NPD provides petroleum production on NCS for January 2009 Mar 12, 2009
The average daily production was about 2 108 000 barrels of oil, about 266 000 barrels of NGL (Natural Gas Liquids) and about 87 000 barrels of condensate,

NPD reviews petroleum resource account as of Dec. 31, 2008 Feb 27, 2009
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's (NPD's) updated resource account shows that 5.1 billion scm oil equivalents has been produced and the total remaining

StatoilHydro gets drilling permit for North Sea license 089 Feb 17, 2009
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted StatoilHydro ASA a drilling permit for wellbore 34/7-34, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

StatoilHydro to drill block 30/3 with West Alpha Feb 4, 2009
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted StatoilHydro a drilling permit for wellbore 30/3-10 S, ref. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

StatoilHydro gets drilling permit for wellbore 6705/10-1 Jan 30, 2009
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted StatoilHydro a drilling permit for wellbore 6705/10-1, ref. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate positive to APA Jan 30, 2009
In a consultation submission to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) concludes that the system of awards in predefined areas (APA) should continue.

StatoilHydro gets drilling permit for North Sea Wilcat well Jan 28, 2009
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted StatoilHydro Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wellbore 30/5-3 S, ref. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

StatoilHydro gets permit to drill Wellbore 34/8-14 D Jan 22, 2009
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted StatoilHydro ASA a drilling permit for wellbore 34/8-14 D, ref. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

NPD grants drilling permit to ExxonMobil for Wellbore 15/6-10 Jan 22, 2009
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS a drilling permit for wellbore 15/6-10, ref. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

NPD provides October 2008 production Dec 11, 2008
The average daily production was about 2,179,000 barrels of oil, about 270,000 barrels of NGL (Natural Gas Liquids)

NPD grants drilling permit to Revus for wellbore 33/9-21 Nov 24, 2008
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Revus Energy ASA a drilling permit for wellbore 33/9-21 S, ref. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations.

StatoilHydro gets permission to drill new North Sea well in PL 393 Nov 4, 2008
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted StatoilHydro Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wellbore 7125/4-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Regulations.

Acquisition of 3D seismic data in the summer of 2009 Oct 10, 2008
The Government has proposed an allocation of NOK 200 million for the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's geological mapping activities in Nordland VII and Troms II in 2009.

NPD's role in seismic acquisition on the Norwegian shelf Oct 8, 2008
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) says that permission to carry out surveys on the Norwegian continental shelf can be granted in accordance with an exploration permit

47 companies apply for Norway's APA 2008 Oct 6, 2008
A preliminary count shows that 47 companies have applied for acreage in the Awards in Predefined Areas 2008 (APA 2008).