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Production licence 218

Production licence 218 was granted Feb 2, 1996 in round 15 in the Norwegian Sea. It is active, in the production phase, operated by Equinor Energy AS with 4 licensees.

Feb 2, 1996
granted · valid to Feb 2, 2041
89
km² today · 706 when granted
13
wellbores · 5 exploration
19
register messages

SODIR FACTPAGES · PETROLEUM REGISTER

Licensees today

Fields: Aasta Hansteen

CompanyInterestSince
Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR51%Sep 1, 2025
Harbour Energy Norge AS24%Sep 1, 2025
OMV Norge AS15%Sep 1, 2025
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%Sep 1, 2025

Petroleum Register

19 MESSAGES · 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.

Ownership history

EVERY INTEREST ON FILE · NEWEST FIRST

CompanyInterestFromTo
Equinor Energy AS51%Sep 1, 2025today
Harbour Energy Norge AS24%Sep 1, 2025today
OMV Norge AS15%Sep 1, 2025today
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%Sep 1, 2025today
Equinor Energy AS51%Dec 23, 2024Aug 31, 2025
Harbour Energy Norge AS24%Dec 23, 2024Aug 31, 2025
OMV (Norge) AS15%Dec 23, 2024Aug 31, 2025
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%Dec 23, 2024Aug 31, 2025
Equinor Energy AS51%Nov 13, 2019Dec 22, 2024
Wintershall Dea Norge AS24%Nov 13, 2019Dec 22, 2024
OMV (Norge) AS15%Nov 13, 2019Dec 22, 2024
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%Nov 13, 2019Dec 22, 2024
Equinor Energy AS51%May 16, 2018Nov 12, 2019
Wintershall Norge AS24%May 16, 2018Nov 12, 2019
OMV (Norge) AS15%May 16, 2018Nov 12, 2019
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%May 16, 2018Nov 12, 2019
Statoil Petroleum AS51%Dec 1, 2014May 15, 2018
Wintershall Norge AS24%Dec 1, 2014May 15, 2018
OMV (Norge) AS15%Dec 1, 2014May 15, 2018
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%Dec 1, 2014May 15, 2018
Statoil Petroleum AS75%Jan 1, 2012Nov 30, 2014
OMV (Norge) AS15%Jan 1, 2012Nov 30, 2014
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%Jan 1, 2012Nov 30, 2014
Statoil Petroleum AS75%Nov 2, 2009Dec 31, 2011
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS15%Nov 2, 2009Dec 31, 2011
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%Nov 2, 2009Dec 31, 2011
StatoilHydro Petroleum AS75%Jan 1, 2009Nov 1, 2009
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS15%Jan 1, 2009Nov 1, 2009
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%Jan 1, 2009Nov 1, 2009
StatoilHydro ASA75%Oct 1, 2007Dec 31, 2008
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS15%Oct 1, 2007Dec 31, 2008
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%Oct 1, 2007Dec 31, 2008
Statoil ASA (old)75%Jan 1, 2007Sep 30, 2007
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS15%Jan 1, 2007Sep 30, 2007
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS10%Jan 1, 2007Sep 30, 2007
Statoil ASA (old)75%Jan 1, 2006Dec 31, 2006
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS15%Jan 1, 2006Dec 31, 2006
Norske ConocoPhillips AS10%Jan 1, 2006Dec 31, 2006
Statoil ASA (old)50%Oct 1, 2004Dec 31, 2005
BP Norge AS25%Oct 1, 2004Dec 31, 2005
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS15%Oct 1, 2004Dec 31, 2005
Norske ConocoPhillips AS10%Oct 1, 2004Dec 31, 2005
Statoil ASA (old)50%Mar 22, 2003Sep 30, 2004
BP Norge AS25%Mar 22, 2003Sep 30, 2004
Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S15%Mar 22, 2003Sep 30, 2004
Norske ConocoPhillips AS10%Mar 22, 2003Sep 30, 2004
Statoil ASA (old)50%Mar 12, 2002Mar 21, 2003
BP Norge AS25%Mar 12, 2002Mar 21, 2003
Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S15%Mar 12, 2002Mar 21, 2003
Norske Conoco A/S10%Mar 12, 2002Mar 21, 2003
Statoil ASA (old)50%Jun 1, 2001Mar 11, 2002
BP Amoco Norge AS25%Jun 1, 2001Mar 11, 2002
Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S15%Jun 1, 2001Mar 11, 2002
Norske Conoco A/S10%Jun 1, 2001Mar 11, 2002
Statens Direkte Økonomiske Engasjement SDØE35%May 10, 2001May 31, 2001
BP Amoco Norge AS25%May 10, 2001May 31, 2001
Statoil ASA (old)15%May 10, 2001May 31, 2001
Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S15%May 10, 2001May 31, 2001
Norske Conoco A/S10%May 10, 2001May 31, 2001
Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s50%Sep 27, 2000May 9, 2001
BP Amoco Norge AS25%Sep 27, 2000May 9, 2001
Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S15%Sep 27, 2000May 9, 2001
Norske Conoco A/S10%Sep 27, 2000May 9, 2001
Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s50%Dec 23, 1999Sep 26, 2000
BP Amoco Norge AS25%Dec 23, 1999Sep 26, 2000
Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S15%Dec 23, 1999Sep 26, 2000
Saga Petroleum ASA10%Dec 23, 1999Sep 26, 2000
Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s50%Feb 2, 1996Dec 22, 1999
BP Petroleum Dev. of Norway AS25%Feb 2, 1996Dec 22, 1999
Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S15%Feb 2, 1996Dec 22, 1999
Saga Petroleum ASA10%Feb 2, 1996Dec 22, 1999

Operators

Phases

  • ProductionFeb 3, 2006 to Feb 2, 2041
  • InitialFeb 2, 1996 to Feb 2, 2006

Wellbores

13 ON FILE

WellborePurposeOperatorEnteredTD, mContent
6706/12-E-1 HProductionEquinor Energy ASJul 2, 20182,721Gas
6706/12-C-1 HProductionEquinor Energy ASJun 30, 20182,748Gas
6707/10-D-3 HProductionStatoil Petroleum ASDec 5, 20173,775Gas
6707/10-D-1 HProductionStatoil Petroleum ASDec 2, 20173,926Gas
6707/10-D-2 HProductionStatoil Petroleum ASNov 30, 20173,397Gas
6707/10-D-4 HProductionStatoil Petroleum ASNov 27, 20173,286Gas
6707/10-B-3 HProductionStatoil Petroleum ASNov 18, 20173,750Gas
6707/10-B-1 HProductionStatoil Petroleum ASNov 15, 20173,827Gas
6706/12-2WildcatStatoil Petroleum ASFeb 20, 20152,754Oil/gas
6707/10-2 AWildcatStatoilHydro ASAOct 14, 20084,850Gas
6707/10-2 SWildcatStatoilHydro ASAAug 31, 20083,365Gas
6706/12-1WildcatStatoilHydro ASAJul 12, 20083,950Gas
6707/10-1WildcatBP Norway Limited U.A.Apr 19, 19975,039Gas

All 13 wellbores on PL 218, searchable →

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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). Interests are the licence's licensee history; the rows with no end date are today's. Register messages are shown as the Petroleum Register files them, in Norwegian, which is the only language it is published in; the kind of message is labelled in English by Petrora, and the link beside each opens it in Google Translate.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/norway/licences/22556, documented in the API reference.