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Equinor awarded the Smeaheia and Polaris CO2 licenses

Offshore
Equinor has been awarded the operatorships for the development of the CO2 storages Smeaheia in the North Sea and Polaris in the Barents Sea.

Vår Energi confirms oil and gas discovery in the Barents Sea

Oil & Gas
Vår Energi confirms discovery of oil and gas in the Rødhette exploration well in the Goliat area in the Southern Barents Sea.

Akvaplan-niva leading new project on Polar Front ecology

News
Akvaplan-niva has been awarded funding from the Research Council of Norway to study the role of the Polar Front in ecosystem structure and function in the western Barents Sea.

High concentrations of ‘forever’ chemicals being released from ice melt into the Arctic Ocean

Ecology
The research has shown these chemicals have traveled not by sea, but through the atmosphere, where they accumulate in Arctic sea ice.

Equinor, Petoro, Total, Neptune and Wintershall Dea decided to develop Askeladd Vest

Oil & Gas
Plans call for production start in the first half of 2024.

Oil discovery near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea

Oil & Gas
The well was not formation tested, but extensive data acquisition and sampling took place.

Completion of exploration well on the Bask prospect in the southern Barents Sea

Oil & Gas
The main objective of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in Paleocene aged sandstones.

CGG Satellite Mapping completes Barents Sea seeps study for NPD

Oil & Gas
The aim of the study was to increase petroleum system knowledge across a relatively data-poor area of the northern Barents Sea.

Exploration well completed on the Polmak prospect in the southern Barents Sea

Oil & Gas
The well was drilled 30 km east of the Johan Castberg discovery

Acquisition of Barents Sea portfolio from Idemitsu Petroleum Norge

Oil & Gas
Lundin Energy commences programme of material exploration wells in the Barents Sea, targeting gross unrisked prospective resources of over 800 MMboe

Saipem: Scarabeo 8 resumes drilling activities in Norway

Oil & Gas
The drilling activities of the Scarabeo 8 will restart in Norwegian waters following the slowdown in activity due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

World’s largest floating rig to drill wells in the Barents Sea

Subsea Technology
This year’s exploration campaign in the Barents Sea will be spectacular.
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