DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary DNO Norge AS has been awarded participation in 14 exploration licenses, of which three are operatorships, under Norway's Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2023 licensing round.

Of the 14 new licenses, 10 are in the North Sea and four in the Norwegian Sea.

At yearend 2023, DNO held interests in 73 licenses offshore Norway, of which 13 were operated by the Company.

The new awards under the APA 2023 licensing round include:

• PL 644 D: OMV (Norge) AS (operator), Equinor Energy AS, DNO Norge AS (30%)
• PL 1102 B: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (30%), Equinor Energy AS
• PL 1148 CS: Wellesley Petroleum AS, DNO Norge AS (30%), Aker BP ASA, Equinor Energy AS
• PL 1198: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (20%), Petoro AS, Source Energy AS
• PL 1203: Vår Energi ASA (operator), Equinor Energy AS, DNO Norge AS (20%), Petoro AS
• PL 1204: DNO Norge AS (operator, 60%), Equinor Energy AS
• PL 1205: ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (40%)
• PL 1209: DNO Norge AS (operator, 40%), Concedo AS, Equinor Energy AS
• PL 1212 S: Equinor Energy AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (40%), Longboat Japex Norge AS
• PL 1213 S: Neptune Energy Norge AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (30%), Wintershall Dea Norge AS
• PL 1216: DNO Norge AS (operator, 40%), Source Energy AS, Wintershall Dea Norge AS
• PL 1226: Equinor Energy AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (40%)
• PL 1228: OMV (Norge) AS (operator), Equinor Energy AS, DNO Norge AS (30%)
• PL 1229: Sval Energi AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (30%), PGNiG Upstream Norway AS, Wintershall Dea Norge AS

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