Licence: 491 - Factpages

General information

General information
Attribute	Value
Production licence Name of the production licence	491
NPDID production licence NPD's unique id for production licences	4921667
Status Current status of production licence. Example of legal values: ACTIVE, INACTIVE	INACTIVE
Main area Name of the area on the Norwegian Continental Shelf where the wellbore is located. Example of legal values: Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, North Sea	Barents sea
Licensing activity Name of the licensing activity the production licence was awarded in.	TFO2007
Date granted Date the production licence was granted by the Norwegian authorities.	29.02.2008
Date valid to Date the production licence is valid to.	01.03.2011
Stratigraphical Indicates if the licence has vertical limitations based on stratigraphy. 'NO' means no such limitations, 'YES OR PARTLY' means that either whole or parts of the licence has such limitations.	NO
Original area [km2] Original area of the production licence in square kilometres.	151
Current area [km2] Current area of the production licence in square kilometres.	0

Phases
Date phase valid from	Date phase valid to	Phase
29.02.2008	01.03.2014	INITIAL

Licensees – current
Date valid from	Company longname	Interest [%]

Operatorship – current
Date valid from	Company longname

Area – current
Date valid from	Block name	Polygon number	Polygon area [km2]	Vertical limitations

Work program (initial phase)
Work obligation	Decision	Task status	Expiry date
Seismology - collecting, reprocessing, interpretation		Approved
	Decision to drill	Not to be drilled	01.03.2011
Drilling		Not to be drilled
	(PDO) Decision to prepare a plan for development	Dropped	01.03.2013
	(PDO) Submit plan for development	Dropped	01.03.2014
	Decision to enter extension period	Approved	01.03.2014

Conditions (production phase)
Work task	Decision	Description (norwegian)	Task status	Expiry date

Mortgages from the Petroleum register – current (in Norwegian only)
Ingen heftelser registert.

Wellbores – exploration, drilled in the production licence
Wellbore name	Entered date	Completed date	Purpose	Content

Wellbores – development, drilled in the production licence
Wellbore name	Entered date	Completed date	Purpose - planned

Licensees – full history
Date valid from	Date valid to	Company longname	Interest [%]
01.10.2010	01.03.2011	Det norske oljeselskap ASA	50.000000
		Front Exploration AS	30.000000
		Talisman Energy Norge AS	20.000000
26.05.2010	30.09.2010	Det norske oljeselskap AS(old)	30.000000
		Front Exploration AS	30.000000
		Det norske oljeselskap ASA	20.000000
		Talisman Energy Norge AS	20.000000
23.12.2009	25.05.2010	Discover Petroleum AS	30.000000
		Det norske oljeselskap AS(old)	30.000000
		Det norske oljeselskap ASA	20.000000
		Talisman Energy Norge AS	20.000000
22.12.2009	22.12.2009	Discover Petroleum AS	30.000000
		Aker Exploration AS	30.000000
		Talisman Energy Norge AS	20.000000
		Det norske oljeselskap ASA	20.000000
01.01.2009	21.12.2009	Aker Exploration AS	30.000000
		Discover Petroleum AS	30.000000
		Det norske oljeselskap ASA (old)	20.000000
		Talisman Energy Norge AS	20.000000
29.02.2008	31.12.2008	Det norske oljeselskap ASA (old)	40.000000
		Discover Petroleum AS	30.000000
		Aker Exploration AS	30.000000

Operatorship – full history
Date valid from	Date valid to	Company longname
22.12.2009	01.03.2011	Det norske oljeselskap ASA
01.03.2008	21.12.2009	Det norske oljeselskap ASA (old)
29.02.2008	29.02.2008	Noil Energy ASA

Area – full history
Date valid from	Date valid to	Block name	Polygon number	Polygon area [km2]	Vertical limitations
29.02.2008	01.03.2011	7121/2	1	151

Licensees – transfers
Date valid from	Transfer direction	Type of change	Company name	Transferred interest [%]
01.10.2010	TO	TRANSFER	Det norske oljeselskap ASA	30.000000
01.10.2010	FROM	TRANSFER	Det norske oljeselskap AS(old)	30.000000
26.05.2010	FROM	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Discover Petroleum AS	30.000000
26.05.2010	TO	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Front Exploration AS	30.000000
23.12.2009	FROM	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Aker Exploration AS	30.000000
23.12.2009	TO	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Det norske oljeselskap AS(old)	30.000000
22.12.2009	FROM	MERGER/TAKEOVER	Det norske oljeselskap ASA (old)	20.000000
22.12.2009	TO	MERGER/TAKEOVER	Det norske oljeselskap ASA	20.000000
01.01.2009	TO	TRANSFER	Talisman Energy Norge AS	20.000000
01.01.2009	FROM	TRANSFER	Det norske oljeselskap ASA (old)	20.000000

Status reports
Document name	Document format	Document size [MB]
4921667_Relinquishment_report_PL_491	.pdf	29.87