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Exploration week 6 (2012-02-12)
Lundin has been given permission by the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill Albert in the Norwegian Sea, and has started drilling the second appraisal well on the Avaldsnes. The Norwegian has received consent to drill Steingeita.
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Glitne Field extended (2012-02-10)
The Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) was submitted to the authorities in 2001 had Glitne Field a life expectancy of three years. Using new technology and a better understanding of the field's properties the field's life is extended by ten years, a development in line with Det norske vision to get more out of oil resources.
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The oil industry vacuums the world for engineers (2012-02-09)
The oil industry is growing so strongly that Norwegian companies build up large engineering companies abroad. They do not get enough people in Norway.
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Statoil's reserve replacement rate (RRR) exceeded 100% in 2011 (2012-02-08)
For the first time in seven years, Statoil had a reserve replacement rate of over one hundred per cent in 2011.
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-The oil industry works at full capacity (2012-02-08)
Chief executive Helge Lund in Statoil believes that the oil industry "is at full capacity" worldwide and expects a growth in upstream investment of 10-15 percent per year going forward. The pace of the oil industry is now so hot that the group sees limitations in the supply industry.
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...and a geology app (2012-02-08)
One easy keystroke, and then you can get to know the stratigraphy and lithology throughout the Phanerozoic.
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A seismic app (2012-02-07)
This app is based on that in all iPhone and iPad are accellerometers to measure fluctuations in three directions, x, y and z. By knocking on your mobile, the vibrations are recorded, and the app shows the seismic effects in three directions on screen
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The gas hydrates are arriving (2012-02-06)
Virtually unnoticed, Tromsø was last week the world's center of what could become the second revolution of unconventional gas.
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Exploration week 5 (2012-02-05)
Storebjørn and Maria are spudded, and "Bredford Dolphin" is moved to a new Johan Sverdrup appraisal.
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An industry for the future (2012-02-02)
When the Storting in December stated that the petroleum industry is an industry for the future there is great optimism in the Norwegian petroleum industry. But there are challenges. Industry and government must deal with these together.
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