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System maintenance

3/14/2025 Factmaps and Factpages may be unstable Wednesday 20th of March. Maintenance will take place from 0900 AM.

Below is a summary of changes. For full overview see changelogs for factpages and factmaps.

Factpages

  • Map for category "wellbores, other" introduced
  • Updated pageviews for field and licence

Factmaps and services

  • Introduced dataservice without symbology. The service includes all our open data and will in time replace direct downloading from our factpages.
  • We want to remind that the following services will be removed in the beginning of May 2025
    • Old factmaps and related services https://factmaps.sodir.no/factmaps/3_0/
    • Factmaps "staging"-services
  • New datalayer in services and downloadable FGDB for licencing frequency

Feedback can be reported to factweb@sodir.no

 

Updated: 3/14/2025

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!