Maintenance
10/9/2024 Factmaps and Factpages may be unstable and partly unavailable 16th October - 1st of October 2024 due to system maintenance.
Maintenance will be done in from 0900. This applies also partly the next day.
Summary of changes:
Factpages
- Several pageviews have been expanded with more information.
- Wellbore
- Discovery
- Field
- New tableviews for seismic surveys, based on category and status
- New columns in several tables
- Licence
- Surveys
- Company
- TUF-pane, both page- and tableview are included in search index.
- Corrected sorting on pageview for wellbore.
- Better handling of objects without geometry.
- Minor bugfixes
- Minor changes in tags/column names.
Factmaps
- New factmaps in beta-version on https://factmaps.sodir.no/FactmapsBeta/. Existing and beta version are operated in parallel with same data sources. Official launch and decommissioning will be done later. Feedback is highly appreciated and can be sent to factweb@sodir.no
- APA Open gross historical – APA areas with history, new maplayer and service
- Area status – opened areas for petroleum and seabed minerals, new map layer and service. Existing service https://factmaps.sodir.no/arcgis/rest/services/Themes/AreaStatus_1_0/MapServer will be decommissioned in 3 months.
- Sedimentlines, new map layer and service
- Several changes in attribut-tags on REST/OGC-services. Se overview in the changelog.
Contact
Updated: 11/21/2024
Latest news
Dry well in the North Sea (34/6-9 S)
11/11/2025
Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Snorre area in the North Sea.
Dry well in the North Sea (30/11-16 S)
11/7/2025
Aker BP and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Yggdrasil area in the North Sea.
Drilling permit for wellbore 7220/7-5
11/7/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 7220/7-5 in production licence 532.
New CCS guidelines
11/3/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has drawn up guidelines explaining how to fulfil the requirements in Section 26 of the Regulations relating to documentation in connection with storage of CO2 on the Norwegian continental shelf.
New report about power from shore
10/29/2025
Power from shore as replacement for gas turbines has been the most important abatement to reduce greenhouse gases emissions offshore.
Drilling permit for wellbore 7018/5-2
10/29/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 7018/5-2 in production licence 1236.
Drilling permit for wellbore 25/8-C-23 D
10/24/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi ASA drilling permit for wellbore 25/8-C-23 D in production licence 027.
Production figures September 2025
10/21/2025
Preliminary production figures for September 2025 show an average daily production of 1 991 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.
Public consultation – proposed changes to two regulations
10/2/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate is submitting proposed changes to the Resource Management Regulations and the Regulations relating to documentation in connection with storage of CO2 on the shelf for public consultation.
Drilling permit for wellbore 35/8-8 S
10/2/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Harbour Energy Norge AS drilling permit for wellbore 35/8-8 S in production licence 248 LS og 248 B.