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.
Additionally, you can now view the areas on the continental shelf that the government proposes to open for the exploration and extraction of seabed minerals.
The first map was released in 1965, and we have updated it almost every year since then.
20/02/2025
Total petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) saw a minor increase last year, according to last year’s "inventory" – the Resource Accounts for 2024.
10/02/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 7220/7-CD-1 H in production licence 532, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
05/02/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) is presenting proposed new Regulation on data collection and documentation for mineral activities on the continental shelf.
31/01/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi ASA drilling permit for wellbore 7/1-4 S in production licence 1090, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
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.
