Det norske, Aker Exploration to form new No. 2 Aug 25, 2009
Norway-based oil companies Det norske oljeselskap and Aker Exploration have penned a deal to merge the two companies into “the second biggest company by far on the ...

Det Norske $78M loss “best ever” Aug 18, 2009
Norway-based oil company Det norske oljeselskap has posted what the company called its “best quarterly result ever” and says there’s a ...

Det norske gets permit to drill Wildcat well in PL 483 S Jul 27, 2009
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske a drilling permit for wellbore 6609/10-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Det Norske boss: “pinprick” survey kit just “a tool” Jun 26, 2009
Electromagnetic survey technology once seen as "a magic wand" for finding hydrocarbons was ...

ExxonMobil elicits light oil, gas off Norway Apr 1, 2009
ExxonMobil has made a gas discovery offshore Norway under drilling looked after by partner Det norske oljeselskap, although no testing of ...

StatoilHydro, partner think Fulla thoughts Feb 5, 2009
StatoilHydro has found gas and light oil at the Fulla prospect in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, where some 19 million barrels of oil equivalent ...

Noreco airs $570M Det Norske “merger” Feb 3, 2009
Norway-based oil company Noreco will propose Tuesday a merger with compatriot Det norske Oljeselskap, or “Detnorske”, hoping to ...

Den Norske shareholders “revolt” Feb 2, 2009
Major shareholders in  Norway’s second-largest home-grown oil company, Det Norske Oljeselskapet, are asking for change at the top and saying the company ...

Det norske applies in the Barents Sea Nov 10, 2008
Det norske submitted license applications for the 20th Licensing Round to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

Europe bank moves lift oil stocks Oct 13, 2008
Oil stocks rose Monday after European leaders agreed to make their banks lend to each other again, and extra moves were announced to shore up ...

Norway partners submit $366M Frøy plan Sep 15, 2008
Partners in the Frøy project offshore Norway have asked the Norwegian Parliament to study and approve their plan for the field’s development and operation, stakeholder Det Norsek Oljeseslskap declared Monday, before adding the field could cost “NOK2.1 billion ($366 million) from 2012 … mainly related to drilling”.