Maintenance

24/09/2024 Factmaps and Factpages may be unstable and partly unavailable 30th September - 1st of October 2024 due to system maintenance.

Update: The planned maintenance for Factpages and Factmaps 30th September to 1st October 2024 will be postponed. A new newsletter will be distributed once a new release date is planned.

Maintenance will be done in from 0900. This applies also partly the next day.

Summary of changes:

Factpages

  • Several pageviews have been expanded with more information.
    • Wellbore
    • Discovery
    • Field
  • New tableviews for seismic surveys, based on category and status
  • New columns in several tables
    • Licence
    • Surveys
    • Company
  • TUF-pane, both page- and tableview are included in search index.
  • Corrected sorting on pageview for wellbore.
  • Better handling of objects without geometry.
  • Minor bugfixes
  • Minor changes in tags/column names.

Factmaps

  • New factmaps in beta-version on https://factmaps.sodir.no/FactmapsBeta/. Existing and beta version are operated in parallel with same data sources. Official launch and decommissioning will be done later. Feedback is highly appreciated and can be sent to factweb@sodir.no
  • APA Open gross historical – APA areas with history, new maplayer and service
  • Area status – opened areas for petroleum and seabed minerals, new map layer and service. Existing service https://factmaps.sodir.no/arcgis/rest/services/Themes/AreaStatus_1_0/MapServer will be decommissioned in 3 months.
  • Sedimentlines, new map layer and service
  • Several changes in attribut-tags on REST/OGC-services. Se overview in the changelog.

For full overview ser changelogs for factpages and factmaps

Updated: 26/09/2024

Latest news

Oil and gas discovery in the North Sea (31/1-4)
17/12/2024 Equinor and its partners have discovered oil and gas in wildcat well 31/1-4 (“Ringand) in the North Sea.
Delimited oil discovery near the Goliat field (7122/8-2 S)
16/12/2024 Vår Energi and its partner Equinor have proven oil in appraisal well 7122/8-2 S in the Barents Sea.
Dry well in the North Sea (34/6-7 S)
13/12/2024 Aker BP and its partners have drilled wildcat well 34/6-7 S (“Kaldafjell”) in the northern part of the North Sea.
Delimited discovery in the Norwegian Sea (6507/4-5 S)
10/12/2024 Wintershall Dea (Harbour Energy) has proven gas in appraisal well 6507/4-5 S in the Norwegian Sea, 270 kilometres north of Kristiansund.
Dry well in the Norwegian Sea (6608/10-R-2 H)
03/12/2024 The “Løvmeis” prospect in the Norwegian Sea, drilled by Equinor, has proven to be dry.
Oil discovery in the North Sea (2/6-7 S and A)
02/12/2024 DNO and its partners have discovered oil in the “Othello” prospect in the southern North Sea.
Production figures October 2024
20/11/2024 Preliminary production figures for October 2024 show an average daily production of 1 988 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.
Oil and gas discovery in the North Sea (35/11-30 S and 35/11-30 A)
14/11/2024 Equinor and its partners have made an oil and gas discovery in wildcat wells 35/11-30 S and 35/11-30 A (“Rhombi”) in the North Sea.
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Drilling permit for wellbore 6305/10-1
11/11/2024 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Orlen Upstream Norway AS drilling permit for wellbore 6305/10-1 in production licence 1055, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.