# Norwegian Oil History is 40 years old **URL:** \ **Category:** Scuttlebutt\ **Created:** [July 19, 2016, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451 "2016-07-19T10:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/81 "2018-05-27T13:50:19Z")
Glad your father enjoyed that short post about the Drillship/J.W.Bates. I was never on board the J.W.Bates but saw her while she was laid up in Bombay, before being towed to Thailand for scrapping in 1985 or 86. I was on the R&B rig W.T.Adams for a tow from Bombay to Jebel Ali, UAE, if I remember right. (It could have been for the offloading of the R&B rig J.W.McClain, or for a rig move in the Bombay High) I met many who had been working on the J.W.Bates on other R&B rigs in the 1970-90’s and heard many stories, but I cannot recall any names off the cuff. (Maybe your Father was one of them) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/82 "2018-05-29T20:56:53Z")
Pioneering Spirit is enroute to Norway to commence her next job: > **[World’s largest construction vessel en route to Norway](https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/worlds-largest-construction-vessel-en-route-to-norway/)** > > World's largest offshore installation vessel Pioneering Spirit has left Rotterdam, The Netherlands. At the same time Saipem’s Castorone is laying the pipeline that will bring the oil ashore in Norway: > **[Saipem starts laying Norway’s largest oil pipeline](https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/saipem-starts-laying-norways-largest-oil-pipeline/)** > > The operations to install Norway’s largest pipeline to the Johan Sverdrup field started outside Mongstad, north of Bergen, late last week onboard the vessel Saipem Castorone. Yes that is right, Norway doesn’t have the capability to handle everything with own equipment. Luckily there is a worldwide market to draw on when needed. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/83 "2018-06-01T11:33:10Z")
Another major operation is on progress in Norway. Pioneering Spirit is lifting the 22000 m.t. John Sverdrup topsides off a barge for transport to the field, where it will be placed on the jacket already in place: > **[Denne løfteoperasjonen har de planlagt i detalj i fire år](https://sysla.no/offshore/na-skjer-lofteoperasjoenen/)** > > Operasjonen hvor den 22.000 tunge boreplattformen skal løftes på verdens største løfteskip, er i gang. PS\> This just the first of three topsides that will be transported and installed by P.S. The heaviest being 26K m.t. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/84 "2018-06-04T13:46:41Z")
They don’t piss around on this project. The Johan Sverdrup Drilling Module has arrived in the field and been placed on the jacket in one easy motion: > **[Nå er Sverdrup-plattformen på plass](https://sysla.no/offshore/na-er-sverdrup-plattformen-pa-plass/)** > > Boreplattformen til Sverdup-feltet, som forlot Bømlafjorden utenfor Stord fredag, er nå på plass. – Verdens raskeste montering av en plattform, sier Equinor. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/85 "2018-06-07T08:55:21Z")
Nice video of the Johan Sverdrup operation in this article: > **[Watch: Pioneering Spirit Successfully Completes Heaviest Installation Of Johan...](https://www.marineinsight.com/videos/watch-pioneering-spirit-successfully-completes-heaviest-installation-of-johan-sverdrup-dp-topsides/)** > > Allseas’ single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed the heaviest installation ever executed in a single lift offshore to date. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/86 "2018-06-13T10:32:59Z")
The Johan Castberg development in the Barents Sea has finally been approved by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy: > **[Johan Castberg gets government approval - News for the Oil and Gas Sector](https://www.energyvoice.com/norway/173954/johan-castberg-gets-government-approval/)** > > The development plan for Equinor’s huge Johan Castberg field has been granted approval by Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. First oil for the Barents Sea project is scheduled for 2022, with estimates of up to 650million recoverable barrels.... ---
**Author:** ![Drill\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Drill\_Bill](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Drill_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/87 "2018-06-13T11:45:27Z")
the opposite would have been quite surprising 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/88 "2018-06-15T14:04:14Z")
Another approval has been granted. This time for the life extension of the oldest field in Norway; Ekofisk: > **[Conoco Phillips får grønt lys for 17 millioner nye fat på Ekofisk](https://sysla.no/offshore/conoco-phillips-far-gront-lys-17-millioner-nye-fat-pa-ekofisk/)** > > Oljedirektoratet har gitt tommel opp for utbyggingen av Ekofisk sør. God only know how much Phillips(later ConocoPhillips) and partners have earned in the nearly 60 years since this field was first found (1969) PS\> Or how much have gone into the Norwegian Government coffers in that period. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/89 "2018-07-20T13:45:47Z")
The oil rig strike in Norway is over for this time: > **[Riggstreiken er over](https://sysla.no/offshore/riggstreiken-er-over/)** > > Torsdag ettermiddag kom Safe og Rederiforbundet til enighet. Men partene er uenige om hvem som fikk gjennomslag. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/90 "2018-08-06T11:21:56Z")
I have mentioned the shift of development of new technology for the offshore oil and gas industry from USA to Europe, especially Norway and the Netherlands in the last 3-4 decades. Today a Dutch HLV loaded with drilling modules built in Grimstad and assembled from drilling equipment produced by Cameron in Kristiansand left Norway: > **[Med kurs for Texas - Skipsrevyen.no](https://www.skipsrevyen.no/article/equinor-sailaway/)** > > Denne sommeren startet åtte boremoduler seilasen fra Grimstad til Texas om bord i det nederlandske tungløftsskipet «Happy Sky».  She is headed to Texas, where the modules will be incorporated into a bigger unit, before being transported to Brazil for installation in a field operated by Equinor. That is a typical example of how modern projects are developed; by multi-national co-operation, not by national protectionism. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/91 "2018-08-06T11:27:49Z")
Other technology is also soon showing up in a gulf near you soon. This one doesn’t require HLVs to be carried across the Atlantic though: > **[Internasjonale offshore-giganter gjør som Aker BP](https://sysla.no/teknologi/internasjonale-offshore-giganter-gjor-som-aker-bp/?utm_campaign=2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Fredag_Uke31&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&referer=eDM_2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Fredag_Uke31&xtor=EPR-40-%5B2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Fredag_Uke31%5D&utm_emailid=10450#)** > > Den norske teknologikometen Cognite har nå fått noen av verdens største oljeselskaper på kundelisten. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/92 "2018-08-06T12:10:52Z")
The case is not entirety closed yet, apparently: > **[Gründere beskylder Equinor for fryktkultur og tyveri](https://sysla.no/offshore/beskylder-equinor-for-fryktkultur-og-teknologityveri/)** > > Etter å ha vunnet i retten tar Neodrill et nytt oppgjør med Equinor. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/93 "2018-08-09T20:12:55Z")
Another new technology that may spread to the world soon: > **[Mener de sitter på revolusjonerende teknologi for vannrensing](https://sysla.no/offshore/mener-de-sitter-pa-revolusjonerende-teknologi-vannrensing/)** > > M Vest Water sitter ifølge dem selv på verdens beste renseteknologi for olje-forurenset vann. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/94 "2018-08-15T13:23:41Z")
NDP is sending the Seabed Worker to map resources in the Norwegian Sea near Jan Mayen: [http://www.npd.no/en/news/News/2018/Norwegian-Petroleum-Directorate-maps-deep-sea-mineral-deposits/](http://www.npd.no/en/news/News/2018/Norwegian-Petroleum-Directorate-maps-deep-sea-mineral-deposits/) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/95 "2018-09-11T15:05:27Z")
The first search have been completed, here is the report: > **[Fant hittil ukjent mineralfelt i Norskehavet](https://sysla.no/offshore/fant-hittil-ukjent-mineralfelt-norskehavet/)** > > Oljedirektoratet har avsluttet et tre ukers innsamlingstokt på Mohnsryggen i Norskehavet. De har funnet nye mineralfelt. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/96 "2018-09-11T15:19:58Z")
There are still a lot of interest in exploring on the Norwegian shelf. Here is a list of the companies that have signed up for permit to explore: > **[Se listen over alle som har søkt om nye leteområder](https://sysla.no/offshore/se-listen-alle-som-har-sokt-om-nye-leteomrader/)** > > Et «meget høyt» antall selskaper har søkt om leting i nye leteområder. One noticeable different from years past; only ONE American oil major on the list. (ConocoPhillips) 40 years ago they were in majority, as was American drilling contractors and rigs in operation in Norwegian waters. Even American flag boats were operating here with at least some American mariners on board. There are still a number of American owned boats and rigs in operation in the North Sea, (incl. Norway) but not many American to be seen, on board or in the shore based management. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/97 "2018-10-03T13:38:09Z")
The living quarters module for the Johan Sverdrup Field has been completed and awaiting installation by Pioneer Spirit in the spring: [http://www.stord24.no/sissel-var-med-a-bygge-johan-sverdrup-i-dag-song-ho-under-feiringa-av-ferdigstillinga/](http://www.stord24.no/sissel-var-med-a-bygge-johan-sverdrup-i-dag-song-ho-under-feiringa-av-ferdigstillinga/) This article is written in Nynorsk so it does not translate well with Google translate, but the 19 pictures from the interior should be descriptive. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/98 "2018-11-03T16:58:41Z")
A historic even was the construction, towage and installation of the heaviest man-made object ever moved, the Gullfaks C Condeep Platform. I was part of the MWS team at the early stages, but only involved in preparing the mooring arrangement in Vats and out of dock move of the bottom part from the building dock in Hinnavaagen, Stavanger. Here is a video presenting the entire operation from concept to completion in 18 min.: ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/99 "2018-11-03T17:19:08Z")
A nice little anecdote from the float out: When the skirt was pressurised to lift the structure off the blocks everybody in the management and MWS team was in a darkened control room at the yard watching instruments to tell us when and how it would float, with the normal joke about; “Do you think it’ll float” and “Everybody know that concrete don’t float” was bandied about. As the sensors confirmed that it was afloat and accurate draft readings in mm. came in the Construction Engineer, who were probably the only one that really understood the entire process, made his calculations and announced the actual weight. I can’t remember the exact number, but is was something around 220,000 m.t., which was abt. 1200 m.t. below the anticipated weight, based on records kept during construction. The immediate question was; what happened to all that steel and concrete that was missing?" One suggestion was that there were probably a lot of new garages built around Stavanger.🕶 UPDATE: The first oil field remotely controlled from acontrol room ashore has been in operation for one year: > **[\- Fjernstyring fungerer bedre enn noen hadde trodd](https://sysla.no/offshore/fjernstyring-fungerer-bedre-enn-noen-hadde-trodd/?utm_campaign=2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Fredag_Uke48&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&referer=eDM_2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Fredag_Uke48&xtor=EPR-40-%5B2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Fredag_Uke48%5D&utm_emailid=12024)** > > I ett år har Valemon-plattformen blitt fjernstyrt fra land. Så langt har den ikke hatt noe nedetid. UPDATE: Island Offshore has sold out controlling interest in Island Offshore Subsea, (a subsidiary) to Technip FMC, who now run the operation of the well intervention vessels. They want to change the conditions for the employees from that of offshore drilling to industrial workers. The 42 people affected are prepared to loos their jobs rather than accepting lesser conditions. To go from 2 weeks on/4 weeks off to even time is the main but not only dispute: > **[Technip FMC er ny eier. Nå er oljearbeiderne klare til å ofre jobben i protest.](https://sysla.no/offshore/technip-fmc-er-ny-eier-na-er-oljearbeiderne-klare-til-ofre-jobben-protest/?utm_campaign=2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Mandag_Uke49&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&referer=eDM_2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Mandag_Uke49&xtor=EPR-40-%5B2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Mandag_Uke49%5D&utm_emailid=12058)** > > Hvis de ikke får beholde avtalene sine, nekter ansatte hos oljeserviceselskapet Island Offshore å skifte arbeidsgiver. Da mister de heller jobben. More Update: AUV perform pipeline inspection in autonomous mode and with supervision/control from shore: > **[Miniubåt styrt fra land inspiserte 180 kilometer rørledning](https://sysla.no/offshore/miniubat-styrt-fra-land-inspiserte-180-kilometer-rorledning/?utm_campaign=2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Tirdag_Uke49&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&referer=eDM_2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Tirdag_Uke49&xtor=EPR-40-%5B2018_Sysla_Nyhetsbrev_Daglig_Tirdag_Uke49%5D&utm_emailid=12074)** > > Kan være verdens første autonome inspeksjon av sitt slag. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451/100 "2019-01-07T13:45:00Z")
Outlook for 2019 is for more spending in the Norwegian oil & gas industry: [https://www.oedigital.com/news/461388-norway-oil-investment-to-rise-in-2019](https://www.oedigital.com/news/461388-norway-oil-investment-to-rise-in-2019) Not only does 2019 look to be an active year in the Norwegian oil patch, but 2023 is predicted to be the new “peak oil” year: > **[As climate crisis sets in, Norway taps into new oil](https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/ecology-industry-and-energy/2019/01/climate-crisis-sets-norway-taps-new-oil)** > > More fields are coming into production and peak oil is expected in year 2023. Arctic waters is priority No 1, the country’s Petroleum Directorate says. [Previous page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/norwegian-oil-history-is-40-years-old/16451.md?page=6)