About 755 Norwegian workers on seven oil and gas fields could go on strike from Saturday, hitting output from western Europe’s top producer, if a new wage deal is not agreed before a Friday deadline, trade unions said on Monday. A final round of mandatory talks will be hosted by a state mediator on June… Continue Reading »
Workers on Norwegian offshore oil drilling rigs signed a new wage deal on Wednesday, avoiding a strike, labour unions and employers said in separate statements. Some 280 rig workers had threatened to strike if the talks failed, including staff on Rowan Companies’ Viking and Gorilla rigs, and on the Statoil-operated Heidrun, Statfjord, Aasgard, Volve and… Continue Reading »
Nearly 300 employees on oil and gas drilling rigs off Norway could go on strike unless a wage deal is agreed by June 22, the country’s state-appointed mediator said on Thursday. Rowan Companies’ Viking and Gorilla rigs will be affected, one of the unions involved in the wage talks said. It was not clear if… Continue Reading »
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has awarded Fugro a contract worth 111 million NOK for environmental measurements in connection with the planned Coastal Highway (Route E39) that will run from the South of Norway (Kristiansand), along the west coast and into central Norway (Trondheim). This is probably the largest contract of its kind to… Continue Reading »
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg told parliament: * No plans to change oil industry taxation * Changing oil industry taxation would likely lead to higher unemployment * “This would be the wrong time to change conditions. I won’t give the oil industry signals today that we are changing conditions, that would lead to fewer jobs.”… Continue Reading »
Top executives at Norwegian oil company Statoil have responded to workers’ concerns and even fears over their helicopter transport to North Sea oil and gas fields. After Friday’s fatal crash of a helicopter near Bergen, Statoil has decided to delay implementation of proposed cutbacks in its helicopter program that were aimed at making it more… Continue Reading »
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Repsol a consent for the removal of Petrojarl Varg and subsea structures on the Varg field. Varg is an oil field in the North Sea, around 220 kilometres south-west of Utsira in Rogaland county. The field was developed using the Varg A wellhead facility, subsea structures and… Continue Reading »
Norwegian police have confirmed that 13 people on board a CHC Super Puma helicopter that crashed Friday near Bergen are presumed dead, according to an update on Statoil’s web site Saturday. Statoil also confirmed that one of its employees was aboard the aircraft, as well as personnel from Halliburton, Aker Solutions, Schlumberger, Welltec and Karsten… Continue Reading »
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that Lundin Petroleum and its wholly-owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) have entered into agreements with Statoil ASA (Statoil) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil Norway) under which Lundin Norway will acquire Statoil Norway’s entire 15 percent interest in the Edvard Grieg field… Continue Reading »
The oil and gas major Statoil, was notified of a helicopter crash in Norway at 12.20pm today. The crash has happened west of the Norwegian city of Bergen and is thought to have 13 people on board. It is not yet known of any survivors, although there have been reports from rescue officials that people… Continue Reading »
