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Fire breaks out on Equinor’s Visund platform off the coast of Norway

Friday, November 6 2026

Fire

Around 70 people have been evacuated, and production has been shut down at Equinor’s Visund oil and gas platform in the Norwegian North Sea following a fire on Wednesday.

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Filed Under: Equinor, fire, International projects, Norway, Oil and Gas, Visund platform Tagged With: Equinor, fire, norway, Visund

Doubles North Sea gas discovery estimate

Thursday, October 29 2026

Fossil Energy

A new appraisal well in the Afrodite discovery near the Kvitebjørn field shows that the recoverable gas volumes may be more than twice as large as previously estimated.

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Filed Under: Afrodite, appraisal well, Equinor, Gas discovery, International News, Kvitebjørn, Norway Tagged With: Afrodite, appraisal well, Equinor, Gas doscovery, Kvitebjørn field, norway

Project Atlas awarded EUR 223 million from the EU Innovation Fund

Thursday, October 22 2026

Funding

EU Innovation Fund awards EUR 223 million to CSS Project Atlas.

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Filed Under: Aker BP, CO2 storage, EU, funding, International projects, Norway Tagged With: Aker BP, CO2 storage, CSS Project Atlas, EU Innovation Fund, norway

Oil and gas discovery adding volumes to Oseberg

Monday, October 19 2026

Oil Discovery

Equinor and its partners Petoro and TotalEnergies have made an oil and gas discovery in exploration well 30/8-7 S Grimsnes near the Oseberg field.

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Filed Under: Discovery, Equinor, Europe, International News, Norway, Oil and Gas, Oseberg Tagged With: discovery, Equinor, Europe, norway, Oil and Gas, oseberg

Norwegian Government completes Utsira Nord review

Tuesday, October 13 2026

External Assessment

The government published an external assessment of Norway’s support scheme for a 500-MW floating offshore wind project in Utsira Nord alongside the country’s 2027 state budget.

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Filed Under: Floating wind, International projects, Norway, Utsira Nord Tagged With: floating wind, norway, Politics, Utsira Nord

ConocoPhillips considers Norway exit

Monday, October 5 2026

Potential Sale

ConocoPhillips is evaluating a potential sale of its Norwegian business and the Teesside terminal in the UK following an unsolicited offer.

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Filed Under: ConocoPhillips, International projects, Norway, Oil and Gas, sale, Teesside, UK Tagged With: ConocoPhillips, norway, Oil and Gas, Sale, Teesside Terminal, UK

Aker BP has made a gas discovery near Duva Field

Wednesday, September 16 2026

Drilling

Preliminary calculations show that the size is between 0.15 and 2.4 million standard cubic metres of recoverable oil equivalent, which corresponds to 1-15 million barrels.

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Filed Under: Aker BP, Drilling, drilling campaign, drilling rig, Duva, Gas discovery, International News, Norway Tagged With: Aker BP, drilling, drilling rig, Duva field, Gas discovery, norway

21 companies apply for Norway’s new exploration areas

Tuesday, September 15 2026

Applications

The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has received applications from 21 companies showing interest in new exploration areas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) as part of this year’s Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) licensing round.

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Filed Under: APA, applications, International News, Norway, Norwegian Offshore Directorate Tagged With: APA round, applications, NCS, NOD, norway

Contract award to Odfjell Drilling for Deepsea Bergen drilling rig

Thursday, September 10 2026

Drilling

Vår Energi announced a long-term contract award to Odfjell Drilling for the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig.

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Filed Under: Drilling, drilling rig, International News, Norway, Odfjell Drilling, Vår Energi Tagged With: drilling, drilling rig, norway, Odfjell Drilling, Var Energi

TetraSpar now sits on temporary mooring

Tuesday, September 8 2026

Decommissioning

The TetraSpar Demonstrator has been disconnected from its moorings at the MET Centre off the coast of Karmøy.

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Filed Under: International News, Mooring, Norway, TetraSpar Tagged With: Bergen, MET Centre, moorings, north sea, norway, TetraSpar

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