Fossil Energy – Exploration Licences
Wintershall Dea has been awarded 13 exploration licences by the Norwegian Ministry of Energy in the 2023 Award in Predefined Areas (APA) – five licences as operator, and eight as partner.
Wintershall Dea has been an active and successful explorer in recent years, participating in 19 discoveries since 2019. Most of these are the result of licences awarded in previous APA rounds.
The licence awards are divided as follows: three in the North Sea (one as operator) and ten in the Norwegian Sea (four as operator). Nine of the awards are new licences, and four are area extensions to existing licences.
The awarded licences are all located in core areas, supporting Wintershall Dea’s strategy of investing in exploration near existing owned infrastructure.
The Norwegian Sea awards are located in the Vøring Basin, where Wintershall Dea has a stake in the Aasta Hansteen field, and the Haltenbanken area, where Wintershall Dea is the operator of the Maria and Dvalin fields.
In the North Sea, the awards are located in the Q35 area, close to the Wintershall Dea operated Nova and Vega fields, and the Tampen area close to the Snorre field where Wintershall Dea is a partner.
