Plenty of oil and gas left on the Norwegian shelf

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17/02/2021 In the updated Resource Accounts, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate projects that there are 8 billion standard cubic metres of oil equivalent (Sm3 o.e.) remaining resources on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

This corresponds to 19 times the volume that will be produced from the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.

The Resource Accounts are an overview of the NPD’s estimated total proven and unproven petroleum resources on the NCS.

Of the remaining resources on the NCS, 4.2 billion Sm3 o.e, or 52 per cent, are proven. Unproven resources are estimated at 3.8 billion Sm3 o.e. About 60 percent of these are located in areas that are open to petroleum activities.

Total proven and unproven petroleum resources on the NCS are estimated at 15.8 billion Sm3 o.e. This is 28 million more than as of 31 December 2019.

According to May Karin Mannes, the NPD's Director analysis and data management, 49 per cent of the resources, or 7.8 billion Sm3 o.e, have been sold and delivered.

Production on the Norwegian shelf in 2020 was 229 million Sm3 o.e.

Read the complete Resource Accounts.

Contact

Ola Anders Skauby

Director Communication, public affairs and emergency response

Tel: +47 905 98 519

Updated: 19/02/2021

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