Statoil announced on February 17 that the partnership had encountered indications of natural gas in the Zafarani exploration well in the Block 2 licence offshore Tanzania. The logging results now show that the d...
Statoil has found oil in the PL532 licence in the Barents Sea, with a recoverable oil volume estimate of between 200 and 300 million barrels. In an announcement, Statoil said well 7220/7-1 on the Havis prospect of the...
Technip was awarded the last option for the Statoil frame contract for diving, pipeline repair, contingency and modification services. The frame contract has been held by Technip since January 2007 and is now extended...
Statoil has farmed in to three offshore exploration licenses in Indonesia, significantly expanding the presence in the country. Statoil will acquire a 40% equity interest in a North Makassar Strait Production Sharing ...
Statoil said it has no immediate plans to send workers to restart oil production in Libya, defying weekend calls by the Libyan oil head for foreign companies to return staff and resume drilling. Statoil, Norway’...
Statoil is sending out an invitation to tender for a new type of drilling rig. It is specially-designed by the industry on behalf of Statoil for use on mature fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The purpo...
The drilling and well operations were stopped at Gullfaks for an additional review of Statoil’s routines for planning and conducting drilling operations. On Friday October 29, Statoil presented the report from its own...
Statoil has been awarded operatorship of three new exploration licenses on the UK continental shelf (UKCS). Statoil was awarded one licence which covers parts of blocks 8/15 and 9/11D, close to the Statoil-operated Ma...
Statoil, along with operator Chevron and other partners, have sanctioned the Jack/St Malo field development, located in the ultra-deepwater Walker Ridge area of the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Jack and St. Malo field...