Hydrogen on the horizon
Having been registered on the Euronext Growth Oslo last week, Horisont Energi is now planning to produce blue ammonia to leverage the green revolution.
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NCS: Another milestone was reached in 2020
There were 90 producing fields on the Norwegian shelf at the end of last year. Production from the Johan Sverdrup field made oil production higher in 2020 than in 2019.…
ConocoPhillips: Praised for 2020 results
Following 14 discoveries, NPD seems to be quite pleased with exploration results in 2020. Achievements of one company stand out.
Planning to produce 478 MMbo
Photo: The four who in 1911 were the first to reach the South Pole: Oscar Wisting, Olav Bjaaland, Sverre Hassel and Roald Amundsen. As previous claims to have arrived at…
Based on a focused strategy
«In 2016 ConocoPhillips built a new exploration strategy,” Arild Skjervøy, Exploration Manager in ConocoPhillips Norway, says. “We focus on countries, basins and plays, with substantial remaining potential and material value…
ConocoPhillips: Explorer of the Year
GeoPublishing and Wittemann E&P Consulting have unanimously chosen ConocoPhillips Norway as “Explorer of the Year (2020)”. Being operator of two significant discoveries offshore Mid-Norway (6507/4-1 (Warka) and 6507/5-10 (Slagugle)), in addition…
Sval Energi acquires Edison
In this way Sval’s portfolio will be enhanced by the development asset Dvalin (10%) and by increasing its holding in the Nova development from 10% to 25%. “We plan to…
Lap time: 43 seconds!
“This is an inline from a 3D seismic survey in the North Sea. What may look like noise to the layman, we actually know is the signature of injectites,” says…
Biggest discovery this year!
With an upside of 200MMbo, 6507/5-10 (Slagugle) in the Norwegian Sea is the largest oil discovery on the NCS this year.
Denmark saving the world
“Denmark will end all new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, as part of a wider plan to stop extracting fossil fuels by 2050,” BBC reports. The decision…
Deep sea mining in the spotlight
Late this fall, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate completed a five-week expedition on the Mohn Ridge in the Norwegian Sea. The purpose was to secure samples of mineral deposits in the deep…
The Norwegian shelf is well-positioned for the energy transition
During a live presentation yesterday, NPD’s Director of Exploration Torgeir Stordal presented its new resource report for exploration. The main conclusions are that exploration activity on the Norwegian shelf is…