NEWS

Johan Castberg construction begins at Stord, says Equinor

Category: Energy

Norwegian minister of petroleum and energy, Kjell-Børge Freiberg, will start cutting the first sheet for the topside of the Johan Castberg vessel at Kværner’s yard at Stord. The construction will create major ripple effects throughout Norway. “Johan Castberg is the next major development on the Norwegian continental shelf and will open a new area in […]

Source: WorldOil

U.S. Department of Energy awards study of bifacial PV technology, which could prove a 10% increase in energy output

Category: Energy

DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, announced that it was selected to receive a USD 200,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) for a photovoltaic (PV) research project of bifacial PV technology.  Bifacial PV modules have the potential to increase energy […]

Source: DNV GL

Equinor made a gas discovery northwest of Atlantis

Category: Energy

Equinor Energy AS, operator of production license 615, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7324/3-1. The well was drilled about 15 km northwest of discovery well 7325/1-1 (Atlantis) and 370 km north of Hammerfest. The well’s primary exploration target was to prove oil in reservoir rocks from the Late Triassic Age (upper part of […]

Source: World Oil

Schlumberger Norge har tapt fire milliarder på to år

Category: Energy

Lavere aktivitet, press på marginer og finansielle nedskrivinger, har gitt milliardunderskudd for oljeservice-giganten Schlumberger Norge for andre året på rad. Resultat før skatt for Schlumberger Norge AS i det nylig fremlagte regnskapet for 2017, var minus 2 milliarder kroner, som er på samme nivå som i 2016, skriver Stavanger Aftenblad. Selskapet ønsker ikke å kommentere regnskapstallene […]

Source: Sysla

Norway’s Largest Oil Pipeline Now in Place

Category: Energy

STAVANGER — Last week Norway’s largest and longest pipeline, laid by the vessel Saipem Castorone, reached the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea. Late last week the last pipe of what is now Norway’s longest and largest oil pipeline was installed right next to the riser platform at Johan Sverdrup field. The 36-in. pipeline […]

Source: World Oil

Published: October 9, 2018