The strike called off
05/06/2024 Starting Wednesday June 5th 23 employees in the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, that are members of the trade union Unio, are on strike. Update: On Wednesday morning, all employees are back to work as normal.
Update: The strike has ended and normal operations will resume as soon as it is practically possible.
The personnel on strike work across the directorate's areas of responsibility, and there will be reduced capacity in case processing, professional assessments, and communication of facts.
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Updated: 05/06/2024
Latest news
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Production figures March 2025
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Drilling permit for wellbore 30/11-16 S
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An APA overview
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Technology Day programme announced
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Another sulphide deposit, “Gygra”, discovered on the NCS
02/04/2025
The Centre for Deep Sea Research at the University of Bergen (UiB) and the Norwegian Offshore Directorate have discovered a new sulphide location on the Knipovich Ridge, west of Svalbard.
New organisation at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
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The Norwegian Offshore Directorate is implementing a new organisation.
Oil and gas discovery in the North Sea (35/10-15 S and A)
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Drilling permit for wellbore 25/11-30 S
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The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 25/11-30 S in production licence 169, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.