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New dashboard provides insight into exploration activity on the NCS

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Illustration of the Norwegian Offshore Directorate’s new dashboard.

9/1/2025 Exploration activity is crucial for future oil and gas production on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has launched a new dashboard that offers easy access to statistics on exploration wells and technical discovery rates. Exploration wells statistics

«The new visualisation makes the data easy to use, and the dashboard allows users to explore the progress of exploration activity and identify trends over time,» says Nadine Mader-Kayser, Assistant Director of Analysis at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate.

This is the second dashboard made available on sodir.no. A dashboard presenting key figures from the NCS was published earlier this year:

A more comprehensive analysis of exploration trends based on the statistics presented in the dashboard is available in the 2024 Resource Report, which highlights how exploration activity has evolved and its significance for the resource base on the shelf: Remaining Resources – Norwegian Offshore Directorate.

Did you know that exploration has proven to be profitable all across the NCS over the past ten years? (2024 Resource Report – Drivers, Challenges and Opportunities)

“Our data, which is also available on the Fact Pages, supports knowledge-based resource management, value creation, and sustainable resource utilisation. This data iswidely used by industry players, the authorities, academia, and others interested in activities on the NCS, and provide important insights,” says Mader-Kayser.

You can explore the new visualization here: Exploration wells statistics

 

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Updated: 9/1/2025

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