Consultation – proposed new Regulation on data collection and documentation for mineral activities on the continental shelf
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.
All documents are available here.
The deadline for comments is 30.4.2025.
Consultation comments can be sent via email to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate; postboks@sodir.no.
The consultation comments will be published on this page.
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Updated: 06/02/2025
Latest news
Drilling permit for wellbore 30/11-16 S
15/04/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA drilling permit for wellbore 30/11-16 S in production licence 873, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
An APA overview
09/04/2025
Through APA the industry has gained regular access to new acreage on the Norwegian continental shelf. Today, this includes nearly all the acreage that has been opened for petroleum activity.
Technology Day programme announced
08/04/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate’s Technology Day will be held on 5 June. There are still some slots available!
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
01/04/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate is implementing a new organisation.
Oil and gas discovery in the North Sea (35/10-15 S and A)
28/03/2025
DNO and its partners have made an oil and gas discovery in the "Kjøttkake" prospect.
Dry well in the Norwegian Sea (6507/2-8)
27/03/2025
Aker BP ASA and its partners have completed drilling on the “Kongeørn” prospect in the Norwegian Sea, 240 kilometres west of Sandnessjøen.
Drilling permit for wellbore 25/11-30 S
27/03/2025
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.
Dry well in the North Sea (35/6-6)
26/03/2025
OMV and its partners have drilled a dry well on the “Horatio” prospect in the North Sea.
Production figures Febuary 2025
20/03/2025
Preliminary production figures for February 2025 show an average daily production of 1 938 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.