By OGJ editors
HOUSTON -- Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Thorhild Widvey has invited oil companies to nominate blocks in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea for the 19th licensing round, with licenses to be awarded in the first quarter 2006.
Companies have until Feb. 23, 2005, to propose acreage. Plans call for blocks to be put up for offer during the summer.
Nominations may include areas already opened for petroleum activities in the Norwegian Sea and in the Barents Sea except for defined areas close to existing infrastructure and areas that Norwegian authorities consider particularly environmentally valuable, including the Nordland VI sector off the northern Lofoten islands of the Norwegian Sea and parts of the continental shelf close to coastal Troms and Finnmark counties.
