NORWAY · LICENCES · NPDID 38724039

Production licence 1238

Production licence 1238 was granted Mar 15, 2024 in round TFO2023 in the Barents Sea. It is active, in the initial phase, operated by Equinor Energy AS with 3 licensees.

Mar 15, 2024
granted · valid to Mar 15, 2031
953
km² today · 953 when granted
1
wellbores · 1 exploration
3
register messages

SODIR FACTPAGES · PETROLEUM REGISTER

Licensees today

CompanyInterestSince
Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR55%Jun 30, 2025
Vår Energi ASA25%Jun 30, 2025
Petoro AS20%Jun 30, 2025

Petroleum Register

3 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.

  • Aug 18, 2025 · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 19586

    Aker BP ASA har overdratt sin 20 % andel i tillatelsen til Equinor Energy AS. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 30.06.2025 og virkningsdato 01.01.2025

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  • Jul 28, 2025 · Transfer of a licence or a share in one · DOC 19585

    Equinor Energy AS har overdratt en 5 % andel i tillatelsen til Vår Energi ASA. Iht. skjøte er gjennomføringsdato 30.06.2025 og virkningsdato 01.01.2025.

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  • Mar 15, 2024 · New licence · DOC 18372

    Tillatelsen er innført i petroleumsregisteret

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Ownership history

EVERY INTEREST ON FILE · NEWEST FIRST

CompanyInterestFromTo
Equinor Energy AS55%Jun 30, 2025today
Vår Energi ASA25%Jun 30, 2025today
Petoro AS20%Jun 30, 2025today
Equinor Energy AS40%Mar 15, 2024Jun 29, 2025
Aker BP ASA20%Mar 15, 2024Jun 29, 2025
Vår Energi ASA20%Mar 15, 2024Jun 29, 2025
Petoro AS20%Mar 15, 2024Jun 29, 2025

Operators

Phases

  • InitialMar 15, 2024 to Mar 15, 2031

Wellbores

1 ON FILE

WellborePurposeOperatorEnteredTD, mContent
7117/4-1WildcatEquinor Energy ASJul 12, 20252,538Dry

All 1 wellbores on PL 1238, 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 labeled in English by Petrora, and the link beside each opens it in Google Translate.

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