Vår Energi AS – Energy Northern Perspective

Odfjell Drilling chosen for Breidablikk drilling

6 October 2020 Editor 0

A letter of intent has been issued to Odfjell Drilling and the Deepsea Aberdeen rig for drilling 15 wells for the Breidablikk group, the partnership which recently submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO). […]

Global project sanctioning status and forecast from 2014 to 2022 (source: Rystad Energy ServiceCube)

Global oil and gas project sanctioning is set to recover and exceed pre-COVID-19 levels from 2022

22 September 2020 Editor 0

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated global oil and gas project sanctioning this year and will cause total committed spending to drop to around USD 53 billion from 2019’s USD 190 billion, Rystad Energy projects. Postponed […]

‘Deepsea Atlantic’ is a sixth generation deepwater and harsh environment semi-submersible

Drilling permit for well in North Sea production licence 089

17 September 2020 Editor 0

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Equinor Energy AS for wellbore 34/7-37 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 34/7-37 S will be drilled from the Deepsea […]

Power from shore to the Utsira High and the Sleipner field centre: The purple cable shows power from shore to Johan Sverdrup phase 1, established in 2018; the yellow power cable shows power from shore to Johan Sverdrup phase 2 and the Utsira High area solution, from 2022; the orange cable shows power from shore to the Sleipner field centre and connected fields from late 2022; black cable shows existing power cables at Sleipner field centre and to the Gudrun installation – not shown in the illustration are subsea tie-backs that will also benefit from the power from shore solution

Sleipner field centre to be partly electrified

9 June 2020 Editor 0

Equinor and partners Vår Energi, LOTOS and KUFPEC have made an investment decision to partly electrify the Sleipner field. Today, the partners are submitting a revised plan for development and operation to the authorities. “Today, […]

Drilling permit for well in North Sea production licence 089

16 March 2020 Editor 0

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for wellbore 34/7-E-4 AH, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 34/7-E-4 AH – a wildcat well in production licence […]

The gas module was lifted into place on 16 May 2019 (photo: Equinor ASA/Bo B. Randulff)

Increased production from the Fram field

11 February 2020 Editor 0

A new gas module that was recently put on stream on the Troll C platform will accelerate and boost production from Fram by substantial profitable volumes. Fram is an oil and gas field tied in […]

17 new NCS licenses for Vår Energi

15 January 2020 Editor 0

Vår Energi AS has been awarded 17 new licenses (7 as operator) on the Norwegian Continental Shelf during the Awards in Predefined Areas for 2019. “We are very pleased with the results. The new licenses […]

Vår Energi awards rig contract to Seadrill

23 December 2019 Editor 0

Vår Energi AS has awarded a rig contract to Seadrill Norway Operations AS, a Seadrill Ltd subsidiary, to secure the West Phoenix drilling rig for work on the Balder Future re-development project in the North […]

Drilling permit for Barents Sea wildcat well

20 December 2019 Editor 0

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for well 7219/9-3, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7219/9-3 – a wildcat well in production licence 532 – […]

Balder and Ringhorne to undergo major redevelopment

Plan to extend production from the Balder Area in the North Sea to 2045

17 December 2019 Editor 0

Vår Energi AS and license partner Mime Petroleum AS plan to extend the Balder and Ringhorne production lifetime to 2045. The Balder Future project – revised plan for Development and Operations for Balder and Ringhorne, […]