Reuters OSLO – The escalation of a strike among offshore oil workers in Norway could affect production from six fields with total output of 330,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOG) said on Friday. Norway’s Lederne labour union said on Wednesday it would escalate action from midnight Oct. 4 after dozens of
Reuters OSLO – Norway’s parliament has agreed additional tax breaks for the oil industry on top of those proposed by the minority government to spur investment and protect jobs, the ruling Conservative Party said on Monday. Equinor and other companies hit by low crude prices as the COVID-19 pandemic has destroyed demand, had said the government’s plan to postpone tax
Reuters OSLO – Norway, Western Europe’s largest oil producer, signalled on Friday it could cut its output if the deal negotiated by the so-called OPEC+ nations was implemented as planned. Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru is taking part in Friday’s G20 video conference to discuss the situation in the energy market after demand and prices were hammered
From The Houston Chronicle A natural gas well belonging to the Norwegian oil giant Equinor remains shut in following a weekend fire at one of its drilling sites in Karnes County. The fire happened at Equinor’s Neller-Runge 1-Runge 2 lease off FM 885 a few miles south of Runge around 3:45 a.m. Saturday, the Karnes County Sheriff’s Office reported. Crews
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Borr Drilling Limited launches IPO of five million common shares Borr Drilling (stock ticker: BORR), an international drilling contractor headquartered in Bermuda, has launched an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States for 5 million of its common shares. The newly public security will trade under the ticker symbol “BORR.”
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Equinor swaps 16% stake in Lundin for $1.5 billion, buys 2.6% stake in Johan Sverdrup field on Norwegian continental shelf for $910 million Norwegian supermajor Equinor ASA (stock ticker: EQNR) has struck a deal with independent E&P Lundin Petroleum (stock ticker: LUPE.ST) to divest its 16% interest in Lundin, which equates
From Bloomberg Oil companies in Norway may pay some of the highest taxes and wages in the world but they could always count on support in the halls of power. Then last week the country’s biggest political party pulled out the rug from under that certainty in a dramatic policy shift to abandon support for drilling off the Lofoten islands.
Labour Party of Norway Commits to Permanently Banning Oil Exploration in Norwegian Arctic
From Reuters Lundin Petroleum announced plans on Wednesday develop its Solveig oilfield, formerly known as Luno II, offshore Norway at a cost of 6.4 billion Norwegian crowns ($747 million). The development and operation plan for the North Sea field called for a production startup of in the first quarter of 2021, the Swedish company said. The new field will be
From Bloomberg The oil majors are safe from divestments from the world’s largest wealth fund — for now. Plans presented last week by the Norwegian government to get the fund out of smaller oil and gas explorers were broadly welcomed by the country’s politicians, but are also being seized upon as an opening to further pressure oil majors such Royal
From Reuters Norway’s Equinor SA on Tuesday said it plans to explore for oil in deep waters off the coast of South Australia in late 2020 and released a draft environmental assessment for the project to head off community protests. Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, took full control of two permits in the Great Australian Bight, a body of water
From Bloomberg Norway has built a reputation as one of the calmest and most predictable corners of the global oil industry, but lately it’s been full of surprises. During the worst downturn in a generation, from 2014 to 2016, companies would regularly exceed official forecasts as oil production rose in defiance of falling prices. More recently, with crude surging back to multiyear
