2+ week, 5+ day ago   (327+ words) Published Aug 26, 2026 4:57 am ET Polish energy group Orlen aims to double production from its operations on the Norwegian continental shelf, one of its growth areas, through exploration and acquisitions, its upstream chief told Reuters. Wieslaw Prugar in an interview on…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (241+ words) Published Aug 26, 2026 4:09 am ET Aker BP has started production from the Skarv Satellite Project in the Norwegian Sea, bringing the Alve Nord, Idun Nord and Ørn fields on stream one year ahead of their original schedule. The three fields, located…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (317+ words) Published Aug 25, 2026 7:49 am ET Production has started from the Troll Phase 3 Stage 2 subsea project in the North Sea, adding gas supply to the 30-year-old Troll A platform and the Kollsnes processing plant. The project started production on August 22 and is…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (211+ words) Published Aug 25, 2026 3:51 am ET French oil major TotalEnergies will appoint a new exploration manager in Stavanger, Norway, to examine new projects in the country, its CEO said on Norwegian television on Monday. "The Norwegian continental shelf is a very prolific…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (410+ words) Published Aug 24, 2026 9:06 am ET Equinor, Aker BP and Vår Energi have established a strategic exploration collaboration to pursue some of the largest remaining opportunities on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The aim is to increase the chances of major discoveries…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (126+ words) Published Aug 24, 2026 4:20 am ET Petrobras has entered direct negotiations for exploration contracts covering four offshore blocks in Ghana's Keta Basin after the country's Ministry of Energy and Green Transition approved the company's application. Petrobras said it had submitted an expression…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (179+ words) Published Aug 24, 2026 3:27 am ET Equinor and Aker BP have made a gas/condensate discovery in the North Sea, using COSL’s COSLInnovator semi-submersible drilling rig. The discovery was made in the ‘Linga’ prospect by drilling an exploration well 25/7-13 in production license…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (88+ words) Offshore Engineer Magazine Transocean Awarded $300 Million Contract for Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Transocean has announced a two-year binding Letter of Award for the Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 drillship with ONGC in India. The campaign is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2027 and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (195+ words) Published Aug 20, 2026 8:00 pm ET Equinor has signed an agreement with Poland’s ORLEN for the sale of crude oil from the Johan Sverdrup field on the Norwegian continental shelf. The agreement will run for three years from the beginning of September....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (89+ words) Offshore Engineer Magazine Dolphin Drilling Wins Blackford Dolphin Contract Extension Dolphin Drilling’s deepwater capable semisubmersible rig, Blackford Dolphin, will continue its drilling contract for Oil India Limited. The contract has been extended up to October 15, 2026, to enable completion of drilling,…...