Equinor and Vårgrønn Team up for Floating Wind at Utsira Nord

06.05.2021

Equinor and Vårgrønn have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly apply for offshore wind acreage in Norway for the Utsira Nord area.

Breakthrough for Equinor in Polish Offshore Wind

04.05.2021

Today, Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) announced Equinor and Polenergia’s Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III projects were awarded contracts for difference (CfD) under the first phase of Poland’s offshore wind development scheme. The projects, with a combined potential capacity of 1440 MW, are among the first to secure offshore wind awards in Poland

Fugro Wins Deepwater Site Investigation Contract for Equinor in Eastern Canada

29.04.2021

Equinor has selected Fugro to perform a deepwater site investigation in Canada’s Flemish Pass, 500 km off the coast of St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, in water depths of approximately 1200 m.

3D at Depth Delivers Subsea LiDAR Metrology to Support North Sea Project

23.04.2021

3D at Depth, Inc., the world's expert in commercial Subsea LiDAR (SL) laser technology and leading provider of underwater survey support services and 3D data solutions announced today they have recently completed a series of 31 metrologies at eight locations on the Equinor Snorre Expansion Project, for Subsea 7.

Next Step for Hywind Tampen

22.04.2021

The Hywind Tampen project is now moving from Stord to the deep-water site at Dommersnes where the concrete slipforming of the spar-substructures will be completed. This is the first concrete slipforming for an offshore project on the Norwegian continental shelf since the Troll A platform was delivered in 1995.

Aker Solutions Completes First Phase of the Hywind Tampen Construction

22.04.2021

The first part of the construction of the Hywind Tampen concrete foundations was finalized this week at Aker Solutions’ yard in Stord, Norway. The 11 substructures are currently being towed to Vindafjord where the rest of the slip-forming and mechanical outfitting will be completed.

VARD Wins North Star Renewables Contract for three SOVs to Operate on Dogger Bank Wind Farm

06.04.2021

VARD, one of the world’s major designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured contracts for the design and construction of three Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for North Star Renewables in Scotland. The state-of-the-art hybrid trio will operate on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the North Sea.

Significant oil discovery close to the Fram field in the North Sea

24.03.2021

Equinor and partners Vår Energi, Idemitsu Petroleum and Neptune Energy have made the biggest discovery so far this year on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 12 and 19 million standard cubic metres of recoverable oil equivalent, corresponding to 75-120 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent.

Partners have Chosen Concept for BM-C-33 Project in Brazil

19.03.2021

Equinor, together with license partners Repsol Sinopec Brasil and Petrobras, have approved the development concept for BM-C-33, a gas/condensate field located in the Campos Basin pre-salt in Brazil.

Awarding three Contracts for Heimdal and Veslefrikk Decommissioning

18.03.2021

Equinor has chosen Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE for removal, dismantling and recycling of the topsides and jackets of the Heimdal riser platform, Heimdal main platform and Veslefrikk A platform in the North Sea.

Global Offshore to Provide Complete Cable Care Service to Equinor Wind Farms

14.03.2021

Global Offshore, a leading provider of cable installation, repair and trenching services to the offshore renewables, utilities and oil & gas markets, and part of the Global Marine Group, announced today a multi-year cable maintenance and management framework agreement with Equinor.

Awarding Framework Agreements for 4D Towed Streamer Seismic Acquisition Offshore Norway

11.03.2021

Equinor has awarded PGS and Shearwater GeoServices framework agreements for 4D towed streamer seismic acquisition on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The agreements have a total estimated value of around NOK 700 million.

Oil Discovery Near the Johan Castberg Field in the Barents Sea

11.03.2021

Equinor and partners Vår Energi and Petoro have struck oil in exploration well 7220/7-4 in production licence 532 in the Barents Sea. Recoverable resources are so far estimated at between 5 and 8 million standard cubic metres of recoverable oil, corresponding to 31 – 50 million barrels of recoverable oil.

Investing in further Development of the Åsgard Field

04.03.2021

The partners in the Åsgard licence have decided to invest just under NOK 1.4 billion to further develop the field and implement the Åsgard B low-pressure project.

BP Enters World-class UK Sector with 3GW of Advantaged Leases in Irish Sea

08.02.2021

bp and partner EnBW selected as preferred bidder for two highly-advantaged 60-year leases in UK’s first offshore wind leasing round in a decade

Important Contracts in Place in the Northern Lights Project

28.01.2021

The energy transition requires new solutions to cut emissions from industry sources in Norway and Europe. With the contract awards to Subsea 7 Norway and Aibel we have taken new and important steps to realise the Northern Lights project.

Subsea 7 Awarded Contract Offshore Norway