Statoil awards Mariner production chemicals contract to Baker Hughes Jun 12, 2015Statoil (U.K.) Limited has awarded the contract for Production Chemicals and Services for the Mariner field to Baker Hughes Limited in the UK. Baker Hughes will design and supply production chemicals and services to the Mariner field under an eight year contract, anticipated to start in July 2015. The contract also includes an extension option of four years. The Mariner platform is currently under construction and production is scheduled to start in 2017.
Election to Statoil's board of directors Jun 11, 2015In a meeting in the Corporate Assembly of Statoil ASA on 9 June 2015 Øystein Løseth was elected as new chair and Roy Franklin as a new
Statoil selling at Forus, signing a 15-year lease agreement Jun 10, 2015Statoil has entered into an agreement with Colony Capital, Inc. for sale of the company’s head office building at Forus (Stavanger, Norway).
Åsgard subsea gas compression lowered into place Jun 10, 2015The installation of the modules that collectively constitute Åsgard subsea gas compression has commenced on the Åsgard field. Innovative
Z-line® composite fiber optic sensing campaigns provide well diagnostics for Statoil Jun 10, 2015Ziebel successfully completed a distributed fiber optic (DFO) sensing campaign for Statoil. Ziebel used the Z-Line®, its new gravity-deployed
Third gas discovery in the Aasta Hansteen area in three months Jun 10, 2015Statoil and PL602 partners have made a gas discovery in the Gymir prospect. With three discoveries in a row, an important progress has been made in unlocking full potential of the Aasta Hansteen area.“Our 2015 exploration campaign around Aasta Hansteen has proven an upside potential in the area. The estimated total volumes in the three discoveries, Snefrid Nord, Roald Rygg and Gymir, amount to 75-120 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent, corresponding to about 1/3 of the Aasta Hansteen recoverable volumes.
Statoil awarding contract for utility and living quarter on Johan Sverdrup Jun 9, 2015Statoil is, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partnership, signing a contract with a joint venture consisting of Kvaerner and KBR for construction of the topside for the utility and living quarter platform. The contract has a value of NOK 6.7 billion. The contract includes engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the topside for the Johan Sverdrup utility and living quarters platform.
Energy Perspectives 2015: The 2-degree target is possible – with major changes Jun 5, 2015This year's Energy Perspectives report outlines a possible way to meet the 2-degree target. "It can be done, but it will require a lot from many people,"
Statoil extends gas supply agreement with SSE Jun 3, 2015Statoil has agreed an expansion of its long term gas supply agreement with the UK’s SSE.
Starting on 1 October 2015, the gas supplied from the six year deal, originally announced
Oil and Gas majors call for carbon pricing Jun 2, 2015Major oil and gas companies BG Group plc, BP plc, Eni S.p.A., Royal Dutch Shell plc, Statoil ASA and Total SA, announced their call to governments around the world and to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to introduce carbon pricing systems and create clear, stable, ambitious policy frameworks that could eventually connect national systems. These would reduce uncertainty and encourage the most cost effective ways of reducing carbon emissions widely.
NPD grants Statoil drilling permit for 15/6-13, near Gina Krog field Jun 1, 2015The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wells 15/6-13 A and B, cf. Section 8 of the
Statoil awarded drilling permit for well 6706/11-2 in PL 602 May 26, 2015The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 6706/11-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.
Statoil drills dry wells north of the Hyme field in the Norwegian Sea May 25, 2015Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 348 C, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells 6407/8-7 and 6407/8-7 A.
Statoil's investigation of Gudrun leak completed May 21, 2015On 18 February 2015 a condensate leak occurred on the Gudrun platform in the North Sea. The incident has been investigated by Statoil's corporate
Statoil makes changes in corporate structure and top management team May 13, 2015Statoil appoints new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and launches business area for New Energy Solutions (NES). Three new Executive Vice Presidents (EVPs) are appointed as
