Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway –Thirty-seven companies have nominated blocks for inclusion in Norway’s 22nd licensing round.
Nominations covered 228 blocks or part-blocks, and nearly half were proposed by two or more companies. The Barents Sea attracted most interest, but there were also nominations across large tracts of the Norwegian Sea.
The Norwegian authorities will now draw up a proposal for blocks that should be included in the licensing round. The government will make the final selection, based on a comprehensive assessment process, and will invite bids this summer. Awards should follow in spring 2013.
Companies that submitted nominations are:
- Norske Shell
- BG Norge
- Centrica Energi
- Concedo
- ConocoPhillips Norge
- Dana Petroleum Norway
- Det norske oljeselskap
- Dong E&P Norge
- E.ON Ruhrgas Norge
- Edison International Norway Branch
- Emergy Exploration
- Eni Norge
- ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway
- Faroe Petroleum Norge
- Front Eksploration
- GDF SUEZ E&P Norge
- Idemitsu Petroleum Norge
- LOTOS Exploration & Production Norge
- Lundin Norway
- Maersk Oil Norway
- Marathon Petroleum Norge
- North Energy
- Norwegian Energy Company – Noreco
- OMV (Norge)
- PGNiG Norway
- Repsol Exploration Norge
- Rocksource
- RWE Dea Norge
- Skagen44
- Spring Energy Norway
- Statoil Petroleum
- Suncor Energy Norge
- Talisman Energy Norge
- Total E&P Norge
- Valiant Petroleum Norge
- VNG Norge
- Wintershall Norge
01/24/2012
