APA 2019 awards were made on 14 Feb '20 to 28 co's. 69 licences have been assigned (33 in the North Sea, 23 in the Norwegian Sea, 13 in the Barents). Aker BP, Capricorn, Chrysaor, Concedo, ConocoPhillips, DNO, Edison, Equinor, Idemitsu, Ineos, Lime, Lotos, Lundin, Neptune, OKEA, OMV, ONE-Dyas, Pandion, PGNiG, Repsol, Shell, Source Egy, Spirit, Suncor, Total, VÃ¥r, Wellesley and Wintershall Dea. Unsuccessful in their quest were Lukoil, M Vest, Petrolia and RN Nordic. One licence will be finalised later, PL 1061 waiting on the acquisition of Edison by Neptune. List of licences/blocks via GEPS.
APA 2019 Round: total of 69 licences have been awarded - 33 in the North Sea, 23 in the Norwegian Sea and 13 in the Barents Sea. Of the 33 companies which applied, 28 have received offers. Equinor received the most licences at 23, followed by Var with 17 and Aker BP with 15.