Tag: offshore
Even more oil found off Norway
Wintershall, the largest internationally active German crude oil and natural gas producer, has struck oil at one of its licenses in a mature area of...
Oil discovery just keeps growing
The size of the oil discovery made at the Avaldsnes field in the North Sea earlier this year has grown once again and now...
Sevan avoids record bankruptcy
A Canadian-based shipping firm that was founded in California by a Danish emigrant has ridden to the rescue of ailing Norwegian offshore firm Sevan...
Huge rig deal cheers the market
Norwegian industrialist Kjell Inge Røkke has agreed to sell the oil rig firm he controls, Aker Drilling, to the world's largest rig company, Transocean....
Survey reveals offshore risk
A new survey of workers on Norwegian offshore oil and gas fields reveals a lack of safety risk analysis. Some workers admitted that operations...
Government aids shipyards
Norwegian shipyards, most of them specializing in the offshore industry, are facing an acute order shortage. The government forked over promises of more financial...
Statoil’s new Gudrun project cheers the offshore industry
Statoil's decision to develop the new oil and gas field called Gudrun, in the North Sea, is welcome news to Norway's hard-pressed offshore industry....
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