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.
Updated: 26/09/2024
Latest news
Revised dataset that could facilitate CO2 storage planning
16/10/2024
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has reviewed around 800 wells and revised the top and bottom for the Utsira Group and the Skade Formation, to ensure consistency.
Drilling permit for the wells 7122/7-8 and 7122/8-3 S
10/10/2024
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår energi ASA drilling permit for the wells 7122/7-8 and 7122/8-3 S in production licence 229, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
Delineation of discovery in the Norwegian Sea (6507/2-7 S)
03/10/2024
Aker BP has proven gas in appraisal well 6507/2-7 S in the Norwegian Sea, 230 kilometres west of Sandnessjøen.
Wants to open up tight reservoirs
01/10/2024
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate believes that new innovations within hydraulic fracturing should lead to the development of more discoveries in tight reservoirs. The Directorate is now challenging the industry to have a go at one of the largest puzzles of them all – the "Victoria" discovery in the Norwegian Sea.
Did you know that you can order the NCS map?
25/09/2024
The map shows all fields, discoveries, licensed area and area opened for exploration on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) . It also provides an overview of all production licences.
Oil and gas discovery in the North Sea (35/10-13 S)
24/09/2024
Equinor and its partner DNO have made an oil and gas discovery in the northern part of the North Sea.
Exploration activity has been profitable in all ocean areas
23/09/2024
A Norwegian Offshore Directorate analysis of exploration activity over the last 20 years (2004-2023) shows that the discoveries are valued at three times the costs expended.
Production figures August 2024
20/09/2024
Preliminary production figures for August 2024 show an average daily production of 1 982 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.
Drilling permit for wellbore 6406/6-7 S
20/09/2024
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 6406/6-7 S in production licence 1119, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
Oil and gas discovery in the North Sea (15/3-13 S and 15/3-13 A)
17/09/2024
Equinor and its partners have made an oil and gas discovery in wildcat wells 15/3-13 S and 15/3-13 A on the Gudrun field in the North Sea.