StatoilHydro to focus on smaller fields
August 27, 2008 8:09 AM
StatoilHydro will step up development of smaller fields on the Norwegian shelf to offset declining output from its major field centers.

GDF Suez increases Norway commitment
August 27, 2008 7:56 AM
GDF Suez will produce almost 50 MMboe this year, said president Jean-Francois Cirelli at ONS today.

Oil price still too high, says IEA
August 27, 2008 5:00 AM
While the price of oil has dropped off significantly from recent record levels, the prices is still too high, said Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), to an audience at ONS on Wednesday, Aug. 27.

StatoilHydro finds gas in Snefrid
August 26, 2008 11:38 AM
StatoilHydro has proven gas in the Snefrid structure west of the Luva gas field in the Norwegian Sea, said Exploration VP Tim Dodson at ONS today.

Oil province emerging close to Sleipner August 26, 2008 11:26 AM StatoilHydro has opened a new oil play in the gas-prone Sleipner region of the Norwegian North Sea.	Norwegian prime minister calls for increasing energy supply, reducing emissions August 26, 2008 11:20 AM Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg opened ONS on Tuesday, Aug. 26 with his strategy on increasing global energy supplies while decreasing global emissions of greenhouses gasses.
ONS opens in multi-media August 26, 2008 5:29 AM The opening ceremony at the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference and exhibition today will be presented on the Internet for two hours starting at 2 p.m. Stavanger time.	Deal for Hebron project signed, finalized August 20, 2008 1:40 PM Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the province's oil industry co-venturers have signed the final deal for the development of the province's fourth offshore oil project, Hebron.
Iceland Exploration Conference announced ahead of licensing round August 12, 2008 4:29 PM The Icelandic National Energy Authority and the Ministry of Industry have announced the Iceland Exploration Conference 2008, an international conference taking place Sept. 4-5 in Reykjavik.	NOAA receives $13 million funding August 11, 2008 1:10 PM The Bush Administration is bolstering funding for hurricane research and forecast improvements by $13 million to accelerate NOAA scientists' ability to more accurately forecast tropical storms, hu
MMS updates GoM evacuation numbers August 5, 2008 2:00 PM The Minerals Management Services has updated information on platform and rig evacuations in the path of Tropical Storm Edouard.	MMS updates Tropical Storm Edouard evacuation numbers August 4, 2008 1:42 PM Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are evacuating platforms and rigs in the path of Tropical Storm Edouard.
MMS awards grant for Orleans Land Bridge Shoreline Protection and Marsh Creation project July 25, 2008 11:32 AM The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a $1.3 million grant to the State of Louisiana through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for the Orleans Land Bridge Shoreline Protection and Marsh Creation project.	MMS provides final Tropical Storm Dolly statistics July 24, 2008 3:04 PM The MMS has provided final statistics on platform and rig evacuations in the path of Tropical Storm Dolly.
MMS updates evacuation statistics July 23, 2008 2:16 PM The MMS has provided updated statistics on platform and rig evacuations in the path of Tropical Storm Dolly.	MMS updates GoM evacuation numbers July 22, 2008 2:42 PM The MMS has updated statistics on platform and rig evacuations in the path of Tropical Storm Dolly.
Operators evacuating ahead of Tropical Storm Dolly July 21, 2008 4:23 PM Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are evacuating platforms and rigs in the path of Tropical Storm Dolly.	New oil spill lab opens in Norway June 10, 2008 4:04 PM A new oil spill laboratory was inaugurated on June 10, by the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Murmansk.