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Production licences

A production licence is the right to explore and produce in an area of the shelf. Each has one operator and a set of licensees with percentage interests, and every change of hands since 1965 is on file.

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Licence	Operator	Area	Phase	Granted	Valid to	Licensees	km²
PL 064	Equinor Energy AS	Barents Sea	Production extended	Mar 27, 1981	Oct 1, 2035	4	134
PL 059 INACTIVE	Saga Petroleum ASA	Norwegian Sea	—	Jan 18, 1980	Jan 18, 1986	0	0
PL 060 INACTIVE	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	Barents Sea	—	Jan 18, 1980	Jan 18, 1986	0	0
PL 061 INACTIVE	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	Barents Sea	—	Jan 18, 1980	Dec 31, 1993	0	0
PL 051 INACTIVE	Statoil Petroleum AS	North Sea	—	Apr 6, 1979	Apr 6, 2015	0	0
PL 052 INACTIVE	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	—	Apr 6, 1979	Dec 31, 2025	0	0
PL 053	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	Apr 6, 1979	Mar 1, 2031	4	307
PL 054	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	Apr 6, 1979	Sep 30, 2030	5	310
PL 055	OKEA ASA	North Sea	Production extended	Apr 6, 1979	Dec 31, 2040	5	122
PL 056 INACTIVE	Amoco Norway AS	North Sea	—	Apr 6, 1979	Apr 6, 1987	0	0
PL 057	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	Apr 6, 1979	Dec 31, 2040	5	117
PL 058 INACTIVE	Norwegian Gulf Exploration Company AS	North Sea	—	Apr 6, 1979	Apr 6, 1989	0	0
PL 050	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	Jun 16, 1978	Jun 30, 2036	3	294
PL 049 INACTIVE	Norsk Agip AS	North Sea	—	Dec 23, 1977	Dec 23, 1983	0	0
PL 019 B INACTIVE	Repsol Norge AS	North Sea	—	Sep 12, 1977	Sep 1, 2020	0	0
PL 048	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	Feb 18, 1977	Dec 31, 2032	2	11
PL 047 INACTIVE	Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS	North Sea	—	Jan 7, 1977	Dec 31, 1993	0	0
PL 045 INACTIVE	Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s	North Sea	—	Dec 3, 1976	Dec 2, 1982	0	0
PL 046	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	Dec 3, 1976	Dec 31, 2028	3	336
PL 044	ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS	North Sea	Production extended	Aug 27, 1976	Dec 31, 2028	3	17
PL 043	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	Aug 6, 1976	Dec 31, 2027	3	49
PL 041 INACTIVE	Saga Petroleum ASA	North Sea	—	Jun 1, 1975	Jan 1, 1989	0	0
PL 038 INACTIVE	Repsol Norge AS	North Sea	—	Apr 1, 1975	Dec 31, 2018	0	0
PL 039 INACTIVE	Norske Conoco A/S	North Sea	—	Apr 1, 1975	Apr 1, 1983	0	0
PL 040	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	Apr 1, 1975	Dec 31, 2027	3	41
PL 042 INACTIVE	Amoco Norway AS	North Sea	—	Apr 1, 1975	Apr 1, 1980	0	0
PL 037	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	Aug 10, 1973	Dec 31, 2040	4	176
PL 036 INACTIVE	Sval Energi AS	North Sea	—	Jun 11, 1971	Oct 1, 2023	0	0
PL 034	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	Nov 14, 1969	Sep 10, 2032	3	9
PL 035	Aker BP ASA	North Sea	Production extended	Nov 14, 1969	Dec 31, 2052	2	132
PL 032 INACTIVE	Amoco Norway Oil Company	North Sea	—	May 30, 1969	Dec 31, 1999	0	0
PL 033	Aker BP ASA	North Sea	Production extended	May 30, 1969	Dec 31, 2035	2	50
PL 023 INACTIVE	Elf Norge A/S	North Sea	—	May 23, 1969	May 23, 1985	0	0
PL 024 INACTIVE	Total E&P Norge AS	North Sea	—	May 23, 1969	Dec 31, 2014	0	0
PL 025	Equinor Energy AS	North Sea	Production extended	May 23, 1969	Sep 10, 2032	4	255
PL 026	Aker BP ASA	North Sea	Production extended	May 23, 1969	Dec 31, 2052	2	30
PL 027	Vår Energi ASA	North Sea	Production extended	May 23, 1969	Mar 1, 2030	2	101
PL 028	Vår Energi ASA	North Sea	Production extended	May 23, 1969	Mar 1, 2030	2	25
PL 029	Vår Energi ASA	North Sea	Production extended	May 23, 1969	Dec 31, 2028	2	27
PL 030 INACTIVE	Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S	North Sea	—	May 23, 1969	Dec 31, 1995	0	0
PL 031 INACTIVE	Phillips Petroleum Company Norway	North Sea	—	May 23, 1969	Dec 31, 1999	0	0
PL 022 INACTIVE	Norwegian Gulf Exploration Company AS	North Sea	—	Dec 7, 1965	Dec 31, 1986	0	0
PL 001	Vår Energi ASA	North Sea	Production extended	Sep 1, 1965	Mar 1, 2030	2	101
PL 002 INACTIVE	Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S	North Sea	—	Sep 1, 1965	Sep 1, 1977	0	0
PL 003 INACTIVE	Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/S	North Sea	—	Sep 1, 1965	Sep 1, 1977	0	0
PL 004 INACTIVE	Amoco Norway Oil Company	North Sea	—	Sep 1, 1965	Sep 1, 1977	0	0
PL 005 INACTIVE	Union Norge A/S	North Sea	—	Sep 1, 1965	Sep 1, 1982	0	0
PL 006	TotalEnergies EP Norge AS	North Sea	Production extended	Sep 1, 1965	Dec 31, 2048	1	38
PL 007 INACTIVE	Elf Petroleum Norge AS	North Sea	—	Sep 1, 1965	Sep 1, 1990	0	0
PL 008 INACTIVE	Amerada Hess Norge AS	North Sea	—	Sep 1, 1965	Dec 31, 2002	0	0

About this data

Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir) FactPages, mirrored nightly and used under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). One row per production licence, with the operator and phase as registered today and the number of current licensees.

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