Announcement 2022, round 1

All you need to know about licences for subsea reservoirs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf for injection and storage of CO2 in 2022, round 1.

Awards: Two companies offered acreage to store CO2

On October 5 2022, two companies have been offered exploration license for CO2 storage in an acreage in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.

Press release from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

See work programme (pdf)

Announcement: Acreage for CO2 storage on the Norwegian continental shelf

On 8 April 2022, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced an area for CO2 storage pursuant to the regulations of 5 December 2014 No. 1517 relating to exploitation of subsea reservoirs on the continental shelf for storage of CO₂ and relating to transportation of CO₂ on the continental shelf.

The area encompasses defined blocks in the North Sea.

Application deadline

The application deadline is 1 June 2022 at 12:00. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications well before the deadline.

Available acreage

The predefined areas encompass one area in the North Sea, see map and coordinates below.

Map of available acreage

The North Sea:

Table with coordinates

List of coordinates, the North Sea (Excel)

Relevant information

How to apply

Each company that applies for licences must submit the following to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) with copies to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA):

Application letter, company information and receipt for paid application fee
Application(s)

The submission to the MPE and NPD shall be sent via L2S Authority Communication or via Altinn.

1. Application letter, company information and receipt for paid application fee

The formal application letter with an overview of all applications the company is participating in, both individually and as a participant in group application(s), shall be submitted together with the company information. See Guideline to application letter and company information (pdf) for more information.

A fee of NOK 109,000 must be paid for each application. When several companies join in a group application to apply for a licence, this counts as one application.

One of the members of the group pays the fee. Payment shall be made to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, account no.: 7694.05.00326, marked "CO2-storage".

A copy of the receipt must be enclosed with the application letter from the company.

2. Application(s)

Each application for a licence must be submitted in electronic format to the MPE and the NPD. See Guideline for application for permit for CO2-storage (pdf) for more information.