Licence: 498 - Factpages

General information

General information
Attribute	Value
Production licence Name of the production licence	498
NPDID production licence NPD's unique id for production licences	5106134
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	North sea
Licensing activity Name of the licensing activity the production licence was awarded in.	TFO2008
Date granted Date the production licence was granted by the Norwegian authorities.	23.01.2009
Date valid to Date the production licence is valid to.	23.01.2015
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.	278
Current area [km2] Current area of the production licence in square kilometres.	0

Phases
Date phase valid from	Date phase valid to	Phase
23.01.2009	23.01.2015	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	Wellbore if drilled
Study of geology and geophysics		Approved
	Decision to drill	Will be drilled	23.01.2011
Drilling		Approved		7/8-6 S
	(BoV) Decision to continue	Dropped	23.01.2015
	(PDO) Decision to submit plan for development	Dropped	23.01.2015
	Decision to enter extension period	Dropped	23.01.2015

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

Mortgages from the Petroleum register – current (in Norwegian only)
Dokument nummer	Registreringsdato	Utdrag av dokument
7239	09.09.2013	Reduksjon av pantsettelse første prioritet dok. 6959 registrert 27.2.2013 i North Energy ASA sin deltakerandel i utvinningstillatelsen 498 fra 25 % til 20 %. Panthaver DNB Bank ASA samtykker til reduksjon fra 25 % til 20 % i brev datert 30.8.2013.

Wellbores – exploration, drilled in the production licence
Wellbore name	Entered date	Completed date	Purpose	Content
7/8-6 S	09.11.2012	05.01.2013	WILDCAT	DRY

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 [%]
01.01.2015	23.01.2015	LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS	25.000000
		Skagen44 AS	25.000000
		Lime Petroleum Norway AS	25.000000
		Edison Norge AS	25.000000
31.03.2014	31.12.2014	LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS	25.000000
		Skagen44 AS	25.000000
		Lime Petroleum Norway AS	25.000000
		Edison International Norway Branch	25.000000
30.09.2013	30.03.2014	Edison International Norway Branch	25.000000
		LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS	25.000000
		Skagen44 AS	25.000000
		North Energy ASA	20.000000
		Lime Petroleum Norway AS	5.000000
31.12.2012	29.09.2013	LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS	25.000000
		Edison International Norway Branch	25.000000
		North Energy ASA	25.000000
		Skagen44 AS	25.000000
28.10.2009	30.12.2012	Edison International Norway Branch	25.000000
		4Sea Energy AS	25.000000
		Skagen44 AS	25.000000
		LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS	25.000000
23.01.2009	27.10.2009	4Sea Energy AS	25.000000
		LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS	25.000000
		Edison International Spa	25.000000
		Skagen44 AS	25.000000

Operatorship – full history
Date valid from	Date valid to	Company longname
23.01.2009	23.01.2015	LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS

Area – full history
Date valid from	Date valid to	Block name	Polygon number	Polygon area [km2]
23.01.2009	23.01.2015	7/7	1	43
		7/11	4	21
		7/11	3	20
		7/8	2	159
		7/12	5	36

Licensees – transfers
Date valid from	Transfer direction	Type of change	Company name	Transferred interest [%]
01.01.2015	TO	TRANSFER	Edison Norge AS	25.000000
01.01.2015	FROM	TRANSFER	Edison International Norway Branch	25.000000
31.03.2014	FROM	TRANSFER	North Energy ASA	20.000000
31.03.2014	TO	TRANSFER	Lime Petroleum Norway AS	20.000000
30.09.2013	TO	TRANSFER	Lime Petroleum Norway AS	5.000000
30.09.2013	FROM	TRANSFER	North Energy ASA	5.000000
31.12.2012	TO	TRANSFER	North Energy ASA	25.000000
31.12.2012	FROM	TRANSFER	4Sea Energy AS	25.000000
28.10.2009	TO	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Edison International Norway Branch	25.000000
28.10.2009	FROM	CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME	Edison International Spa	25.000000

Status reports
Document name	Document format	Document size [MB]
5106134_Relinquishment_report_PL_498_498B	.PDF	3.09