RWE Dea Norge AS, operator of production licence 420, is in the process of concluding the drilling of wildcat well 35/9-12 S, in the North Sea, off Norway.

Italy’s Eni has finalised with Petrogal, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Portuguese company Galp Energia, the farm in agreement for the acquisition of a 70% stake and operatorship of the three permits off Portugal.

Norway’s Ocean Installer has established an office in Brazil.

Primeline Energy Holdings has started commercial production at its LS36-1 gas field, offshore China, trial production having been completed.

GE has agreed to acquire the Subsea Electric Actuator product line of Oceaneering, a global provider of engineering services and products to the oil and gas industry.

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The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of materials handling, occupational health and safety and barrier management in the development project for the Johan Sverdrup field, in the North Sea.

Such enormous burdens might seem untenable when Gulf states may face a sustained period of lower oil prices, which have almost halved since June.

Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Oseberg Vestflanke, located in the North Sea, beyond its originally planned life.

Germany’s Wintershall has announced updated, higher recoverable resource estimates for its operated Maria Field, located in the Norwegian Sea.