Upgrade: FactPages and associated services
12/12/2022
A minor upgrade of the FactPages and changes to the fact services will be made on Wednesday 14 December. The FactPages and services may therefore become unavailable part of this day.
The major change in this upgrade is an improved overview of the follow up on Surveys, from planned to finished, sorted by date. This will be available under "Survey", "Page view" – chapter "Latest updates".
Corresponding changes will be made under "Survey", "Table view", "Last updates". The headings and tag names will be new. The new tag names are: "seaProgressNotesDate", "seaSurveyName", "seaProgressNotesKind", "seaProgressNotesDescription", "seaNpdidSurvey".
Apart from this, better help text is added when searching; additionally some links have been corrected and basic software has been upgraded.
The data type of tables in downloadable FGDB and REST services has also been changed, see factmaps 3 changelog for details.
Updated: 12/12/2022
Latest news
19 companies offered ownership interests
1/13/2026
In the 2025 awards in pre-defined areas (APA), 19 companies have been offered ownership interests in a total of 57 production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).
Best exploration year in several years
1/8/2026
Last year's exploration result was among the best in several years, according to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate's summary of activity on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in 2025.
Production figures November 2025
12/23/2025
Preliminary production figures for November 2025 show an average daily production of 2 090 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.
Regulatory changes postponed
12/16/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has put forward proposed changes to the Regulations relating to resource management in the petroleum activities and the Regulations relating to documentation in connection with storage of CO2 on the shelf for public consultation.
Norwegian companies take a more dominant role
12/11/2025
A new report from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate shows that, in 2024, there were 24 oil and gas companies on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). This is the lowest number since activity started up on the shelf. At the same time, developments in exploration activity reveal a clear shift from global to Norwegian players.
