NORWAY · LICENCES · NPDID 28973861
Production licence 878
Production licence 878 was granted Feb 10, 2017 in round TFO2016 in the North Sea. It is active, in the initial extended phase, operated by Equinor Energy AS with 4 licensees.
- Feb 10, 2017
- granted · valid to Feb 10, 2027
- 166
- km² today · 361 when granted
- 3
- wellbores · 1 exploration
- 15
- register messages
SODIR FACTPAGES · PETROLEUM REGISTER
Licensees today
Fields: Huldra
| Company | Interest | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR | 56% | May 29, 2026 |
| ORLEN Upstream Norway AS | 20% | May 29, 2026 |
| DNO Norge AS | 19% | May 29, 2026 |
| Wellesley Petroleum AS | 5% | May 29, 2026 |
Petroleum Register
15 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.
Jun 1, 2026 · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 20185
Equinor Energy AS har overdratt en 19 % andel i tillatelsen til DNO Norge AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 29.05.2026 og virkningsdato 01.01.2026
Nov 5, 2025 · Extension of the period of validity · DOC 19654
Energidepartementet bekrefter i brev datert 04.11.2025 at initiell periode forlenges til 10.02.2027, jf. petroleumsloven § 3-9 første ledd.
Jul 1, 2025 · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 19569
Equinor Energy AS har overdratt en 5 % andel i tillatelsen til Wellesley Petroleum AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 30.06.2025 og virkningsdato 01.01.2025.
Nov 1, 2024 · Licensee name change · DOC 18788
PGNiG Upstream Norway AS har, i henhold til generalforsamlingsvedtak av 26.09.2024, endret foretaksnavn til ORLEN Upstream Norway AS.
Sep 5, 2024 · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 18674
Source Energy AS har overdratt sin 20 % andel i tillatelsen til PGNiG Upstream Norway AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 30.08.2024 og virkningsdato 01.01.2024.
Jun 27, 2023 · Extension of the period of validity · DOC 17910
Olje- og energidepartementet bekrefter i brev datert 26.6.2023 at initiell periode forlenges til 10.2.2026 jf. petroleumsloven § 3-9 første ledd.
Jun 1, 2023 · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 17895
Wellesley Petroleum AS har overdratt sin 40 % andel i tillatelsen til Equinor Energy AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 31.5.2023 og virkningsdato 1.1.2023
Mar 29, 2022 · Extension of the period of validity · DOC 16694
Olje- og energidepartementet bekrefter i brev datert 29.3.2022 at initiell periode forlenges til 10.2.2025, jf. petroleumsloven § 3-9 første ledd.
Nov 1, 2021 · Change to licence (kept for historical reasons) · DOC 16218
Equinor Energy AS har overdratt 20 % deltakerandel i tillatelsen til Wellesley Petroleum AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 29.10.2021 og virkningsdato 1.1.2021
Apr 2, 2020 · Change to licence (kept for historical reasons) · DOC 15360
Equinor Energy AS har overdratt en 10 % deltakerandel i tillatelsen til Source Energy AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 31.3.2020 og virkningsdato 1.1.2020
Dec 23, 2019 · Change to licence (kept for historical reasons) · DOC 14952
Equinor Energy AS har overdratt en 10 % deltakerandel i tillatelsen til Source Energy AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 20.12.2019 og virkningsdato 1.1.2019.
Dec 2, 2019 · Change to licence (kept for historical reasons) · DOC 14754
Equinor Energy AS har overdratt en 20 % deltakerandel i tillatelsen til Wellesley Petroleum AS. Iht. til skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 29.11.2019 og virkningsdato 1.1.2019.
Sep 4, 2019 · Change to licence (kept for historical reasons) · DOC 14424
I henhold til endringsavtale 1 og godkjenningsbrev fra Olje og energidepartementet datert 23.4.2019 har A/S Norske Shell trådt ut av utvinningstillatelsen. Equinor Energy AS har overtatt A/S Norske Shell sin deltakerandel på 30 % med virkning fra 8.2.2019.
May 16, 2018 · Other messages · DOC 13059
Statoil Petroleum AS har endret navn til Equinor Energy AS fra 16.5.2018
Mar 13, 2017 · New licence · DOC 11509
Tillatelsen er innført i Petroleumsregisteret.
Ownership history
EVERY INTEREST ON FILE · NEWEST FIRST
| Company | Interest | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy AS | 56% | May 29, 2026 | today |
| ORLEN Upstream Norway AS | 20% | May 29, 2026 | today |
| DNO Norge AS | 19% | May 29, 2026 | today |
| Wellesley Petroleum AS | 5% | May 29, 2026 | today |
| Equinor Energy AS | 75% | Jun 30, 2025 | May 28, 2026 |
| ORLEN Upstream Norway AS | 20% | Jun 30, 2025 | May 28, 2026 |
| Wellesley Petroleum AS | 5% | Jun 30, 2025 | May 28, 2026 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 80% | Sep 26, 2024 | Jun 29, 2025 |
| ORLEN Upstream Norway AS | 20% | Sep 26, 2024 | Jun 29, 2025 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 80% | Aug 30, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 |
| PGNiG Upstream Norway AS | 20% | Aug 30, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 80% | May 31, 2023 | Aug 29, 2024 |
| Source Energy AS | 20% | May 31, 2023 | Aug 29, 2024 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 40% | Oct 29, 2021 | May 30, 2023 |
| Wellesley Petroleum AS | 40% | Oct 29, 2021 | May 30, 2023 |
| Source Energy AS | 20% | Oct 29, 2021 | May 30, 2023 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 60% | Mar 31, 2020 | Oct 28, 2021 |
| Wellesley Petroleum AS | 20% | Mar 31, 2020 | Oct 28, 2021 |
| Source Energy AS | 20% | Mar 31, 2020 | Oct 28, 2021 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 70% | Dec 20, 2019 | Mar 30, 2020 |
| Wellesley Petroleum AS | 20% | Dec 20, 2019 | Mar 30, 2020 |
| Source Energy AS | 10% | Dec 20, 2019 | Mar 30, 2020 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 80% | Nov 29, 2019 | Dec 19, 2019 |
| Wellesley Petroleum AS | 20% | Nov 29, 2019 | Dec 19, 2019 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 100% | Feb 8, 2019 | Nov 28, 2019 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 70% | May 16, 2018 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| A/S Norske Shell | 30% | May 16, 2018 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| Statoil Petroleum AS | 70% | Feb 10, 2017 | May 15, 2018 |
| A/S Norske Shell | 30% | Feb 10, 2017 | May 15, 2018 |
Operators
- Equinor Energy ASMay 16, 2018 to today
- Statoil Petroleum ASFeb 10, 2017 to May 15, 2018
Phases
- Initial extendedFeb 11, 2026 to Feb 10, 2027
- Initial extendedFeb 11, 2025 to Feb 10, 2026
- Initial extendedFeb 11, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
- InitialFeb 10, 2017 to Feb 10, 2024
Wellbores
3 ON FILE
| Wellbore | Purpose | Operator | Entered | TD, m | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/2-U-2 | Shallow gas | Equinor Energy AS | Mar 8, 2026 | 1,212 | — |
| 30/2-5 S | Wildcat | Equinor Energy AS | May 13, 2020 | 4,390 | Gas/condensate |
| 30/2-U-1 | Shallow gas | Equinor Energy AS | Mar 8, 2020 | 1,182 | — |
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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 labeled in English by Petrora, and the link beside each opens it in Google Translate.
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