The strike called off
6/5/2024 Starting Wednesday June 5th 23 employees in the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, that are members of the trade union Unio, are on strike. Update: On Wednesday morning, all employees are back to work as normal.
Update: The strike has ended and normal operations will resume as soon as it is practically possible.
The personnel on strike work across the directorate's areas of responsibility, and there will be reduced capacity in case processing, professional assessments, and communication of facts.
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Updated: 6/5/2024
Latest news
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Dry well in the Norwegian Sea (6606/4-1 S)
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OMV and its partners have drilled a dry well in the "Hoffmann" prospect.
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Drilling permit for wellbore 34/8-20 S and 34/8-20 A
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The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 34/8-20 S and 34/8-20 A in production licence 554 E.
Drilling permit for wellbore 31/4-A-15 B
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The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OKEA ASA drilling permit for wellbore 31/4-A-15 B in production licence 055.
Oil discovery near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea (7220/7-CD-1H)
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Equinor and its partners have made an oil discovery in the "Drivis Tubåen" prospect.
Check out our key figures in new visualisations!
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Now you have a quick and easy way to extract key figures associated with petroleum activities on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in an interactive dashboard.
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)
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Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well on the «Lit» prospect in the North Sea.
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