Licence: 942 - Factpages - Norwegian Offshore Directorate

General information

General information
Attribute	Value
Production licence Name of the production licence	942
NPDID production licence Norwegian Offshore Directorate's unique id for production licences	30676176
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Status Current status of production licence. Example of legal values: ACTIVE, INACTIVE	ACTIVE
Main area Name of the area on the Norwegian Continental Shelf where the wellbore is located. Example of legal values: Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, North Sea	Norwegian sea
Licensing activity Name of the licensing activity the production licence was awarded in.	TFO2017
Date granted Date the production licence was granted by the Norwegian authorities.	02.03.2018
Date valid to Date the production licence is valid to.	02.09.2043
Stratigraphical Indicates if the licence has vertical limitations based on stratigraphy. 'NO' means no such limitations, 'YES OR PARTLY' means that either whole or parts of the licence has such limitations.	NO
Original area [km2] Original area of the production licence in square kilometres.	150
Current area [km2] Current area of the production licence in square kilometres.	98

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Operatorship — current
Date valid from	Company longname
12.10.2021	Aker BP ASA

Area – current
Date valid from	Block name	Polygon number	Polygon area [km2]
03.03.2026	6507/1	3	33
-	6507/2	1	45
-	6507/2	2	20

Work program (initial phase)
Work obligation	Decision	Task status	Wellbore if drilled
Drill firm exploration well		Approved	6507/2-5 S
	(BoK) Decision to concretize	Approved
Conceptual studies		Approved
	(BoV) Decision to continue	Approved
(PDO) Prepare plan for development		Approved
	(PDO) Submit plan for development	Approved
	Decision to enter extension period	Approved

Conditions (production phase)
Work task	Decision	Description (norwegian)	Task status
	Decision to drill	Ørn Nord	Will be drilled
	(BoK) Decision to concretize	Ørn Nord	Dropped
Drill exploration well		Ørn Nord	Approved
	(BoV) Decision to continue	Ørn Nord	Dropped
Conceptual studies		Ørn Nord	Dropped
	Decision to drill	Ørn Øst	In process
	Decision to drill	Ørn Vest	In process
	(PDO) Submit plan for development	Ørn Nord	Dropped
(PDO) Prepare plan for development		Ørn Nord	Dropped
	(BoK) Decision to concretize	Ørn Øst	In process
	(BoK) Decision to concretize	Ørn Vest	In process
Drill exploration well		Ørn Øst	In process
Drill exploration well		Ørn Vest	In process
	(BoV) Decision to continue	Ørn Vest	In process
	(BoV) Decision to continue	Ørn Øst	In process
Conceptual studies		Ørn Vest	In process
Conceptual studies		Ørn Øst	In process
	(PDO) Submit plan for development	Ørn Vest	In process
	(PDO) Submit plan for development	Ørn Øst	In process
(PDO) Prepare plan for development		Ørn Vest	In process
(PDO) Prepare plan for development		Ørn Øst	In process

Mortgages from the Petroleum register – current (in Norwegian only)
Dokument nummer	Registreringsdato	Utdrag av dokument
18362	13.03.2024	PGNiG Upstream Norway AS pantsetter sin 40 % deltakerandel i tillatelsen til fordel for Societe Generale.Pantobligasjon stor USD 1 200 000 000, skriver United States Dollars one billion two hundred million.Pantsetter har ikke rett til å overdra eller foreta ytterligere pantsettelser av pantsatte objekt uten skriftlig samtykke fra panthaver.Energidepartementet har i brev av 20.11.2023 gitt samtykke i medhold av petroleumsloven § 6-2 første ledd. Pantsettelsen utgjør et såkalt krysspant.

Wellbores – exploration, drilled in the production licence
Wellbore name	Entered date	Completed date	Purpose	Status	Content
6507/2-5 S	23.07.2019	14.09.2019	WILDCAT	P&A	GAS
6507/2-8	09.02.2025	21.03.2025	WILDCAT	P&A	DRY

Wellbores – development, drilled in the production licence
Wellbore name	Entered date	Completed date	Purpose – planned	Status	Content
6507/2-O-1 H	10.12.2025		PRODUCTION	ONLINE/OPERATIONAL
6507/2-O-2 H	11.12.2025		PRODUCTION	ONLINE/OPERATIONAL

Wellbores – other, drilled in the production licence
Wellbore name	Entered date	Completed date	Purpose	Status
6507/2-U-3	06.06.2023	07.06.2023	SHALLOW GAS	PLUGGED
6507/2-U-5	27.07.2024	29.07.2024	SHALLOW GAS	P&A
6507/2-U-6	08.02.2025	08.02.2025	SHALLOW GAS	PLUGGED

Licensees — full history
Date valid from	Date valid to	Company longname	Interest [%]
26.09.2024		ORLEN Upstream Norway AS	40.000000
		Aker BP ASA	30.000000
		Equinor Energy AS	30.000000
31.08.2022	25.09.2024	PGNiG Upstream Norway AS	40.000000
		Equinor Energy AS	30.000000
		Aker BP ASA	30.000000
29.10.2021	30.08.2022	Wellesley Petroleum AS	40.000000
		Aker BP ASA	30.000000
		Equinor Energy AS	30.000000
16.05.2018	28.10.2021	Equinor Energy AS	40.000000
		Aker BP ASA	30.000000
		Wellesley Petroleum AS	30.000000
02.03.2018	15.05.2018	Statoil Petroleum AS	40.000000
		Aker BP ASA	30.000000
		Wellesley Petroleum AS	30.000000

Area – full history
Date valid from	Date valid to	Block name	Polygon number	Polygon area [km2]
03.03.2026		6507/1	3	33
		6507/2	1	45
		6507/2	2	20
03.09.2023	02.03.2026	6507/1	2	33
03.09.2023	02.03.2026	6507/2	1	81
02.03.2018	02.09.2023	6507/1	1	51
02.03.2018	02.09.2023	6507/2	2	99

Licensees – transfers
Date valid from	Transfer direction	Type of change	Company name	Transferred interest [%]
26.09.2024	FROM	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	PGNiG Upstream Norway AS	40.000000
26.09.2024	TO	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	ORLEN Upstream Norway AS	40.000000
31.08.2022	TO	TRANSFER	PGNiG Upstream Norway AS	40.000000
31.08.2022	FROM	TRANSFER	Wellesley Petroleum AS	40.000000
29.10.2021	FROM	TRANSFER	Equinor Energy AS	10.000000
29.10.2021	TO	TRANSFER	Wellesley Petroleum AS	10.000000
16.05.2018	TO	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Equinor Energy AS	40.000000
16.05.2018	FROM	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Statoil Petroleum AS	40.000000

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