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| Gunnar Berge resigns as Director General |
 Gunnar Berge resigns today as Director General of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate at his own request. |
26.06.2007
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| Start-up of seismic data acquisition |
 The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) will start acquiring 2D seismic data in Nordland VII and Troms II outside of Lofoten and Vesterålen around 29 June 2007. |
15.06.2007
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| NPD receives positive mention in Norad report |
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A comprehensive evaluation of Norwegian oil assistance gives positive mention to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The report also provides suggestions for improvements.
05.06.2007
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| Support to dinosaur excavation on Svalbard |
 The fossilized skeleton of one of the world's largest prehistoric predators was found on the far northern island of Svalbard last year. This year, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) will be sponsoring the excavation. |
04.06.2007
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| First oil from Enoch |
 On 31 May, production commenced from Enoch, a border field in the North Sea. This is the first field to be developed after the framework agreement regarding cross-border petroleum cooperation was signed by the British and Norwegian authorities in 2005. |
01.06.2007
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| Additional awards in APA 2006 |
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Today the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is offering 10 additional production licences to 22 companies in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2006. With this addition, a total of 58 production licences are being offered in APA 2006, an increase from 45 in APA 2005.
31.05.2007
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| Norway to provide assistance to Madagascar |
 Over the next five years, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) will be assisting Madagascar in establishing a reliable petroleum management. For Turid Øygard this means that she will soon be moving from Stavanger to Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. |
29.05.2007
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| New brooms sweep cleaner |
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A growing number of incomers on the NCS aim to improve the recovery of its oil and gas resources. After securing major licence awards in recent years, several of these companies are poised to spud exploration wells.
07.05.2007
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| Electrification of the Shelf - a costly measure for the environment |
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As a solution for reducing Norway's CO2 emissions, removing power plants from the shelf and replacing them with energy from land is neither simple nor cheap, writes director general Gunnar Berge.
02.05.2007
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| Attending the wedding |
 The planned merger of Statoil and Hydro’s petroleum business will involve both pluses and minuses. It is the NPD’s job to reinforce the positive sides and reduce the negative ones, says director-general Gunnar Berge. |
30.04.2007
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| Commitment at home and abroad |
 Merging Statoil and Hydro’s petroleum business will benefit the international involvement of the new company, since size is significant in this business. But any reduction in activity on the NCS would be a very poor socio-economic outcome for Norway. |
30.04.2007
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| New issue of Norwegian Continental Shelf |
 The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's magazine Norwegian Continental Shelf has brought out their latest issue. Read articles about the new players on the Norwegian continental shelf, director general Gunnar Berge's reflections on the merger between Statoil and Hydro, the energy supplier Norway as viewed through the eyes of the energy councillors in Brussels, Washington, Paris and Russia. |
27.04.2007
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| Facts 2007 |
 Friday the 20th April saw the launching of the facts booklet “Facts 2007”. Previously, the booklet has only been available in PDF format on the Internet, but as of this year you will be able to read the whole publication in a more reader-friendly version. |
20.04.2007
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| A good layer of oil |
 It was lost when the gas was produced at the Frigg field, it has become a goldmine at Troll and a decision is eagerly awaited at Snøhvit. Thin oil zones have become a challenge. |
10.04.2007
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| Drawing a blank in the fjords |
 Prosperity is being pumped from deep beneath the seabed off the Norwegian coast, invisible to the tourists who come to admire Norway’s fjords. What such visitors are unlikely to know is that some of these steep-sided inlets have been explored to see if they once hid oil or gas. |
23.03.2007
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| Allies in the Arctic |
 The continental shelf around Norway and northern Russia is unique in the world, with favourable conditions for studying the development and motion of the geological plates. |
09.03.2007
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