17/08/2022
Data from the analysis project that Earth Science Analytics AS carried out on assignment from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) in 2021 is now available for download.
As described in the news item "New technology unlocks new insight from old wells" (July 2021), the NPD has now published data from its project to analyse results from dry wells in the North Sea. Data about reservoir properties in a total of 545 wells has been published, and the available data includes porosity, water saturation, lithology and which sections of the well are classified as potentially hydrocarbon-bearing.
The data will be available as a zip file, and has also been made available on a per-well basis in Diskos.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
23/12/2024
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi ASA drilling permit for wellbore7/1-3 in production licence 1090, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.