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BP Norway has decided to extend the maintenance and modification contract with Aker Solutions, exercising an option in the existing agreement for the Ula, Valhall, Skarv, Hod and Tambar fields.

When Norway’s government ministry in charge of oil and energy launched its latest annual licensing round for offshore oil and gas operations last week, the trend was clear: Arctic areas are in focus, and the state wants to speed up the pace of exploration and production.

 

Norway's Statkraft and Canadian Hydro-Québec have entered into a three-year agreement to speed up the development of osmotic power, a new renewable energy technology.

 

 

Norway's Statkraft and Canadian Hydro-Québec have entered into a three-year agreement to speed up the development of osmotic power, a new renewable energy technology.

 

Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Enerserv W.L.L to deliver 600 sets of surface wellheads and trees to the Awali Oilfield in Bahrain.

 

Aker Solutions has received a Letter of Award from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), to supply a further two drilling equipment packages to the 'Category D' drilling rigs.

 

11.2 billion standard cubic metres of gas was sold from the Norwegian Shelf in January, the figure is the highest of all time.

Only three percent of Norwegian employers wish to hire job applicants from Southern Europe. Norwegian employers prefer foreign job seekers from the Nordic countries or Eastern Europe to unemployed workers from countries such as Greece and Spain, according to a new study by the Enterprise Federation of Norway.

Low cost airline Norwegian has announced that it has ordered 222 new aircraft from both Boeing and Airbus, at a total cost of NOK 127 bilion, to be delivered from 2016 onward.

The Indian Supreme Court has cancelled 122 cellular phone licences granted by the Government of India in 2008, including 22 licences to Uninor, a daughter of Norway's Telenor.

Two humanoid robots are to help University of Stavanger engineering students learn about robotics in the oil industry.

Energy-efficient buildings were on the agenda when the Norwegian Minister of Government, Administration, Reform and Church Affairs, Rigmor Aasrud, visited Hydro’s headquarters in Bangalore, India this week.