Equinor Is Ready to Begin Drilling Work at the Johan Castberg Field in the Barents Sea
The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has granted Equinor permission to drill at the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. Havtil reports. Transocean Enabler Drilling operations will be carried out using a semi-submersible drilling rig (SSDR) Transocean Enabler: built at the South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering …
Aker BP Commissions Hanz field in the North Sea
Aker BP has started production at the Hanz field in the North Sea. This was reported by the press service of the Norwegian company. Theses from Aker BP CEO K. Hersvik: this is another great example of what we can achieve by working as a team with our suppliers to …
Norwegian Equinor and American EQT Corporation Exchanged Assets
Equinor has entered into a deal to swap its onshore US assets in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in Ohio for an unexploited stake in the Northern Marcellus formation of US energy company EQT Corporation, a hydrocarbon exploration and pipeline operator with operations in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Equinor …
Equinor Expects To Close The Deal To Sell Assets To SOCAR In Azerbaijan In Mid-2024
Norwegian Equinor plans to close the deal to sell SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) its assets in Azerbaijan in mid-2024. “The closure (of the transaction – IF) is expected in mid-2024,” Interfax-Azerbaijan cites excerpts from Equinor’s integrated annual report for 2023. In its fourth-quarter 2023 report released in February, …
Wintershall Dea Completes Reserve Assessment For Adriana Gas Condensate Field
Wintershall Dea and its partners Petoro, Aker BP and PGNIG have completed well 6507/4-4 S in the Adriana gas condensate field (GCF) in the Norwegian Sea. The Wintershall Dea press service reported this on February 29, 2024. The Adriana field was discovered in 2021 with exploration well 6507/4-2 S as …
Dry Again. Equinor Did Not Find Hydrocarbons In Another Well In The North Sea
Equinor drilled an exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which turned out to be dry. This was reported by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD). Exploration well 35/11-28 S (Harden sør): was drilled 9 km west of the Fram field to a depth of 3270 m below …
Aker BP And Equinor’s North Sea Exploration Drilling Results Were Unsatisfactory
Norwegian oil and gas companies Aker BP and Equinor have explored new oil reserves near the Munin field in the North Sea. This was reported by the press service of the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD). Exploration drilling at block 30/12 The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (NOIA), formerly known as the …
Equinor Will Increase Its Stake in a Gas Field in The Norwegian Sea
Equinor will increase its stake in the Linnorm gas field in the Norwegian Sea, the transaction is expected to be closed in the first quarter of 2024, according to a company press release. “Equinor will acquire a 30% stake in PL 255, which owns the Linnorm field, subject to the …
Norway’s Equinor and Okea Argue Over Reserves and Costs at Statfjord Field
Norway’s Equinor and compatriot Okea are at loggerheads over a deal for a major stake in the Statfjord project after Okea revealed the field had fewer reserves and higher costs than first thought. In March, Okea agreed to acquire a 28% stake in block PL 037 (Statfjord area) from Equinor …
Equinor Sells its Nigerian Business to Chappal Energies
Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor is selling its Nigerian business to energy company Chappal Energies, Equinor said in a press release. “Equinor and Chappal Energies have entered into an agreement to sell to Equinor Nigeria Energy Company (ENEC), which owns a 53.85% stake in the OML 128 oil and gas …