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System maintenance

1/23/2025 Factmaps and Factpages may be unstable Wednesday 29th of January. Maintenance will be done from 09:00 AM.

Below is a summary of changes. For full overview see changelogs for factpages and factmaps.

Factpages

  • Updated pageviews for:
    • Discovery
    • Field
    • Licence
  • Updated tableview for licence
  • Minor bugfixes

Factmaps and services

  • Factmaps in beta replaces current factmaps, new url is https://factmaps.sodir.no/map 
  • Old factmaps will still be available on https://factmaps.sodir.no/factmaps/3_0/ until May 2025.
  • New URL for all services under: https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest
    • UTM50 – https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest/services/Factmaps/FactMapsED50UTM 32/MapServer
    • WGS84 – https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest/services/Factmaps/FactMapsWGS84/MapServer
  • Old and new URLs for services will exist in parallel to May 2025. Same data content and no schema changes in new services compared to old services. Old services will be removed May 2025.
  • Factmaps "staging"-services will be avaliable until May 2025. New services are found under https://factmaps.sodir.no/api/rest
  • New datalayers in services and downloadable FGDB

Feedback can be reported to factweb@sodir.no

 

Contact

Ola Anders Skauby

Director Communication, public affairs and emergency response

Tel: +47 905 98 519

Updated: 1/24/2025

Latest news

Norwegian companies take a more dominant role
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Drilling permit for wellbore 35/11-32 S
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Gas/condensate discovery in the North Sea (15/5-8 S and A)
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Oil and gas discovery in the Barents Sea (7122/7-8)
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Who deserves the Improved Recovery Award?
11/25/2025 The time has come to nominate candidates for this prize, which was first awarded in 1998. Back then it was known as the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s IOR Award.
Production figures October 2025
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Drilling permit for well 33/12-N-3 GH and 33/12-N-3 HH
11/20/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 33/12-N-3 GH in production licence 037 B/152 and 33/12-N-3 HH in production licence 037 B/277.
Dry well in the North Sea (2/6-8 S and 2/6-8 ST2)
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What would you like to learn more about at Technology Day 2026?
11/17/2025 The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate is pleased to announce Technology Day 2026. Save the date – 4 June 2026 – and take this opportunity to nominate speakers for the event!
New Dashboard: Resource stats by company
11/14/2025 Our new Dashboard provides an overview of the licensees’ respective petroleum resources and reserves on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).