| Number of finished exploration wells | |||||||||||
| North Sea | Norwegian Sea | Barents Sea | Norwegian Shelf | Sum | |||||||
| Year | Quarter | Month | U | A | U | A | U | A | U | A | Total |
| Antall avslutta letebrønner | |||||||||||
| Nordsjøen | Norskehavet | Barentshavet | Norsk sokkel | Sum | |||||||
| År | Kvartal | Mnd | U | A | U | A | U | A | U | A | Totalt |
| 2008 | 1. kv | jan.08 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2008 | 1. kv | feb.08 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2008 | 1. kv | mar.08 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 2008 | 2. kv | apr.08 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 2008 | 2. kv | mai.08 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 2008 | 2. kv | jun.08 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2008 | 3. kv | jul.08 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 2008 | 3. kv | aug.08 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 2008 | 3. kv | sep.08 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 2008 | 4. kv | okt.08 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 2008 | 4. kv | nov.08 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2008 | 4. kv | des.08 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 2009 | 1. kv | jan.09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2009 | 1. kv | feb.09 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 1. kv | mar.09 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 2009 | 2. kv | apr.09 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 2009 | 2. kv | mai.09 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 2009 | 2. kv | jun.09 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2009 | 3. kv | jul.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009 | 3. kv | aug.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009 | 3. kv | sep.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009 | 4. kv | okt.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009 | 4. kv | nov.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009 | 4. kv | des.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| U = Undersøkelse (av nytt prospekt) / Wildcat | |||||||||||
| A = Avgrensing (av tidligere funn) / Appraisal | |||||||||||