NORWAY · LICENCES · NPDID 38095503
Production licence 878 B
Production licence 878 B was granted Feb 19, 2021 in round TFO2020 in the North Sea. It is active, in the initial extended phase, operated by Equinor Energy AS with 4 licensees.
- Feb 19, 2021
- granted · valid to Feb 10, 2027
- 7
- km² today · 7 when granted
- 0
- wellbores · 0 exploration
- 10
- register messages
SODIR FACTPAGES · PETROLEUM REGISTER
Licensees today
| 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
10 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 20187
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 19655
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 19570
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 18787
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 18675
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 17911
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 17896
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 16695
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 16217
Equinor Energy AS har overdratt en 20 % deltakerandel i tillatelsen til Wellesley Petroleum AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 29.10.2021 og virkningsdato 1.1.2021
Apr 8, 2021 · New licence · DOC 15867
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% | Feb 19, 2021 | Oct 28, 2021 |
| Source Energy AS | 20% | Feb 19, 2021 | Oct 28, 2021 |
| Wellesley Petroleum AS | 20% | Feb 19, 2021 | Oct 28, 2021 |
Operators
- Equinor Energy ASFeb 19, 2021 to today
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 19, 2021 to Feb 10, 2024
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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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