Tag: Norway

PSA Norway conducted an audit of Equinor in materials handling, emergency preparedness, and the working environment in preparations for the operation of the Martin Linge production unit. The audit took place on 4-5 June 2018 and found eight irregularities, as well as five improvement points.

PSA Norway granted Equinor consent for exploration drilling of a well in the Barents Sea. The well will be drilled in order to investigate a prospect called "Intrepid Eagle" which is around 172 kilometres south-east of Bjørnøya. Drilling on the field is planned to start in mid-August 2018, and will probably last 28 days, depending on whether a discovery is made.

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology is developing an autonomous all-electric passenger ferries for urban water transport. This project aims to develop new concepts and methods to advance the development of autonomous passenger ferries for transport of people in urban water channels.

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway informed that it started an investigation into an LNG leak at the Hammerfest LNG plant on 17 June 2018. The incident happened while a road tanker was being  filled with LNG at the Equinor facility at Melkøya outside Hammerfest in northern Norway.

PSA Norway conducted an audit of design engineering and verification of sea ice loads on the Johan Castberg facility, on 24 and 25 May 2018. The audit did not find any non-conformities , but it found some points that need to be improved. The audit aimed to make sure that the design engineering and related verification of ice loads on the hull complied with the regulations. 

Equinor, former Statoil, was granted five licences and will take part as a non-operating participant in two more. In addition, Shell, Aker BP, Lundin, OMV and Spirit Energy, also received license for operations. Moreover, DEA, Idemitsu, M Vest Energy, VNG and Wintershall were awarded participating interest.

Norwegian energy minister Terje Soeviknes will have meeting with companies on Wednesday, June 20, with the target to explore the possibility of constructing offshore floating wind farms. Terje Soeviknes wants to finalize the discussions within a few months. Namely, he stated that he is hoping to have proposal by autumn.

Norway will challenge the US tariffs on steel and aluminium as it believes that these tariffs are violating the World Trade Organization rules. The US established a 25% tax on steel and 10% tax on aluminium from the EU, Mexico and Canada, from June 1. Namely, Norway filed a challenge to the WTO on Tuesday, June 12,

The Norwegian Parliament approved the plan for development and operation of the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea, on Monday 11 June. The plan will now be submitted to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for formal approval. The field will be operated by Equinor, and its first oil scheduled for 2022.

Norway's Minister of Trade and Industry announced the opening of the Ocean Innovation Norwegian Catapult Centre, a new centre to focus on development of new solutions for green growth within the ocean industries. The announcement was made on the sidelines of Siva conference in Trondheim on 5 June.