONDON/OSLO Norwegian companies that provide supply ships and drilling rigs to the global oil industry face

December 1, 2015
Total Views: 49