LICENSE ROUND OFF NORWAY DISAPPOINTING

Seventeen production licenses were allocated under Norway's disappointing 14th offshore licensing round. The licenses cover 31 blocks or partial blocks out of 50 offered in the round that opened last December (OGJ, Jan. 4, Newsletter). Eleven licenses were for North Sea acreage, four in the Norwegian Sea, and two in the Barents Sea. Gunnar Myrvang, Norway's state secretary for industry and energy, recently expressed disappointment with industry's showing in the Barents (OGJ, Sept.

Sept. 27, 1993

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Seventeen production licenses were allocated under Norway's disappointing 14th offshore licensing round.

The licenses cover 31 blocks or partial blocks out of 50 offered in the round that opened last December (OGJ, Jan. 4, Newsletter).

Eleven licenses were for North Sea acreage, four in the Norwegian Sea, and two in the Barents Sea.

Gunnar Myrvang, Norway's state secretary for industry and energy, recently expressed disappointment with industry's showing in the Barents (OGJ, Sept. 20, Newsletter).

BARENTS, NORWEGIAN SEAS

In the Barents, Norsk Agip won Blocks 7018/3 and 7019/1 under one license.

State owned Den norske stats oljeselskap (Statoil) won Blocks 7227/11, 7227/12, 7228/7 south, and 7228/10 under the other.

Norwegian Sea production licenses awarded were Blocks 6306/2 and 6306/5 to operator Norske Conoco, Blocks 6306/6, 6608/7, and 6608/7 to Statoil, and Block 6406/2 to Saga Petroleum AS.

NORTH SEA LICENSES

North Sea licenses awarded were Blocks 7/10 and 7/11 and Blocks 15/2 and 15/3 in two licenses to Amoco Norway, Block 17/3 to Elf Petroleum Norge, Blocks 25/8 and 25/9 to Amerada Hess Norge, and Block 30/8 to Norsk Hydro.

Norsk Hydro also was awarded Blocks 31/1, 31/2, and the northern half of Blocks 31/4 and 31/5 in a separate license, and Blocks 35/4 and 35/5 in a third.

Block 34/5 went to Mobil Development Norway, Block 34/11 to Statoil, and Blocks 35/8, 35/6, and 36/4 in two licenses to BP Petroleum Development of Norway.

License shares were offered to Enterprise Oil Norwegian, Idemitsu Petroleum Norge, Neste Petroleum, Phillips Petroleum Norsk, and Total Norge.

Myrvang said Norske Shell and Esso Norge won no blocks because the scope of their applications was so narrow.

The companies had until Sep. 7 to accept offered acreage.