Licence: 494 - Factpages - Norwegian Offshore Directorate

General information

General information
Attribute	Value
Production licence Name of the production licence	494
NPDID production licence Norwegian Offshore Directorate's unique id for production licences	5105899
Status Current status of production licence. Example of legal values: ACTIVE, INACTIVE	INACTIVE
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	North sea
Licensing activity Name of the licensing activity the production licence was awarded in.	TFO2008
Date granted Date the production licence was granted by the Norwegian authorities.	23.01.2009
Date valid to Date the production licence is valid to.	23.01.2016
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.	215
Current area [km2] Current area of the production licence in square kilometres.	0

Licensees — current
Date valid from	Company longname	Interest [%]

Operatorship — current
Date valid from	Company longname

Area – current
Date valid from	Block name	Polygon number	Polygon area [km2]	Vertical limitations

Work program (initial phase)
Work obligation	Decision	Task status	Expiry date	Wellbore if drilled
Seismic acquisition		Approved
	Decision to drill	Will be drilled	23.07.2012
Drilling		Approved		2/9-5 S
	(BoV) Decision to continue	Dropped	23.01.2016
	(PDO) Decision to submit plan for development	Dropped	23.01.2018
	Decision to enter extension period	Dropped	23.01.2018

Conditions (production phase)
Work task	Decision	Description (norwegian)	Task status	Expiry date

Mortgages from the Petroleum register – current (in Norwegian only)
Dokument nummer	Registreringsdato	Utdrag av dokument
8150	09.10.2014	Det norske oljeselskap ASA pantsetter sin 30 % deltakerandel i utvinningstillatelsen til fordel for DNB Bank ASA. Tredje prioritet pantobligasjon stor USD 4,400 000 000, skriver United States Dollars four billion and four hundred million. Pantsetter har ikke rett til å overdra eller foreta ytterligere pantsettelser av pantsatte objekt uten skriftlig samtykke fra panthaver. Olje- og energidepartementet har i brev av 2.10.2014 og 7.10.2014 gitt samtykke i medhold av petroleumsloven § 6-2 første ledd. Pantsettelsen utgjør et såkalt krysspant.
9901	06.07.2015	Det norske oljeselskap ASA pantsetter sin 30 % deltakerandel i utvinningstillatelsen til fordel for DNB Bank ASA. USD 660 000 000, skriver United States dollars six hundred and sixty million. Pantsetter har ikke rett til å overdra eller foreta ytterligere pantsettelser av pantsatte objekt uten skriftlig samtykke fra panthaver. Olje- og energidepartementet har i brev av 23.4.2015 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	Content
2/9-5 S	21.07.2014	18.09.2014	WILDCAT	DRY

Wellbores – development, drilled in the production licence
Wellbore name	Entered date	Completed date	Purpose - planned

Wellbores – other, drilled in the production licence
Wellbore name	Entered date	Completed date	Purpose

Licensees — full history
Date valid from	Date valid to	Company longname	Interest [%]
10.09.2015	23.01.2016	Det norske oljeselskap ASA	30.000000
		Dana Petroleum Norway AS	24.000000
		Fortis Petroleum Norway AS	16.000000
		Spike Exploration AS	15.000000
		Tullow Oil Norge AS	15.000000
28.11.2014	09.09.2015	Det norske oljeselskap ASA	30.000000
		Dana Petroleum Norway AS	24.000000
		Fortis Petroleum Norway AS	16.000000
		Tullow Oil Norge AS	15.000000
		Spike Exploration Holding AS	15.000000
29.08.2014	27.11.2014	Det norske oljeselskap ASA	30.000000
		Dana Petroleum Norway AS	24.000000
		Fortis Petroleum Norway AS	16.000000
		Tullow Oil Norge AS	15.000000
		Bridge Energy Norge AS	15.000000
01.06.2013	28.08.2014	Bridge Energy Norge AS	30.000000
		Det norske oljeselskap ASA	30.000000
		Dana Petroleum Norway AS	24.000000
		Fortis Petroleum Norway AS	16.000000
30.03.2010	31.05.2013	Dana Petroleum Norway AS	40.000000
		Bridge Energy Norge AS	30.000000
		Det norske oljeselskap ASA	30.000000
22.12.2009	29.03.2010	Dana Petroleum Norway AS	40.000000
		Bridge Energy AS	30.000000
		Det norske oljeselskap ASA	30.000000
23.01.2009	21.12.2009	Dana Petroleum Norway AS	40.000000
		Det norske oljeselskap ASA (old)	30.000000
		Bridge Energy AS	30.000000

Operatorship — full history
Date valid from	Date valid to	Company longname
19.03.2013	23.01.2016	Det norske oljeselskap ASA
23.01.2009	18.03.2013	Dana Petroleum Norway AS

Area – full history
Date valid from	Date valid to	Block name	Polygon number	Polygon area [km2]	Vertical limitations
23.01.2009	23.01.2016	2/9	1	215

Licensees – transfers
Date valid from	Transfer direction	Type of change	Company name	Transferred interest [%]
10.09.2015	FROM	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Spike Exploration Holding AS	15.000000
10.09.2015	TO	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Spike Exploration AS	15.000000
28.11.2014	TO	MERGER/TAKEOVER	Spike Exploration Holding AS	15.000000
28.11.2014	FROM	MERGER/TAKEOVER	Bridge Energy Norge AS	15.000000
29.08.2014	TO	TRANSFER	Tullow Oil Norge AS	15.000000
29.08.2014	FROM	TRANSFER	Bridge Energy Norge AS	15.000000
01.06.2013	TO	TRANSFER	Fortis Petroleum Norway AS	16.000000
01.06.2013	FROM	TRANSFER	Dana Petroleum Norway AS	16.000000
30.03.2010	FROM	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Bridge Energy AS	30.000000
30.03.2010	TO	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Bridge Energy Norge AS	30.000000
22.12.2009	FROM	MERGER/TAKEOVER	Det norske oljeselskap ASA (old)	30.000000
22.12.2009	TO	MERGER/TAKEOVER	Det norske oljeselskap ASA	30.000000

Status reports
Document name	Document format	Document size [MB]
5105899_Relinquishment_report_PL_494_494B_494C	.PDF	9.62