Maintenance

9/24/2024 Factmaps and Factpages may be unstable and partly unavailable 30th September - 1st of October 2024 due to system maintenance.

Update: The planned maintenance for Factpages and Factmaps 30th September to 1st October 2024 will be postponed. A new newsletter will be distributed once a new release date is planned.

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.

For full overview ser changelogs for factpages and factmaps

Updated: 9/26/2024

Latest news

Drilling permit for wellbore 35/6-7 S
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Drilling permit for wellbore 25/8-24 S
7/13/2026 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi ASA drilling permit for wellbore 25/8-24 S in production licence 1203.
Drilling permit for wellbore 36/7-6 S
7/9/2026 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Energi ASA drilling permit for wellbore 36/7-6 S in production licence 636.
Drilling permit for wellbore 6407/5-3 S
7/9/2026 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi ASA drilling permit for wellbore 6407/5-3 S in production licence 1002.
One krone invested in exploration generates a return of four kroner
7/7/2026 Exploration on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) is highly profitable. Over the past 25 years, capital invested in exploration has generated a fourfold return.
Subsurface clarity
7/2/2026 Everything was simpler before. The geologists observed a “bump”(dome) below the seabed, the rig took up position and drilled in the middle. Today, everything is more akin to computer games.
New public consultation – proposed changes to the Resource Management Regulations and the Regulations relating to documentation in connection with storage of CO2 on the shelf
7/2/2026 In the autumn of 2025, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate submitted proposed changes in two regulations for public consultation (the 2025 consultation), with 3 December 2025 as the deadline for comments.
Seminar on sub-basalt exploration
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Drilling permit for wellbore 30/8-7 S
6/29/2026 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 30/8-7 S in production licence 190.
Some of the wells that made a difference
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