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Significant interest for production licenses on Norwegian Continental Shelf

Wednesday, September 14 2022

Fossil Energy – Applications

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received applications from 26 companies in connection with the announcement of APA 2022.

“We need exploration and new discoveries to maintain the production of oil and gas over time, which is important both for Norway and Europe. The applications in TFO 2022 show very good interest among the companies active on the Norwegian continental shelf in exploring for new petroleum resources. This is very pleasent,” says Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr. Terje Aasland.

Awards in predefined areas (APA) is the annual licensing round for the best-known exploration areas on the Norwegian shelf. It comprises the majority of the available exploration areas.

By the application deadline of 12th September, the Ministry had received applications from a total of 26 companies.

The APA area is being expanded as geological knowledge in areas on the Norwegian shelf increases. In this year’s licensing round, the predefined area was expanded in the Barents Sea.

List of companies that have applied:

A/S Norske Shell

Aker BP ASA

Chrysaor Norge AS

Concedo AS

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS

DNO Norge AS

Equinor Energy AS

INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS

KUFPEC Norway AS

Lime Petroleum AS

Longboat Energy Norge AS

LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS

M Vest Energy AS

Neptune Energy Norge AS

OKEA ASA

OMV (Norge) AS

Pandion Energy AS

Pandion Energy Norge AS

Petrolia NOCO AS

Source Energy AS

PGNiG Upstream Norway AS

Sval Energi AS

TotalEnergies EP Norge AS

Vår Energi ASA

Wellesley Petroleum AS

Wintershall Dea Norge AS

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