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NPD HIGHLIGHTS POTENTIAL IN TIGHT RESERVOIRS
There are vast proven gas resources on the Norwegian shelf which are currently without developmen...
NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE CONFIRMS NAME CHANGE
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is changing its name to the Norwegian Offshore Director...
NPD ANNOUNCES FIRST OFFSHORE WIND DATA SETS AVAILABLE IN DISKOS
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has collected and prepared the first data sets for offs...
THE NPD IS RELEASING EVEN MORE DATA TO THE PUBLIC
Elin Aabø, acting project manager for Diskos. (Photo: Arne Bjørøen) A...
NPD AND THE PETROLEUM SAFETY AUTHORITY ARE CHANGING THEIR NAMES
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre breaks the news to the employees in Stavanger. (Photo:...
NPD RELEASES NEW EDITION OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF MAP
The most recent version of the NCS map is now available. The photo shows a section of the map...
APA 2023 ATTRACTS BIDS FROM 25 COMPANIES
The photo shows Edge Island with outcropping Triassic source rock of the Steinkobbe-/Botnehei...
STATFJORD ØST SET FOR IMPROVED RECOVERY
Image source: Equinor The licensees in Statfjord Øst have received consent to use n...
NORWAY SET TO CONTINUE DELIVERING OIL AND GAS FOR MANY YEARS
Director General Torgeir Stordal was among the introductory speakers at the Roundtable confer...
NORWAY STRENGTHEN’S ROLE AS A STABLE ENERGY SUPPLIER TO EUROPE
A high activity level contributes to strengthening Norway’s role as a safe and stable energ...
NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT GREEN LIGHT FOR SEABED MINERAL ACTIVITY
The Norwegian government proposes to open parts of the Norwegian continental shelf for commercial...
NPD APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, ANALYSIS AND COEXISTENCE
Kjersti Dahle has been appointed director of the main area Technology, analysis and coexistence (...
NEW REPORTS HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS OF NPD DATA
The Johan Sverdrup field was initially discovered by Lundin in 2010, who combined old seismic...
HALLIBURTON UPGRADES NPD’S NATIONAL DATA REPOSITORY
Advanced system is industry’s first fully cloud-native national data repository implementat...
NOT ENOUGH EXPLORATION IN THE BARENTS SEA
Director General Torgeir Stordal spoke optimistically on behalf of the Barents Sea during the...
PIONEERING DIGITAL EFFORT FOR INCREASED VALUE CREATION ON THE NCS
Fridtjof Riis, senior geologist in NPD. Photo: Arne Bjørøen The Norwegian Pe...
NPD IDENTIFY 20 AREAS SUITABLE FOR OFFSHORE WIND
A broadly composed group in the Directorate has identified 20 areas on the Norwegian shelf that c...
STORDAL TO CONTINUE AS DIRECTOR GENERAL AT NPD
Today, Torgeir Stordal was appointed as Director General of the Norwegian Petroleum Directora...
FIVE COMPANIES HAVE APPLIED FOR CO2 STORAGE ACREAGE ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has received applications from five companie...
SIX COMPANIES APPLY FOR CO2 STORAGE ACREAGE ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has received applications from six companies...
25 COMPANIES OFFERED OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN APA 2022
On 10 January 2023, 25 companies were offered ownership interests in a total of 47 production lic...
NPD AWARDS CONTRACTS TO FUGRO AND ENVIROS
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has awarded contracts to Fugro and Enviros for mapping ...
NPD: SHARING DATA FROM OLDER WELLS
Production and injection data from older wellbores is now available in Diskos. Historical prod...
NPD REPORTS PRODUCTION FIGURES SEPTEMBER 2022
Preliminary production figures for September 2022 show an average daily production of 1 832 000 b...
TROIKA AWARDED ASSIGNMENT TO STUDY REPORTING FORMAT FOR SEISMIC DATA ON THE NCS
In the near future, a number of companies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, including oil compa...
NORWAY: TWO COMPANIES OFFERED ACREAGE TO STORE CO2
Today, two companies have been offered exploration permits for CO2 storage in an acreage in the N...
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR OFFSHORE WIND
Earlier this year, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate was tasked with conducting subsurface surv...
THE NPD RELEASES GEOCHEMICAL DATA
Geochemical data from the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea are now available via the NPD’s...
EARTH SCIENCE ANALYTICS DATA FROM OLD WELLS IS NOW AVAILABLE
Data from the analysis project that Earth Science Analytics carried out on assignment from the No...
PRESTIGIOUS UN POST FOR HARALD BREKKE
Harald Brekke (right) has been elected to CLCS for five years. Here he is joined by Terje Aal...
SNORRE - IS THE GLASS HALF-EMPTY OR HALF-FULL?
Thanks to various measures, recoverable resources on Snorre have almost tripled compared with...
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS IN PREDEFINED AREAS (APA) 2022
Fossil dinoflagellate (microplankton) of Late Cretaceous age, approximately 75 million years....
THREE COMPANIES OFFERED ACREAGE TO STORE CO2 OFFSHORE NORWAY
On 5 April 2022, three companies were offered exploration licences to store CO2 in two areas ...
NPD HIGHLIGHTS 200 STATUS REPORTS ON FACTPAGES
Illustration photo: John Schnobrich, Unsplash Over the past year, more than 200 status rep...
NPD: NORWAY PRODUCTION INCREASED IN DECEMBER
Preliminary production figures for December 2021 show an average daily production of 2 108 000 ba...
RECORD-HIGH REVENUES FROM THE NORWEGIAN SHELF SET TO CONTINUE
The combination of high production of oil and gas from a total of 94 fields, significant demand a...
FIVE COMPANIES WANT TO STORE CO2 ON THE NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from five companies in connect...
NOK 160 MILLION FOR NEW NATIONAL PETROLEUM CENTRES
The Research Council of Norway has announced that two new national petroleum centres will rec...
THE SHELF IN 2021: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
Each year in January, NPD host "The Shelf" event, which is a presentation of the pr...
NPD STEPS UP EFFORTS TO DEVELOP AND UTILISE NEW TECHNOLOGY
Åsgard subsea compression. Illustration: Equinor Technology has been very important ...
MINOR OIL DISCOVERY NEAR THE ULA FIELD IN THE SOUTHERN NORTH SEA
Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 906, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 7/11-...
SHARING CCS KNOWLEDGE IN GLASGOW
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's Eva Halland is giving two CCS presentations this week d...
AKER BP SECURES DRILLING PERMIT FOR EXPLORATION WELL 24/12-7
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has issued a drilling permit to Aker BP ASA for well 24/12-7,...
NPD RELEASE AUGUST PRODUCTION FIGURES
Preliminary production figures for August 2021 show an average daily production of 2 114 000 barr...
CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN EXPLORATION IN MATURE AREAS IN APA 2021
The photo shows karstified (dissolved) marble at Liland in Evenes municipality. The Norweg...
VÅR ENERGI SECURES DRILLING PERMIT FOR WILDCAT WELL IN PRODUCTION LICENCE 901
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Vår Energi AS a drilling permit for w...
DNO SECURES DRILLING PERMIT FOR WELL 2/5-15
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted a drilling permit to DNO Norge AS for well 2/5-15...
NORWAY'S OIL PRODUCTION IN JUNE FALLS BELOW NPD FORECAST
Preliminary production figures for June 2021 show an average daily production of 1,883,000 barrel...
HIGH ACTIVITY LEVEL ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
The activity level on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) has been high in the first six mo...
NPD GEOBANK RE-OPENING
Once again, the Geobank is available for viewing core samples and extracting samples for studies....
EQUINOR COMPLETES NORWEGIAN NORTH SEA WILDCAT WELL
Equinor, operator of production licence 785 S, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 31/11-1...
TECHNOLOGY UNLOCKS NEW INSIGHT FROM OLD WELLS
The map on the left shows all the wells included in the study. The one on the right shows wel...
NORWAY RELINQUISHMENT REPORTS SUBMITTED AFTER 1 JANUARY 2021 BECOME AVAILABLE
A new regulation for status reports (also called relinquishment reports) came into force 1 Januar...
OLE EINAR HASS APPOINTED NEW HEAD OF THE NPD HARSTAD OFFICE
Ole Einar Hass has been hired as the head of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's office in ...
7 COMPANIES OFFERED OWNERSHIP INTERESTS ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
Seven companies have received offers of ownership interests in a total of four production license...
NPD RELEASES MORE PROGNOSIS AND RESULT DATA FROM WILDCAT WELLS
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate is releasing prognosis and result data from wildcat wells...
NORWAY ANNOUNCES AWARDS IN PREDEFINED AREAS (APA) 2021
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announced APA 2021 on 9 June 2021, encompassing the predefin...
NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY REPRESENTS JOBS FOR THE FUTURE
The low number of applicants for petroleum-oriented studies has attracted attention and sparked d...
NPD GRANTS ACCESS TO QUALITY-ASSURED GEOCHEMICAL DATABASE FOR THE NORTH SEA
Tobias Pfeifer and Hans Stokka works with FactPages and FactMaps at the NPD. Several diffe...
IMPORTANT UN POST FOR NPD GEOLOGIST HARALD BREKKE
Harald Brekke has extensive experience with international work under the direction of the UN....
WINTERSHALL SECURES DRILLING PERMIT FOR NORWEGIAN NORTH SEA WELL
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Dea Norge AS a drilling permit ...
SEVEN COMPANIES APPLY IN NORWAY 25TH LICENSING ROUND
Seven companies have applied for production licenses in the 25th licensing round on the Norwegian...
NPD LAUNCHES NEW SYSTEM FOR REPORTING GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has launched a new system for reporting geophysical surve...
PLENTY OF OIL AND GAS REMAINS ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
In the updated Resource Accounts, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate projects that there are 8 b...
THE NORWEGIAN SHELF 2020 - HIGH ACTIVITY AND SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS
Activity on the Norwegian continental shelf last year remained at a high level, despite the ongoi...
NPD INTRODUCES TEN NEW MANAGERS
Ten of the eleven level-two executives in the NPD’s new organization are now in place. ...
NORWAY ANNOUNCES 25TH LICENSING ROUND
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has announced the 25th licensing round on the Norw...
EQUINOR GRANTED DRILLING PERMIT FOR WILDCAT WELL 7018/5-1 IN PRODUCTION LICEN...
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for wells 31/...
GREEN LIGHT FOR START UP OF THE SNORRE EXPANSION
One of the largest improved recovery projects will be taking place on the Snorre field in the...
SUBSTANTIAL REMAINING RESOURCES IN ALL AREAS ACCORDING TO NPD NEW RESOURCE RE...
Substantial remaining resources in all areas according to NPD new resource report Exploration ac...
MATURING A CO2 STORAGE SITE IN THE NORTH SEA BASIN
This year a new milestone was reached for CO2 storage in the North Sea basin. The first explorati...
NPD RELEASES UPDATED GUIDELINES FOR PRODUCTION PERMIT APPLICATIONS
The revised guidelines for production permit applications are now ready for use. The update is pa...
NPD CONDUCTS NEW PIONEERING SEARCH FOR SEABED MINERALS
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has conducted another search for seabed minerals &ndash...
CONOCOPHILLIPS GRANTED DRILLING PERMIT FOR WELL 6507/5-10 S IN PRODUCTION LIC...
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS a drilling permit f...
NPD TO HIRE TEN MANAGERS
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is continuing its work to phase out the rotation scheme...
AKER BP'S ÆRFUGL PHASE 1 READY FOR PRODUCTION
Development of the Ærfugl gas and condensate field in the Norwegian Sea is planned in two p...
NORWAY: CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN EXPLORATION IN MATURE AREAS IN APA ...
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received a large number of applications from 3...
NPD RELEASES PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR JULY 2020
Preliminary production figures for July 2020 show an average daily production of 2 062 000 barrel...
CONOCOPHILLIPS SECURES DRILLING PERMIT FOR WELL 6507/4-1
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS a drilling permit f...
EQUINOR GRANTED PERMIT FOR WILDCAT WELL 34/11-24 S
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for well 6407...
INTERIM REPORT HIGHLIGHTS RISING ACTIVITY ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
In the first half of 2020, activity on the Norwegian shelf has been characterised by the corona s...
THREE FINALISTS NOMINATED FOR IOR AWARD 2020
Three finalists have been nominated for the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s IOR award for...
NPD INTRODUCES NEW SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM
The six directors who will make up the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s senior management ...
NORWAY LAUNCHES APA 2020 OFFSHORE LICENSING ROUND
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy today announced APA 2020, encompassing the predefined areas ...
NPD EXPEDITION EXPLORES MINERALS FROM THE DEEP
An expedition by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has been where no one has gone before. 3...
NORTHERN LIGHTS ALLIANCE SUBMITS PDO FOR THE FIRST CO2 STORAGE PROJECT ON THE...
The Northern Lights Alliance, with operator Equinor and partners Shell and Total, has submitted a...
MORE THAN 6.5 KILOMETRES OF HIGH-QUALITY GEOLOGY PUBLISHED BY NPD
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has recently published high resolution core images of 94 so-c...
TEN MORE YEARS FOR TROLL B
The authorities have granted consent to operator Equinor and the other licensees for a 10-year li...
NORWAY EXPLORATION ACTIVITY REDUCED BUT PRODUCTION IS MAINTAINED FOR NOW
Exploration activity on the Norwegian shelf has been reduced, and production will be maintained f...
NORTH SEA SKOGUL FIELD GETS GREEN LIGHT
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted its consent for start-up of the Skogul field in t...
NPD PROVIDES DETAILS OF 2019 YEAR-END PETROLEUM RESOURCES
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's estimate of total proven and unproven petroleum resourc...
DEVELOPMENTS ON THE SHELF – WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
The Martin Linge field in the North Sea. Photo: Equinor To what extent are development pro...
LICENCE SHARES OFFERED TO 28 COMPANIES IN APA 2019
28 companies have been offered ownership interests in a total of 69 production licences on the No...
EVENT: TOGETHER FOR 50 YEARS ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
50 years have passed since the first commercial discovery of oil on the Norwegian shelf. To mark ...
NPD ANNOUNCES GO-AHEAD FOR NEW FACILITY ON VALHALL
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted consent to start up the Valhall West Flank facili...
OCEAN INFINITY COMPLETES DATA EXPEDITION FOR NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE
Ocean Infinity, the next generation sub-sea technology and data company, is pleased to announce t...
NPD COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL DATA ACQUISITION EXPEDITION ON THE MOHNS RIDGE IN TH...
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has just completed a successful data acquisition expedi...
WELLESLEY COMPLETES DRILLING OF WILDCAT WELL 25/1-13
Wellesley Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 871, is in the process of concluding the d...
NPD GRANTS DRILLING PERMIT FOR WELL 25/1-13 IN PRODUCTION LICENCE 871
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well...
EQUINOR GRANTED DRILLING PERMIT FOR WELL 7132/2-1 IN PRODUCTION LICENCE 857
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for well 7132...
THE NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE HAS FOUND NEW DEEP SEA MINERAL DEPOSITS
Mapping area (red square) in the central part of the Mohn ridge in the Norwegian Sea. The map...
ONS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD TO BENTE NYLAND
Director General Bente Nyland has received the ONS Distinguished Service Award 2018 for her s...
NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE MAPS DEEP SEA MINERAL DEPOSITS
The area where the mapping will take place is indicated by a yellow square on the map, which ...
NPD HIGHLIGHTS IMPRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITY ON THE NORWEGI...
An impressive 20 development projects are currently under way on the Norwegian Shelf, and 13 expl...
STILL PLENTY OF DISCOVERIES TO BE MADE ON THE NORWEGIAN SHELF
Today, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) will be publishing the 2018 Resource Report for ...
NPD REPORTS 12 PRODUCTION LICENCES OFFERED TO 11 COMPANIES IN THE 24TH LICENS...
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 12 new production licences to 11 companies in th...
NPD GRANTS DRILLING PERMIT FOR WELL 35/12-7 IN PRODUCTION LICENCE 925
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well...
NPD ANNOUNCES AWARDS IN PREDEFINED AREAS 2018 (APA 2018)
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has 9 May 2018 announced the APA 2018, comprising the predef...
WELLESLEY PETROLEUM GRANTED DRILLING PERMIT FOR WELL 35/12-6 S IN PRODUCTION ...
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wellesley Petroleum AS a drilling permit fo...
ACONA ENTERS INTO A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH THE NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE
Acona has entered into a framework agreement with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and wil...