DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary DNO Norge AS has been awarded participation in 13 exploration licenses, of which four are operatorships, under Norway's Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2024 licensing round.
Of the 13 new licenses, 10 are in the North Sea and three in the Norwegian Sea.
At yearend 2024, DNO held interests in 84 licenses offshore Norway, of which 17 were operated by the Company.
The new awards under the APA 2024 licensing round include:
- PL147B: DNO Norge AS (operator, 50 percent), Sval Energi AS
- PL1151B: Harbour Energy Norge (operator), Aker BP ASA, DNO Norge AS (20 percent), Equinor Energy AS, Pandion Energy AS
- PL1175B: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (30 percent), ORLEN Upstream Norway AS
- PL1198B: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (20 percent), Petoro AS, Source Energy AS
- PL1204BS: DNO Norge AS (operator, 60 percent), Equinor Energy AS
- PL1244: DNO Norge AS (operator, 60 percent), Aker BP ASA
- PL1245: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (30 percent), Petoro AS
- PL1251: DNO Norge AS (operator, 50 percent), Concedo AS
- PL1255: Wellesley Petroleum AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (20 percent), Equinor Energy AS, OKEA ASA
- PL1258: Petrolia NOCO AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (40 percent)
- PL1270: Sval Energi AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (50 percent)
- PL1271S: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (25 percent), Equinor Energy AS
- PL1273: Petrolia NOCO AS (operator) DNO Norge AS (40 percent)
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