Tapping the Gas Bank in the Barents Sea
built, it would be connected to a well-integrated subsea system for gas transport.Gassco is responsible for transporting gas to the European continent and to the United Kingdom through this system. The gas pipelines amount to a total of 8778 km of pipe.Director General Torgeir Stordal at the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) talked about opportunities on the Norwegian shelf during the ‘December conference’ in Kristiansund this week, and pointed to the fact that these are troubled times where energy security ranks near the top of the global agenda.“Norway has a role that is more important
Norway's NPD Taps Argeo for Deep-sea Mineral Exploration in Knipovich Ridge
Norway-based offshore survey firm Argeo said Thursday it had won a deep-sea survey contract comprising multi-sensor data acquisition with AUV for the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) to evaluate further mineral resource potential in the northern part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Knipovich Ridge). The acquisition project, with a contract value of 37 mill NOK [currently around $3,49 million], lasts 8 weeks, including mobilization and demobilization, and is scheduled to be performed during the summer season of 2023. Argeo will acquire high-resolution near-seafloor geophysical and environmenta
Norway Finds 'Substantial' Mineral Resources on Its Seabed
, a process that requires parliament's approval and has sparked environmental concerns. "Of the metals found on the seabed in the study area, magnesium, niobium, cobalt, and rare earth minerals are found on the European Commission's list of critical minerals," the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), which conducted the study, said in a statement. The resources estimate, covering remote areas in the Norwegian Sea and Greenland Sea, showed there were 38 million tonnes of copper, almost twice the volume mined globally each year, and 45 million tonnes of zinc accumulated
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Awards Seabed Mapping Contracts for Offshore Wind
Fugro and Enviros have secured contracts with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for mapping of the shallowest strata under the seabed offshore Norway, with the objective of locating sites that are best suited for the installation of wind turbines.Fugro has won the contract for the Sørlig Nordsjø II area, while Enviros will map Utsira Nord. The Fugro Searcher and the Kommandor Iona vessels will be used for the seabed mapping work.The companies will acquire seven different measurements.Geophysicist Lars Jensen, who is managing the project for the NPD said: "MBES (multibeam
EMGS Tapped for Marine Mineral Survey
Norwegian offshore survey services firm Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has been selected as the acquisition provider for the NTNU ATLAB consortium. The consortium was formed to study geophysical imaging of geological processes and has received funding from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Aker, CGG, Equinor, and NTNU’s Centre for Geophysical Forecasting.The objective of the ATLAB consortium is to collect a broad range of scientific data at the Mohn’s ridge, including CSEM, MT, streamer seismic, node seismic, and both chemical and biological data for environmental
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to Start Seabed Surveys for Offshore Wind
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has tasked the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) with conducting surveys in connection with awarding acreage for offshore wind.The NPD has been given the assignment to plan and implement a tendering process for preliminary surveys in the areas of Sørlige Nordsjø II and Utsira Nord, which were opened for applications for renewable energy generation about 18 months ago.These surveys will gather basic seismic, bathymetry, and water column data. The Government is proposing an additional appropriation of NOK 65 million (around $6.
A Seismic Shift
.The solution was developed with the support of the European Space Agency together with a group of energy companies and emergency response organizations. CGG earlier this year via its Satellite Mapping group completed a high-resolution hydrocarbon seeps study commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).The study aimed to increase petroleum system knowledge across a relatively data-poor area of the northern Barents Sea.CGG Satellite Mapping's SAR satellites acquired a large collection of high-spatial-resolution SAR imagery at a high revisit frequency. Ensuing processing
Subsea Mining: All Eyes on Marine Minerals Offshore Norway
keep mining. Prof Miranda also says we should be careful about what we mine first, targeting nodules first, as harvesting them is potentially less harmful to the environment.Nevertheless, exploration for marine minerals has been going on since the 1990s, says Harald Brekke, Senior Geologist Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission International Seabed Authority (ISA). Regulations for exploration of polymetallic nodules (potato-like rocks on the seabed formed of layers of iron and manganese hydroxides around a core) were adopted in 2000. However, the same for exploitation
Environmental Groups Call on Norway to Stop Deep-sea Mining Plans
in recent years to map the ocean floor along a part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Arctic, extending from Jan Mayen to the Svalbard Archipelago.The discovered deposits include metals and minerals that are important in battery technology, wind turbines, and mobile telephones, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, in charge of the mapping, has said.In January, Norway's oil and energy ministry launched a public consultation on a proposed deep-sea mining impact assessment program, the first step in the opening process.Environmentalists, however, said it was too early to conduct such a program
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