Statoil to explore offshore Uruguay Feb 2, 2016
Statoil Uruguay B.V. (Statoil) has agreed with Total E&P Uruguay B.V. (Total) to acquire 15% working interest in offshore exploration block 14 in Uruguay. This represents a new impact opportunity for Statoil and a new country entry. Block 14 is located in the Pelotas basin of the South Atlantic Ocean, approximately 200 kilometres off the coast of Uruguay. It covers an area of 6,690 square kilometres in water depths of 1,850 to 3,500 metres.

Aker Solutions to deliver FPSO concept study for Johan Castberg field Jan 27, 2016
Aker Solutions has secured an order from Statoil to provide a concept study for a floating production, storage and offloading facility for the Johan Castberg oil field development in the Barents Sea.

Statoil awarded highest number of licences since 2005 Jan 21, 2016
In the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) round 2015, Statoil has been awarded interest in 24 licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), 13 of those as operator and 11

Statoil signs new multiyear agreement with AVEVA for AVEVA Everything 3D Jan 20, 2016
AVEVA has entered a multiyear agreement with Statoil ASA for AVEVA Everything3D™ (AVEVA E3D™). The Norwegian Energy owner operator has selected AVEVA E3D to

Statoil purchases minority sake in Lundin Petroleum Jan 15, 2016
Statoil ASA has acquired 37,101, 561 shares in Lundin Petroleum AB (publ.), corresponding to 11.93 percent of the shares and votes, at a total purchase price of approximately SEK 4.6 billion. The investment in Lundin Petroleum will increase Statoil’s indirect exposure to core assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Statoil signs new agreements with Aker Solutions and OneSubsea Jan 11, 2016
Statoil Petroleum AS has signed Master Service Agreements with Aker Solutions ASA and OneSubsea Processing AS. The agreements signed form the basis for potential new EPC contracts (engineering, procurement and construction) for subsea equipment in the medium term future. An EPC option agreement for subsea production system (SPS) has also been signed with OneSubsea, including framework agreements for subsea operations services and subsea add-ons.

Statoil: Kårstø gas leak stopped Jan 11, 2016
The gas leak occurring at the Kårstø processing plant Thursday night has now been stopped. The situation is returning to normal and external resources from the emergency services

Evacuation of Statoil plant Kårstø after gas leak Jan 8, 2016
Statoil reported that at 10:30 pm on Thursday night, a gas leak was reported at Kårstø processing plant. The emergency services and authorities have been notified about the situation and

Statoil awarded contract for new tank cleaning technology Jan 7, 2016
Statoil has long been looking for a way to make tank cleaning on supply vessels safer and more effective. M-I SWACO has developed a new technological solution and

Statoil awarded contracts for insulation, scaffolding and surface treatment Jan 6, 2016
Statoil has awarded two new, long-term contracts with estimated value of NOK 11 billion for insulation, scaffolding and surface treatment services to Beerenberg Corp AS and Prezioso Linjebygg AS. They will provide services to 20 of the company’s 29 installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) when the contracts take effect. Carried out on all installations on the NCS, as well as all onshore plants in Norway, these services have ripple effects in many parts of the country.

Statoil reports fatality on board COSL rig Dec 31, 2015
It is with great sadness that Statoil and COSL have received confirmed information from the police that one person has died as a result of the breaking wave that hit the drilling rig

Shell gets first gas flows from Corrib field in Ireland Dec 31, 2015
Operator Shell has started gas production from the Corrib field off the northwest coast of Ireland. Statoil holds a 36.5% participating interest in the field. The Corrib gas field is located 83 kilometres off Ireland’s northwest coast in water depths of almost 350 metres. At peak annual production, the field is expected to produce around 260 MM scf/d of gas, which is 45,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d).

Schlumberger executes contract with Statoil for multiclient wide-azimuth deepwater seismic survey Dec 23, 2015
Schlumberger and Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC have signed an agreement to license a large part of the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) deepwater multiclient seismic

Marked the start of power development for Johan Sverdrup Dec 21, 2015
The mayor from the municipality of Tysvær in Rogaland, Sigmund Lier, pushed the button to set off one of the explosive charges at Haugsneset. The event marked the start of construction

Statoil, partners submits PDO for Oseberg Vestflanken 2 Dec 21, 2015
Statoil and its partners submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) of the North Sea Oseberg Vestflanken 2 to the authorities on 18 December 2015. The development will provide in excess of 100 million barrels of oil equivalent. Statoil and its licence partners have decided to develop the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 covering the Alpha, Gamma and Kappa oil and gas structures. They are located around eight kilometres northwest of the Oseberg field centre.