Commitments to acquire and reprocess seismic data and carry out EM feasibility as well as G&G studies are attached to many of the 69 production licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf offered in Norway’s Awards in Pre-Defined Areas 2019 (APA...
Commitments to acquire and reprocess seismic data and carry out EM feasibility as well as G&G studies are attached to many of the 69 production licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf offered in Norway’s Awards in Pre-Defined Areas 2019 (APA 2019).
The production licences are located in the North Sea (33), the Norwegian Sea (23) and the Barents Sea (13). Twenty-eight companies have been offered ownership interests in one or more production licences. Of these, 19 will be offered operatorships.
The APA licensing rounds cover the most explored areas on the Norwegian shelf. One of the primary challenges in mature areas is the expected decline in discovery size.
Offers of licences/operatorships are as follows: Aker BP (15/9); Norske Shell (5/2); Capricorn (3/3); Chrysaor (8/3); Concedo (4/0); ConocoPhillips (5/3); DNO (10/2); Edison (2/1); Equinor (23/14); Idemitsu (2/0); Ineos (2/1); Lime (2/0); Lotos (2/0); Lundin (12/7); Neptune (13/4); OKEA (5/2); OMV (4/1); ONE-Dyas (3/0); Pandion (3/0); PGNiG (3/0); Repsol (1/0); Source (3/0); Spirit (6/1); Suncor (5/2); Total (2/1); Vår Energi (17/7); Wellesley (7/3); Wintershall Dea (9/3).
North Sea
In the North Sea Equinor will acquire G&G studies in production licence 277; Aker BP will acquire new EM data and G&G studies in 442; Conoco Phillips will acquire G&G studies on 917B; Lundin will acquire 3D seismic data and G&G studies in 1032; OMV will reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1033; Chrysaor will acquire and reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1034; Suncor will acquire and reprocess seismic data in 1035 and carry out G&G studies; DNO will carry out G&G studies in 1036; Capricorn will acquire and reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1037; and acquire 3D seismic data and G&G studies in 1038; Equinor will acquire 3D seismic data and G&G studies in 1039 and acquire modern 3D seismic data and G&G studies in 1040; Aker BP will acquire and/or reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1042; Vår Energi will acquire modern 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1043; Wellesley will acquire and reprocess 3D seismic data and acquire G&G studies in 1044; Aker BP will carry out G&G studies in 1045; Chrysaor will acquire and reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1046; Aker BP will acquire and reprocess 3D seismic data, carry out an EM feasibility study and G&G studies in 1047; Lundin will reprocess 3D seismic data, carry out an EM feasibility study and G&G studies in 1048; Equinor will carry out G&G studies in 1050; Lundin will acquire and reprocess 3D modern seismic data, carry out an EM feasibility study and G&G studies in 1051; Wellesley will acquire and reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1052; Neptune will carry out G&G studies in 1053; Wintershall will acquire and/or reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1054.
Norwegian Sea
In the Norwegian Sea Okea will acquire a 3D seismic survey and G&G studies in production licence 093; Ineos will reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1055; Shell will carry out G&G studies in 1056; Capricorn will acquire 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1057; Equinor will reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1058; Shell will carry out G&G studies in 1059; Wellesley will acquire 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1061; Neptune will acquire and reprocess 3D seismic data, carry out an EM feasibility study and G&G studies in 1062 and reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1063; Vår Energi will reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1065; Aker BP will reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1066; Spirit Energy will carry out G&G studies in 1067; Equinor will carry out G&G studies in 1068; Lundin will reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1069; Total will reprocess 2D and 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1070; and Wintershall will reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1071.
Barents Sea
In the Barents Sea Vår Energi will reprocess 2D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in production licence 1072 and reprocess 2D and 3D seismic data in 1073, acquire new seismic data and carry out G&G studies on 1074 and acquire 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies on 1075; Equinor will acquire new 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1076 and acquire modern 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1077 and acquire modern 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1078; Vår Energi will acquire modern 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1079; Equinor will acquire 3D modern seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1080; Aker BP will carry out G&G studies in 1081; Lundin will acquire and reprocess 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1082 and will acquire a minimum of 3000 km2 3D seismic data and carry out G&G studies in 1083.
