At the expiry of the deadline for the awards in predefined areas (APA) 2009 on the Norwegian continental shelf, the Norwegian Petroleum and Energy has received applications from 44 companies. The Ministry aims to award new production licenses in APA 2009 during the beginning of the year 2009/2010.

There has been considerable interest in the APA system in recent years, which has resulted in many new licenses. Much of the APA site is for the time allocated. In spite of this, it has also in the APA 2009 has attracted great interest from companies on the Norwegian continental shelf.

This shows that the mature areas on the Norwegian shelf is still interesting. Through the APA scheme has many new companies have been given the chance to look at areas that have been available for exploration for several years.

- It is positive that companies are looking with new eyes in the mature areas on the Norwegian continental shelf, which can be attributed to the great diversity on the shelf, "Oil and Energy Minister Terje Riis-Johansen.

The purpose of the APA system is to encourage exploration activity in mature areas where in most cases expects to make smaller discoveries that can not justify an independent development. It is therefore good resource to discover and exploit these resources before existing infrastructure in relation to other fields shut down.

The companies that have submitted applications are:
4Sea Energy AS, A / S Norwegian Shell, Aker Exploration AS, Bayerngas Norway AS, BG-Norway AS, BP Norway AS, Bridge Energy AS, Centrica Resources Norway AS, Chevron Norway AS, Concedo ASA , ConocoPhillips Scandinavia AS, Dana Petroleum Norway AS, the Norwegian oil company, ASA, Discover Petroleum AS, DONG E & P Norway AS, E. ON Ruhrgas Norway AS, Edison International SPA Norway Branch, ENI Norway AS, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS, Faroe Petroleum Norway AS, GDF SUEZ E & P Norway AS, Genesis Petroleum Norway AS, Idemitsu Petroleum Norway AS, Lotos Exploration and Production Norway AS, Lundin Norway AS, Marathon Petroleum Norway AS , Nexen Exploration Norway AS, North Energy AS, Norwegian Energy Company ASA, OMV (Norway) AS, Petro-Canada Norway AS, PGNiG Norway AS, Repsol EXPLORACIÓN SA, Rocksource ASA, RWE Dea Norway AS, Sagex Petroleum Norway AS, Skagen44 AS , Skeie Energy AS, Spring Energy Norway AS, StatoilHydro Petroleum AS, Svenska Petroleum Exploration AS, Talisman Energy Norway AS, VNG Norway (Operations) Ltd, Wintershall Norway ASA.

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