System maintenance
1/23/2025 Factmaps and Factpages may be unstable Wednesday 29th of January. Maintenance will be done from 09:00 AM.
Below is a summary of changes. For full overview see changelogs for factpages and factmaps.
Factpages
- Updated pageviews for:
- Discovery
- Field
- Licence
- Updated tableview for licence
- Minor bugfixes
Factmaps and services
- Factmaps in beta replaces current factmaps, new url is https://factmaps.sodir.no/map
- Old factmaps will still be available on https://factmaps.sodir.no/factmaps/3_0/ until May 2025.
- New URL for all services under: https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest
- UTM50 – https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest/services/Factmaps/FactMapsED50UTM 32/MapServer
- WGS84 – https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest/services/Factmaps/FactMapsWGS84/MapServer
- Old and new URLs for services will exist in parallel to May 2025. Same data content and no schema changes in new services compared to old services. Old services will be removed May 2025.
- Factmaps "staging"-services will be avaliable until May 2025. New services are found under https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest
- New datalayers in services and downloadable FGDB
Feedback can be reported to factweb@sodir.no
Contact
Director Communication, public affairs and emergency response
Updated: 1/24/2025
Latest news
Drilling permit for wellbore 6506/12-PB-3 H
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The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 6506/12-PB-3 H in production licence 094.
Dry well in the North Sea (25/11-30 S)
6/26/2025
Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well on the «Lit» prospect in the North Sea.
Dry well in the Norwegian Sea (6405/7-4)
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Aker BP and its partners have drilled a dry well on the “Rondeslottet” prospect in the Norwegian Sea.
Drilling permit for wellbore 15/8-3 S
6/23/2025
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 15/8-3 S in production licence 1137.
Production figures May 2025
6/20/2025
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Appraisal well confirms oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea (6507/5-12 S)
6/19/2025
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, operator of production licence 891, has concluded drilling of the second appraisal well, 6507/5-12 S, on the 6507/5-10 S (Slagugle) oil discovery .
Expedition to map the environment
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The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has participated in research expeditions for many years in an effort to acquire more knowledge about the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and the resources in the subsurface. Now we’ve also gathered environmental data.
Ensemble data: Updated version of guideline
6/16/2025
In 2023, a group under the FORCE umbrella drew up a guideline for sharing ensemble data in production licences. It has now been revised to incorporate feedback received.
One company offered acreage for CO2 storage
6/13/2025
Today, Equinor Low Carbon Solution AS has been offered an exploration licence for CO2 storage in the North Sea.
Drilling permit for wellbore 7117/4-1
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The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 7117/4-1 in production licence 1238.