16/12/2021
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from five companies in connection with the announcement of two areas associated with injection and storage of CO2 on the Norwegian continental shelf.
These companies are Norske Shell, Equinor, Horisont Energi, Northern Lights and Vår Energi.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate will advice the Ministry in connection with the application process.
24/10/2024
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OKEA ASA drilling permit for wellbore 31/4-A-23 F in production licence 055, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.