Impact assessment for mineral activity on the Norwegian continental shelf
On the Norwegian continental shelf, there are sulphides and manganese crusts, containing metals and minerals.
27/10/2022
The impact assessment in connection with the opening process for seabed mineral activities is now being put forward for consultation, with a deadline for responses of 27 January 2023.
Producing seabed minerals could become an important new industry for Norway in the future, while simultaneously helping secure global access to important metals.
06/02/2023
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP ASA drilling permit for well 25/4-15, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
18/01/2023
Equinor Energi AS, operator of production licence 1128, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6605/1-2 S and appraisal well 6605/1-2 A.
17/01/2023
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted OMV (Norge) AS drilling permit for well 15/2-2 S and 15/2-2 A, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations.
13/01/2023
The Resource Management Regulations and Regulations relating to documentation in connection with storing CO2 on the shelf have been changed.
11/01/2023
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has received applications from six companies in connection with the announcement of an area in the North Sea for potential storage of CO2 on the Norwegian shelf.
10/01/2023
On 10 January 2023, 25 companies were offered ownership interests in a total of 47 production licences on the Norwegian shelf in the awards in predefined areas (APA) 2022.
09/01/2023
Only rarely have we seen so much oil and gas produced on the Norwegian shelf as was the case last year – and only rarely have we seen such significant investment decisions.
