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
Drilling permit for wellbore 15/6-17
5/20/2026
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA drilling permit for wellbore 15/6-17 in production licence 979.
Production figures April 2026
5/20/2026
Preliminary production figures for April 2026 show an average daily production of 2 158 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.
Drilling permit for wellbore 34/10-56 S
5/8/2026
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 34/10-56 S in production licence 050 HS.
Announcement of awards in predefined areas (APA) 2026
5/5/2026
The Ministry of Energy announced APA 2026 on 5 May 2026, encompassing the predefined areas with blocks in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea.
The prospect form is updated
4/29/2026
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has updated the prospect form for reporting prospects, leads and in some cases, discoveries.
Drilling permit for wellbore 7220/5-EC-2 H
4/27/2026
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 7220/5-EC-2 H in production licence 532.
Dry well in the North Sea (34/8-A-37 H)
4/22/2026
Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the “Skoll” and “Hati” prospects, east of the Visund field in the North Sea.
Production figures March 2026
4/21/2026
Preliminary production figures for March 2026 show an average daily production of 2 152 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.
Advanced methods can curb production decline
4/15/2026
There is no time to waste if we want to extract more oil and gas from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) using advanced methods (EOGR). The benefits for our broader society could be enormous.
Technology Day programme
4/9/2026
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate’s Technology Day will be held on 4 June. There are still some slots available!