Norway

The region stands to benefit from TotalEnergies’ experience as a partner in Norway’s Northern Lights CCS development to decarbonize industrial operations in northern Europe. The first injection of carbon dioxide at Northern Lights is expected in 2024.

Norway’s USV joint venture will launch its first unmanned offshore surface vessel in 2025 to support subsea inspection, maintenance, and repairs.

The Carmen gas discovery offshore Norway was far bigger than expected and a short tieback away from production.

The authors describe coiled tubing operations that used a riser on a monohulled vessel already performing riserless interventions.

Equinor advances Irpa and Verdande field development projects closer to first oil with a raft of contract awards.

BP’s deal with Norway-based Deep Wind Offshore aims to generate nearly half of the 13 GW of electricity Korea plans to produce from offshore wind by 2030.

The well is the operator’s third discovery over the past 6 months in the region.

Norway police investigated reports of a drone flying over the Kaarstoe gas plant in southwest Norway, while, in Arctic Norway, a Russian/Israeli citizen was arrested when police found two drones in his car.

Oil companies in recent weeks have reported a jump in sightings of unidentified drones, and Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority recently warned of the risk of accidents or attacks.

Success at Ofelia sets up another tieback development to the nearby Gjøa platform.