DNO, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary DNO Norge AS has been awarded participation in 11 exploration licenses, of which one is an operatorship, under Norway's Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2022 licensing round.

Of the 11 new licenses, nine are in the North Sea and two in the Norwegian Sea.

At yearend 2022, DNO held interests in 69 licenses offshore Norway, of which 16 were operated by the Company.

The new awards under the APA 2022 licensing round include: 

1. PL 248 K: Wintershall Dea Norge AS, Petoro AS, DNO Norge AS (20%)
2. PL 293 CS: Equinor Energy AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (29%), INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS, Longboat Energy Norge AS
3. PL 827 SB: Equinor Energy AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (49%)
4. PL 1146 B: ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (25%)
5. PL 1148 B: Wellesley Petroleum AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (30%), Aker BP ASA, Equinor Energy AS
6. PL 1171: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (50%)
7. PL 1172: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (30%), PGNiG Upstream Norway AS
8. PL 1175: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (30%), Lotos Exploration and Production Norge AS
9. PL 1182 S: DNO Norge AS (operator, 40%), Aker BP ASA, Longboat Energy Norge AS
10. PL 1186: Equinor Energy AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (20%), OKEA ASA, Wintershall Dea Norge AS
11. PL 1187: OKEA ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (30%), Wintershall Dea Norge AS, M Vest Energy AS 

 NPD today announced that 25 companies were offered ownership interests in a total of 47 production licences on the Norwegian shelf in the awards in predefined areas (APA) 2022.

KeyFacts Energy: DNO Norway country profile