Wellesley Petroleum AS holds a share in 21 active production licences on the Norwegian shelf and operates 11, most of them in the North Sea.
As drilling operator it has 17 wellbores on file since 2017, 16 of them exploration; the latest was entered July 15, 2026.
Cores are on file from 6 of those wellbores.
- 21
- active licences held
- 11
- operated
- 0
- fields operated · 1 more as partner
- 0
- mill Sm³ o.e. from operated fields, last 12 reported
- 17
- wellbores drilled as operator · 16 exploration
- 6
- of them with cores on file
SODIR FACTPAGES · AS REGISTERED TODAY
Where it holds licences
- North Sea19 held · 9 operated
- Norwegian Sea2 held · 2 operated
Fields it shares in
| Field | Its share | Field o.e., last 12 |
|---|---|---|
| Huldra | 5% | 0 |
MILLION SM³ O.E. · THE WHOLE FIELD, NOT THE COMPANY'S SHARE OF IT
Wellbores drilled by year
AS DRILLING OPERATOR · BY ENTRY YEAR · 1 SHALLOW AND SOIL WELLBORES NOT CHARTED
ExplorationDevelopment
On file from its wells
How many of the wellbores it drilled have each kind of material on file with the Directorate. Each opens that list.
Latest wellbores
BY ENTRY DATE
| Wellbore | Purpose | Field | Entered | TD, m | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35/7-2 | Appraisal | — | Jul 15, 2026 | — | Drilling |
| 35/10-16 S | Appraisal | — | Apr 19, 2026 | 4,380 | P&A |
| 35/10-12 S | Appraisal | — | Jun 4, 2024 | 3,830 | P&A |
| 35/11-29 S | Wildcat | — | May 9, 2024 | 3,600.3 | P&A |
| 35/10-10 A | Appraisal | — | Jun 13, 2023 | 4,461 | P&A |
| 35/10-10 S | Wildcat | — | Apr 4, 2023 | 4,089 | P&A |
In the Petroleum Register
LATEST 5 OF 78 MESSAGES NAMING IT · AS FILED, IN NORWEGIAN
The Petroleum Register is Norway's public record of rights in production licences. Every transfer of a share, change of operator, mortgage, extension, and lapse is entered there with its date. The Directorate publishes it in Norwegian only, so each entry is shown in its own words with a link to read it in English.
Jul 6, 2026 · PL 1260 · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 20246
OKEA ASA har overdratt sin 20 % andel i tillatelsen til Wellesley Petroleum AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 30.06.2026 og virkningsdato 01.01.2026
Jul 2, 2026 · PL 1255 · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 20238
Wellesley Petroleum AS har overdratt sin 30 % andel i tillatelsen til OKEA ASA. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 30.06.2026 og virkningsdato 01.01.2026.
Jul 2, 2026 · PL 1255 B · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 20239
Wellesley Petroleum AS har overdratt sin 30 % andel i tillatelsen til OKEA ASA. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 30.06.2026 og virkningsdato 01.01.2026.
Jul 1, 2026 · PL 293 D · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 20234
Equinor Energy AS har overdratt en 25 % andel i tillatelsen til Wellesley Petroleum AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 30.06.2026 og virkningsdato 20.05.2026.
Dec 15, 2025 · PL 1226 · Change of operator · DOC 19664
Operatørskapet er overført fra Equinor Energy AS til Wellesley Petroleum AS, i henhold til vedtaksbrev fra Energidepartementet datert 03.11.2025, jf. petroleumsloven § 3-7 andre ledd.
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About this data
Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir) FactPages, mirrored nightly and used under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Licences and shares are the current rows of each licence's and field's licensee history. Production is the saleable volume of the fields the company operates, the whole field, over the twelve months ending in the latest month any field has reported. Wellbores are those naming the company as drilling operator; a renamed or merged company is a separate record from its predecessor. Register messages are matched on the company's name.
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