LNG

Jan 19 (LNGJ) - A total of 29 companies have been awarded 56 new production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf as part of Norway’s Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2016 licensing round. The licences cover 148,014 square kilometres of blocks in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea. Of the licences awarded, 36 are in the North Sea, 17 in the Norwegian Sea and three in the Barents Sea. Norwegian energy company Statoil, Europe’s only baseload LNG plant operator, led the way in the APA round with interests awarded in 29 licences and with operatorship of 16 of these.