System maintenance

23/01/2025 Factmaps and Factpages may be unstable Wednesday 29th of January. Maintenance will be done from 09:00 AM.

Below is a summary of changes. For full overview see changelogs for factpages and factmaps.

Factpages

  • Updated pageviews for:
    • Discovery
    • Field
    • Licence
  • Updated tableview for licence
  • Minor bugfixes

Factmaps and services

  • Factmaps in beta replaces current factmaps, new url is https://factmaps.sodir.no/map 
  • Old factmaps will still be available on https://factmaps.sodir.no/factmaps/3_0/ until May 2025.
  • New URL for all services under: https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest
    • UTM50 – https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest/services/Factmaps/FactMapsED50UTM 32/MapServer
    • WGS84 – https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest/services/Factmaps/FactMapsWGS84/MapServer
  • Old and new URLs for services will exist in parallel to May 2025. Same data content and no schema changes in new services compared to old services. Old services will be removed May 2025.
  • Factmaps "staging"-services will be avaliable until May 2025. New services are found under https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest
  • New datalayers in services and downloadable FGDB

Feedback can be reported to factweb@sodir.no

 

Contact

Ola Anders Skauby

Director Communication, public affairs and emergency response

Tel: +47 905 98 519

Updated: 24/01/2025

Latest news

Dry well in the Norwegian Sea (6305/10-1)
22/01/2025 Orlen Upstream Norway and its partner Norske Shell have drilled a dry well, wildcat well 6305/10-1 “Tomcat”, in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea.
Production figures December 2024
21/01/2025 Preliminary production figures for December 2024 show an average daily production of 2 017 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.
Drilling permit for wellbore 35/6-6
21/01/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OMV (Norge) AS drilling permit for wellbore 35/6-6 in production licence 1109, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
Gas discovery in the Barents Sea (7122/9-2)
17/01/2025 Vår Energi ASA and its partners found gas in the “Elgol” prospect; however, preliminary estimates indicate that the discovery is not profitable given current price assumptions.
20 companies offered ownership interests
14/01/2025 In the 2024 awards in pre-defined areas (APA), 20 companies have been offered ownership interests in a total of 53 production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).
Dry well in the North Sea (24/12-8 S)
14/01/2025 Aker BP and its partner Concedo drilled the dry well 24/12-8 S near the Bøyla field in the North Sea.
Record-high gas production in 2024
09/01/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate's summary of activity on the Norwegian continental shelf in 2024 shows that gas production is higher than ever.
Drilling permit for wellbore 35/10-15 S
08/01/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted DNO Norge AS drilling permit for wellbore 35/10-15 S in production licence 1182 S, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
Drilling permit for wellbore 6507/2-8
08/01/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA drilling permit for wellbore 6507/2-8 in production licence 942, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
Dry wells in the North Sea (35/10-14 S and A)
23/12/2024 Equinor and its partners have drilled two dry wells (“Kvernbit/Mimung”) in the North Sea.