Tag: Norway

On Friday, oil majors Equinor, Shell and Total, submitted an application for an exploitation permit for a subsea reservoir for injection and storage of CO2, under the 'Northern Lights' project . This was the very first time the authorities have announced a licensing round for injection and storage of CO2.

In mid-August, Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) carried out an audit of drilling and emergency preparedness on Equinor's Snorre B facility, in the North Sea. The audit did not identify any non-conformities, but two improvement points. 

The Biogas Upgrading and Liquefaction Plant was installed at the Skogn Papermill, Norway. The plant will upgrade up to 3,000Nm3/h of raw biogas to Renewable Natural Gas. The plant will be part of the largest biogas liquefaction plant and will convert the cleaned biogas from fishery waste and residual paper mill slurry into liquid bioLNG fuel.

Norway's PSA carried out an audit of Equinor's management of barriers within technical safety, process safety and electrical facilities on the Gudrun field. The audit identified regulatory non-conformities in respect of methods for establishing design loads for fires and of deficient non-conformity handling. 

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority announced the publication of a memorandum on integrated and unified risk management for the petroleum industry, to help companies in this sector to continue developing their own activities in this area.

Marking a landmark for shipping electrification, the all electric passenger vessel 'Future of The Fjords', owned by Norwegian company The Fjords, has won the Ship of the Year 2018 award at SMM, the maritime trade fair currently underway in Hamburg. 

Norway's PSA carried out an audit of MOL Norge and site-specific analyses of load-bearing structures, in respect of the company’s first drilling operation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. PSA gave MOL Norge consent for exploration drilling of well 2/6-6 S in North Sea and carried out an audit on 14 August.

Two crew men have lost their lives, possibly after exposure to toxic gas during tank work onboard a tanker, while the ship was sailing about 13 nautical miles of Stadlandet, southern Norway, in the early morning hours of Saturday. 

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has launched an investigation of Aker BP’s planning for introducing and using a motion-compensated walkway on Tambar oil field, after an incident involving the 'Island Diligence' vessel, on 28 July 2018.

Norway-based oil exploration company Aker BP has announced collaboration with technology provider Cognite and manufacturer Framo, aiming to intensify digitalisation in offshore operations by changing the traditional approach to maintenance.