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Postponed to Monday 13 December – Drilling permits are included on FactPages and FactMaps

12/6/2021 The planned upgrade has been postponed until Monday 13 December from 15:00, and the pages with associated services may therefore have downtime this afternoon and evening.

Minor changes and updates will also be released.

FactPages

Page view

  • Wellbore: Future drilling permits for exploration wells. These will be displayed under the tab "Wellbore" / "Page view" / "Exploration" / "Drilling permits".
  • Surveys: A link has been made to "Map – real time tracking" from the various surveys. This map shows where the seismic vessels are in almost real time.

Table view

  • Wellbore: A new attribute is included in "Wellbore" / "Table view" / "Other". The name of the attribute "Wellbore alias name" is included – tag name "wlbAliasName". A correction has also been made under "Exploration" / "All – long list" and "Development" for the attributes "prlNpdidProdLicenceTarget" and "wlbLicenceTargetName".


FactMaps

See open data.

Page view

  • Wellbore: Future drilling permits for exploration wells available in the FactMaps and services.
  • Surveys: A link has been made to "Map – real time tracking" from the various surveys.
  • Geology group expanded: New layer for CO2-atlas. A link has been made to "Map – real time tracking" from the various surveys.
  • Geology data now available for download as FGDB.

 

Contact

Ola Anders Skauby

Director Communication, public affairs and emergency response

Tel: +47 905 98 519

Updated: 12/10/2021

Latest news

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Drilling permit for wellbore 35/11-31 S
5/23/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 35/11-31 S in production licence 090.
Drilling permit for wellbore 15/5-8 S and 15/5-8 A
5/22/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 15/5-8 S and 15/5-8 A in production licence 1140.
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Drilling permit for wellbore 6406/11-2 S
5/19/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi ASA drilling permit for wellbore 6406/11-2 S in production licence 586.
Drilling permit for wellbore 7220/5-4
5/16/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 7220/5-4 in production licence 532.
Seminar on deep-sea data on the NCS
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The wells 32/7-1 and 32/4-4 proved suitable properties for injection and storage of CO2
5/14/2025 Equinor Low Carbon Solutions (Equinor) has drilled two appraisal wells which indicate that the reservoir is suitable for injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).
Drilling permit for wellbore 25/1-14 A, 25/1-14 B and 25/1-14 C
5/13/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA drilling permit for wellbore 25/1-14 A, 25/1-14 B and 25/1-14 C in production licence 873 B.