DNO, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary DNO Norge has been awarded participation in 17 exploration licenses, of which four are operatorships, under Norway's Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2025 licensing round.
Of the 17 new licenses, 15 are in the North Sea and two in the Norwegian Sea.
'We are pleased once again to be among the top recipients in the APA round with the award of significant interests in high-quality acreage, including operatorships, in DNO core areas. Our teams are chomping at the bit to capture new discoveries and push them to production rapidly,' said DNO Executive Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani.
Over the last three years, DNO has logged a commercial success rate of over 50 percent in its exploration program in Norway with 12 discoveries out of 22 wells drilled. DNO has four field developments underway in Norway, and has just launched a fast-track project to develop its 2025 Kjøttkake discovery targeting first oil in early 2028. Three other development projects are slated for approval this year.
Prior to the latest APA awards, DNO held interests in 124 licenses offshore Norway which included 30 producing oil and gas fields.
The awards announced today include:
PL036H: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (28.853 percent), ORLEN Upstream Norway AS
PL375D: Equinor Energy AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (20 percent), Petoro AS, Vår Energi ASA
PL475ES: Harbour Energy Norge AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (20 percent), Petoro AS
PL956B: Vår Energi ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (15 percent), Aker BP ASA
PL984C: DNO Norge AS (operator, 30 percent), Vår Energi ASA, Source Energy AS, Aker BP ASA, Equinor Energy AS
PL1086B: DNO Norge AS (operator, 50 percent), Source Energy, Aker BP ASA, Petoro AS
PL1177B: Equinor Energy AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (15 percent), OMV (Norge) AS
PL1255B: Wellesley Petroleum AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (20 percent), Equinor Energy AS, OKEA ASA
PL1277S: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (40 percent)
PL1278: DNO Norge AS (operator, 40 percent), Aker BP ASA, Petoro AS
PL1280: Equinor Energy AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (40 percent)
PL1284: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (30 percent), Equinor Energy AS
PL1286: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (40 percent)
PL1287S: DNO Norge AS (operator, 50 percent), Aker BP ASA
PL1290S: Wellesley Petroleum AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (20 percent)
PL1291: Wellesley Petroleum AS (operator), DNO Norge AS (20 percent)
PL1307: Aker BP ASA (operator), DNO Norge AS (30 percent), Equinor Energy AS
Source: DNO
