Norwegian continental shelf

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continental shelf offshore petroleum province

The Norwegian continental shelf is the offshore seabed area under Norway’s jurisdiction that contains significant oil and gas resources and forms the core of the country’s petroleum activities.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Sea oil	1
Norwegian exclusive economic zone	1
Norwegian sector of the North Sea	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	continental shelf ⓘ offshore petroleum province ⓘ
borderAgreement	Norway–Russia maritime delimitation in the Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway–United Kingdom North Sea boundary agreements NERFINISHED ⓘ
continuedActivity	exploration in frontier areas such as the Barents Sea ⓘ mature field management and enhanced recovery ⓘ
country	Norway ⓘ
discovered	Ekofisk field NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryYear	1969 (Ekofisk field) ⓘ
economicZone	Norwegian exclusive economic zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
environmentalConcern	impact on marine ecosystems ⓘ risk of oil spills ⓘ
exportRoute	LNG exports ⓘ pipeline exports to continental Europe ⓘ
firstCommercialProduction	early 1970s ⓘ
formsCoreOf	Norwegian petroleum activities ⓘ
governedBy	Norwegian Ocean Resources Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwegian Petroleum Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	under Norwegian jurisdiction ⓘ
infrastructure	export pipelines ⓘ offshore platforms ⓘ subsea installations ⓘ
keyGasField	Ormen Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ Snøhvit NERFINISHED ⓘ Troll gas field NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyOilField	Ekofisk NERFINISHED ⓘ Gullfaks NERFINISHED ⓘ Oseberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Statfjord NERFINISHED ⓘ Troll NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ North Sea ⓘ Norwegian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorIndustry	offshore exploration ⓘ offshore oil and gas production ⓘ subsea technology development ⓘ
naturalResource	condensate ⓘ crude oil ⓘ natural gas ⓘ natural gas liquids ⓘ offshore wind potential ⓘ
partOf	continental shelf of Europe ⓘ
policyGoal	long-term resource management ⓘ maximizing value creation for Norwegian society ⓘ reducing greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum activities ⓘ
regulatedBy	Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwegian Petroleum Directorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfIntensiveDevelopment	1970s and 1980s ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norway–Iceland maritime boundary agreements → appliesTo → Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norwegian exclusive economic zone

Norwegian petroleum licensing rounds → appliesTo → Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ

North Sea rift system → extendsBeneath → Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norwegian sector of the North Sea

Eurasian continental margin → hasPart → Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway → jurisdiction → Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ

Gassco → operatesInJurisdiction → Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ

Petoro → operatesOn → Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ

Oil Capital of Europe → relatedTo → Norwegian continental shelf ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Sea oil