Statoil Completes Acquisition of Byrding Interest Jan 3, 2017On 30 December 2016 Statoil and Wintershall Norge completed their previously announced transaction, whereby Statoil has acquired Wintershall’s 25% interest in...
Statoil to Drill Exploration Well in the Norwegian Sea Jan 2, 2017The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Statoil consent to drill exploration well 6507/3-12 in the Norwegian Sea.
SOCAR and BP-Operated AIOC Sign Principles of Agreement on Future Development Dec 27, 2016SOCAR (the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and AIOC (the Azerbaijan International Operating Company) have signed a letter of intent (LoI) for the future development of...
Statoil Wins Offshore Wind Lease in New York Dec 19, 2016Statoil has been declared the provisional winner of the US government’s wind lease sale of 79,350 acres offshore New York.
Statoil Sells its Oil Sands Business Dec 15, 2016Statoil has signed an agreement to divest its 100% owned Kai Kos Dehseh (KKD) oil sands projects in the Canadian province of Alberta to Athabasca Oil Corporation.
Deepocean Awarded Subsea Survey and Light Construction Contract from Statoil Dec 13, 2016DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), has announced the award from Statoil for Survey and Light Construction services in 2017.
Statoil Awarded Licences in Mexico’s Deepwater Round Dec 6, 2016Statoil has been awarded blocks 1 and 3 in the Saline Basin in the Deepwater exploration tender in the Mexican Round 1.
Total Awarded Exploration Blocks in Offshore Mexico Dec 6, 2016Total has been awarded exploration licenses on 3 Blocks in offshore Mexico, following the country’s first competitive deep water bid round.
Production Drilling Started on Mariner Dec 4, 2016Statoil reports that production drilling has started on the Statoil operated Mariner field in the UK North Sea. Up to five wells will be drilled before the Mariner A platform hook up...
Fire on Scarabeo 5 Extinguished Nov 23, 2016Statoil reports that on Tuesday 22 November at 17:30 the drilling rig
Scarabeo 5 reported a fire in one engine room. Around 20:30 the fire was reported put out.
Consent to Use Scarabeo 5 at Njord Nov 12, 2016Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to use
Scarabeo 5 for well activities on the Njord field.
Changes to Statoil’s Corporate Executive Committee Nov 7, 2016Jannicke Nilsson has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) in Statoil ASA. She takes over the role from Anders Opedal...
Statoil Submits Trestakk Plan for Development and Operation Nov 2, 2016Statoil, on behalf of the license holders, has submitted a Plan for Development and Operation of the Trestakk discovery on the Halten Bank to the minister...
Statoil Suspends Rig Oct 31, 2016Statoil has decided to temporarily suspend the
Songa Enabler mobile rig, which was originally scheduled for drilling for the Johan Castberg licence.
Statoil Increases Share in Byrding Development Oct 31, 2016Statoil has agreed to acquire Wintershall Norge’s 25% interest in the Byrding project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
