NORWAY · LICENCES · NPDID 38723903

Production licence 1153

Production licence 1153 was granted Mar 11, 2022 in round TFO2021 in the North Sea. It is active, in the initial extended phase, operated by Aker BP ASA with 4 licensees.

Mar 11, 2022
granted · valid to Mar 11, 2030
447
km² today · 447 when granted
2
wellbores · 2 exploration
5
register messages

SODIR FACTPAGES · PETROLEUM REGISTER

Licensees today

CompanyInterestSince
Aker BP ASAOPERATOR40%Nov 30, 2025
INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS30%Nov 30, 2025
OKEA ASA20%Nov 30, 2025
Harbour Energy Norge AS10%Nov 30, 2025

Petroleum Register

5 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.

  • Sep 4, 2026 · Mortgage of a licence or a share in one · DOC 20271

    OKEA ASA pantsetter sin 20 % deltakerandel i tillatelsen til fordel for Nordic Trustee AS. Pantobligasjon stor USD 500 000 000, skriver United States Dollars five hundred million.Pantsetter har ikke rett til å overdra eller foreta ytterligere pantsettelser av pantsatte objekt uten skriftlig samtykke fra panthaver.Energidepartementet har i brev av 04.05.2026 gitt samtykke i medhold av petroleumsloven § 6-2 første ledd. Pantsettelsen utgjør et såkalt krysspant.

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  • Dec 3, 2025 · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 19661

    Harbour Energy Norge AS har overdratt en 20 % andel i tillatelsen til OKEA ASA. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 30.11.2025 og virkningsdato 01.01.2025.

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  • Jan 6, 2025 · Licensee name change · DOC 19122

    Wintershall Dea Norge AS har endret foretaksnavn til Harbour Energy Norge AS fra 23.12.2024.

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  • Dec 13, 2023 · Extension of the period of validity · DOC 18128

    Olje- og energidepartementet bekrefter i brev datert 12.12.2023 at initiell periode forlenges til 11.3.2030, jf. petroleumsloven § 3-9 første ledd.

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  • May 30, 2022 · New licence · DOC 16822

    Tillatelsen er innført i petroleumsregisteret

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Ownership history

EVERY INTEREST ON FILE · NEWEST FIRST

CompanyInterestFromTo
Aker BP ASA40%Nov 30, 2025today
INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS30%Nov 30, 2025today
OKEA ASA20%Nov 30, 2025today
Harbour Energy Norge AS10%Nov 30, 2025today
Aker BP ASA40%Dec 23, 2024Nov 29, 2025
INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS30%Dec 23, 2024Nov 29, 2025
Harbour Energy Norge AS30%Dec 23, 2024Nov 29, 2025
Aker BP ASA40%Mar 11, 2022Dec 22, 2024
INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS30%Mar 11, 2022Dec 22, 2024
Wintershall Dea Norge AS30%Mar 11, 2022Dec 22, 2024

Operators

Phases

  • Initial extendedMar 12, 2029 to Mar 11, 2030
  • InitialMar 11, 2022 to Mar 11, 2029

Wellbores

2 ON FILE

WellborePurposeOperatorEnteredTD, mContent
36/4-2 AAppraisalAker BP ASAAug 22, 20262,809Water
36/4-2WildcatAker BP ASAJun 29, 20262,285Gas

All 2 wellbores on PL 1153, searchable →

This licence on Sodir FactPages →

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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