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18 Aug 17 |
Norway sees increase in July oil and gas production The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate reports that preliminary production figures for July 2017 show an average daily production of 2,000,000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate, which is an increase of 93 000 barrels per day compared to June. Total gas sales were also higher than last month and higher than ever for the month of July. |
18 Aug 17 |
Norway: Statoil receives consent for Valemon field drilling Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority has given Statoil consent to use West Elara for drilling and completing on the Valemon field. |
18 Aug 17 |
Norway: ConocoPhillips to start dismantling historical Norwegian oil platform ConocoPhillips has won permission to prepare for the removal of the first permanent oil platform built off Norway more than 40 years ago, the country's industry regulator said on Thursday. The U.S. company applied in July to remove Ekofisk 2/4 A, which started producing oil from the North Sea in 1974 and shut permanently in 2013. |
17 Aug 17 |
Norwegian authorities stop Greenpeace protests at Arctic well Norwegian coast guards stopped Greenpeace from protesting at a site of the country's northernmost exploration well drilled by Statoil, the environmentalist group said on Thursday. |
17 Aug 17 |
Norway: Statoil receives consent for exploration drilling at Gina Krog Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority has given Statoil consent to drill an exploration well on the Gina Krog field in the North Sea. Exploration well 15/6-14 S is to be drilled as a sidetrack from existing well 15/6-B-2. |
17 Aug 17 |
UK’s geology unlikely to support fracking - Heriot-Watt University While many opponents of fracking continue to focus on the environmental impact of this method of oil and gas extraction, Professor John Underhill, the University’s Chief Scientist, has challenged the implication that because fracking works in the US it must also work in the UK. |
17 Aug 17 |
UK: JOGMEC provides equity financing to ITOCHU’s exploration project in the UK North Sea Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) announced that it will provide equity financing to CIECO V&C (UK), a wholly owned subsidiary of ITOCHU, which holds a 12% participating interest in the exploration licence P2170 area (Blocks 20/5b and 21/1d) offshore UK. |
16 Aug 17 |
Norway: Beerenberg signs ISS frame agreement with Wintershall Norway Beerenberg has signed a frame agreement with Wintershall for delivery of ISS services on the Brage installation. The 4-year frame agreement includes 3 options of 2 years’ extension. |
15 Aug 17 |
Germany awards licenses to increase onshore wind capacity by 1 GW Germany will increase its onshore wind energy capacity by more than 1 gigawatt, equal to that of a nuclear plant, under new licenses awarded on Tuesday, its network regulator said. |
