Maintenance of external services

2/22/2024 Tuesday, February 27th from 09:00 and throughout the day, there may be some downtime on factpages and factmaps due to upgrading and maintenance.

Factpages

Factmaps and services

  • Updated production method for REST-services. Content should not differ beyond reported changes here.
  • New table
  • Field_PDO_hst - overview of all PDOs, layer 518.
    o Layer 518, Field - PDO – History
  • Bug fixes
    • REST - Attribute wlbEwDesDeg corrected to wlbEwDecDeg, applies to layerID 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207
    • REST - Attribute FACTWAREHOUSE_DBO_BLOCK_AREA corrected to blcArea, applies to layerID 802
    • REST - Attribute blcMainAreamain_area to blcMainArea
    • REST - Attribute res_incl_in_disc_fact_page_url corrected to dscResInclInDiscoveryFactPageUrl, applies to layerID 503, 504, 505
    • REST - Attribute fixed_or_moveable corrected to wlbDrillingFacilityFixedOrMoveable, applies to layerID 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207
    • FGDB - Attribute fldNpdidField is available again in the Discovery table in downloadable file geodatabase
  • FGDB - Removed table in downloadable FGDB - utlyste_blk_tothist. replaced with licencing_activity_announced_hst in a previous update

Also, see Factmap – changelog that will be updated during the maintenance.

Contact

Ola Anders Skauby

Director Communication, public affairs and emergency response

Tel: +47 905 98 519

Updated: 2/22/2024

Latest news

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Production figures August 2026
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9/16/2026 Preliminary calculations show that the size is between 0.15 and 2.4 million standard cubic metres of recoverable oil equivalent (Sm3 of o.e.), which corresponds to 1-15 million barrels.
Drilling permit for wellbore 25/9-5 S
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Growing exploration interest
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New NCS map 2026
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Resource report 2026 in English
9/8/2026 The Resource report is now also available in English.
New director at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
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Register for our seminar on sub-basalt exploration
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