NORWAY · LICENCES · NPDID 38724009
Production licence 1226
Production licence 1226 was granted Mar 15, 2024 in round TFO2023 in the Norwegian Sea. It is active, in the initial extended phase, operated by Wellesley Petroleum AS with 2 licensees.
- Mar 15, 2024
- granted · valid to Dec 15, 2030
- 99
- km² today · 99 when granted
- 0
- wellbores · 0 exploration
- 5
- register messages
SODIR FACTPAGES · PETROLEUM REGISTER
Licensees today
| Company | Interest | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy AS | 70% | Nov 28, 2025 |
| Wellesley Petroleum ASOPERATOR | 30% | Nov 28, 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.
Dec 16, 2025 · Uttreden av tillatelse · DOC 19665
I henhold til endringsavtale nr 1 inngått 04.11.2025 og godkjenningsbrev fra Energidepartementet datert 17.11.2025 har DNO Norge AS trådt ut av utvinningstillatelsen. Equinor Energy AS har overtatt DNO Norge AS deltakerandel på 40 % med virkning fra 04.11.2025.
Dec 15, 2025 · 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.
Dec 3, 2025 · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 19660
Equinor Energy AS har overdratt en 30 % andel i tillatelsen til Wellesley Petroleum AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 28.11.2025 og virkningsdato 01.01.2025.
May 2, 2025 · Extension of the period of validity · DOC 19405
Energidepartementet bekrefter i brev datert 02.05.2025 at initiell periode forlenges til 15.12.2030, jf. petroleumsloven § 3-9 første ledd.
Mar 15, 2024 · New licence · DOC 18385
Tillatelsen er innført i petroleumsregisteret
Ownership history
EVERY INTEREST ON FILE · NEWEST FIRST
| Company | Interest | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy AS | 70% | Nov 28, 2025 | today |
| Wellesley Petroleum AS | 30% | Nov 28, 2025 | today |
| Equinor Energy AS | 100% | Nov 4, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 60% | Mar 15, 2024 | Nov 3, 2025 |
| DNO Norge AS (old) | 40% | Mar 15, 2024 | Nov 3, 2025 |
Operators
- Wellesley Petroleum ASNov 3, 2025 to today
- Equinor Energy ASMar 15, 2024 to Nov 2, 2025
Phases
- Initial extendedMar 16, 2030 to Dec 15, 2030
- InitialMar 15, 2024 to Mar 15, 2030
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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/norway/licences/38724009, documented in the API reference.