The three areas North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea are different with regard to geology, resource base, maturity and scope of infrastructure, distance and knowledge. Large parts of the expect...
Norway has a number of onshore facilities linked to fields and pipelines on the Norwegian shelf, from Kårstø in the south to Melkøya in the north. They meet current needs for transport, storage and...
A total of 8.5 billion Sm³ oil equivalents (o.e.) have been sold from the Norwegian continental shelf. Over the last ten years, more gas than oil has been sold measured in o.e. In the period 1985-2...
The total area of sea under Norwegian jurisdiction is almost 6 times the size of mainland Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. About half the area consists of sedimentary rock that may contain petroleum...
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Currently, about half of the expected recoverable resources on the Norwegian continental shelf have been produced. At the same time, some of the many facilities on the shelf are approaching the end...
Environmental and climate considerations are an integral part of Norway’s petroleum policy, and the Norwegian petroleum industry has very high environmental and climate standards compared with thos...
Environmental and climate considerations are an integral part of Norway’s petroleum policy. The Norwegian petroleum industry has very high environmental and climate standards compared with those in...
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate’s estimates indicate that oil and gas production is expected to reach a peak in 2025. Status of production Status of production In the 50 years since the start of...
To promote the disclosure of flows of taxes and fees in the petroleum and mining industries, Norway has implemented the EITI standard. This was established by the Extractive Industries Transparency...
One of the main objectives for the authorities is to achieve the greatest possible value creation from the extraction of Norwegian petroleum resources. Efficient systems for transporting oil and ga...
Norway is an important supplier of oil and gas to the global market, and almost all oil and gas produced on the Norwegian shelf is exported. About 95 per cent of Norwegian gas production is exporte...
In the 50 years since Norwegian petroleum activities began, over 50 per cent of the estimated total recoverable resources on the continental shelf have been produced and sold from a total of 123 fi...
Environmental and climate considerations are an integral part of Norway’s policy. A range of policy instruments ensures that actors in the industry take environmental and climate considerations int...
In 2023, Norway produced 233 million standard cubic metres of oil equivalents (Sm³ o.e.) of marketable petroleum. By way of comparison, total production in 2023 was about 12 per cent lower than in ...
The composition of companies on the Norwegian continental shelf has developed as the shelf has matured, along with changed framework and market conditions. It is important that the player landscape...
Improving the recovery rate on fields in production can further add to value creation on the Norwegian shelf. Declining production from a field also releases infrastructure capacity, which can be u...
The activity level on the Norwegian shelf has been high in recent years. Several new fields have been approved to be developed, and several ongoing field development projects are close to completio...