Open data
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has large amounts of public data about petroleum activities on the Norwegian continental shelf. This page gives an overview of avaliable services. Data is published under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). See infobox for details on licence and update routines.
Portals
Factpages.npd.no - Downloadable in XLS (Excel), XML and CSV formats.
Factmaps.npd.no - Factmaps shows geographical information and is closely integrated with the Factpages.
Map for ongoing and planned surveys - The map shows provides a virtual "real-time" outline of ongoing and reported/planned geophysical surveys on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Deep Sea Surveys - The map shows completed surveys with the purpose of mapping seabed mineral deposits.
Services
| Name | Type and format | GetCapabilities |
| Factmaps ED50-UTM-32 | Esri REST, JSON/SOAP/WMS | |
| Factmaps ED50-UTM-32-OGC | OGC, WFS/WMS | WFS - WMS |
| Factmaps WGS84-UTM-32-OGC | OGC, WFS/WMS | WFS - WMS |
| Deep sea surveys | REST | |
| Themes | Overview of other themes, ie. Areastatus, CO2, etc. |
NPD data can also be accessed from the data hotel data.norge.no (in the formats CSV, JSONP, JSON, YAML, XML) and geonorge.no. The content on these sites is retrieved from the NPD.
Datasets
| Theme | Description | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | ESRI filegeodatabase for all datasets. | FGDB |
|
| AFEX | Area Fee Exempt, all. One record per AFEX. Only current objects have geometry. | Shape | CSV |
| AFEX | Area Fee Exempt, all. All periodes. All affected blocks and licences. | Shape | CSV |
| Licence | Current production licence areas, “active” with overall geometry, “inactive” without geometry. Overall geometry means a dissolved polygon including both stratigraphical and non- stratigraphical areas. |
Shape | CSV |
| Licence | Complete area history split by block. “Active” licence areas can be found by querying “dtValTo” = NULL | Shape | CSV |
| Licencing APA | Updated APA (Awards in predefined areas) gross areas. | Shape | CSV |
| Licencing APA | APA (Awards in predefined areas) net areas. | Shape | CSV |
| Wellbore | Exploration, development and shallow wellbores. | Shape | CSV |
| Wellbore | Fontfile for presentation. | TTF | |
| BAA | Business arrangement areas. | Shape | CSV |
| BAA | Business arrangement areas. Complete history for each area split by block. | Shape | CSV |
| Field | Field outlines. | Shape | CSV |
| Discovery | Discovery outlines - including field outlines. | Shape | CSV |
| Facility | Fixed facilities, floating production facilities and main facilities onshore. | Shape | CSV |
| Survey | Areas with planned survey after 1.1. 2009. The dataset contains both gross (included turn area for the boat) and net (acquisition area) for seismic, electromagnetic, site and basement surveys. | Shape | CSV |
| TUF | Main pipelines. The dataset contains not infield pipelines. | Shape | CSV |
| Block | All blocks on the Norwegian continental shelf. | Shape | CSV |
| Quadrant | All quadrants on the Norwegian continental shelf. | Shape | CSV |
| Sub area | All sub-areas on the Norwegian continental shelf. | Shape | CSV |
CSV-files includes geometry in WKT-format.
Other datasets
| Theme | Description | Format | |
| CO2 | CO2-surfaces used in the CO2-atlas | zmap | FGDB |
| Seabedminerals | Surveylocations and areas for seabed minerals up to and including 2020 | Shape | |
| Plays | NPD Play outlines | Shape | |
| Statusreports | Licence - shows stats-/relinquisment reports - updated irregularly | Shape | |
| Structural elements | This dataset contains the main structural elements of the Norwegian shelf and adjacent areas. The data is compiled by the NPD and is based on the officially approved structural elements. | Shape |
Disclaimer
Positional data accuracy is, unless otherwise stated, within approx. +- 0-300m. NPD is not responsible for accuracy on data reported by third parties. Content shall not be used for navigational purposes.
Updated: 07/06/2022