19/08/2021
Preliminary production figures for July 2021 show an average daily production of 2 035 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.
Total gas sales were 9.7 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is an increase of 1.8 GSm3 from the previous month.
Average daily liquids production in July was: 1 753 000 barrels of oil, 272 000 barrels of NGL and 10 000 barrels of condensate.
Oil production in July is equal the NPD’s forecast, and 0.4 percent higher than the forecast so far this year.
Production July 2021
Oil production 2021
Liquid production 2021
Gas production 2021
The total petroleum production for the first seven months in 2021 is about 132.3 million Sm3 oil equivalents (MSm3 o.e.), broken down as follows: about 58.6 MSm3 o.e. of oil, about 9.0 MSm3 o.e. of NGL and condensate and about 64.7 MSm3 o.e. of gas for sale.
The total volume is 2.6 MSm3 o.e. lower than in 2020.
08/05/2024
The Ministry of Energy announced APA 2024 on 8 May 2024, encompassing the predefined areas with blocks in the Norwegian Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea.
06/05/2024
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA drilling permit for the wells 7324/6-2 and 7324/8-4 in production license 1170, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
30/04/2024
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has received applications from eight companies in connection with the announcement of two areas in the North Sea for potential storage of CO2 on the Norwegian shelf.
29/04/2024
In a letter of 29 April, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate invited players to nominate blocks in connection with the first licensing round for mineral activities on the seabed.
29/04/2024
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wells 35/10-14 S and 35/10-14 A in production license 1185, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
22/04/2024
Equinor has completed an appraisal well (7324/7-4) on the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea. The objective was to acquire data on the reservoir and cap rock, for use in ongoing evaluation and development of the discovery.
17/04/2024
In June 2022, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate published data collected up to 2022. The Directorate is now releasing deep sea data gathered from 2022 to 2024.
17/04/2024
The Johan Castberg ship will soon be heading north. With the ship in place, the plan is to have three producing fields in the Barents Sea by the end of the year.
17/04/2024
Vår Energi has made an oil discovery in "Ringhorne Nord" (wells 25/8-23 S and 25/8-23 A & B), north of the Ringhorne Øst field, 200 kilometres northwest of Stavanger.
