20260409 05300100 1.0 TRUE Production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf, including ordinary awards and awards in pre-defined areas (APA). A production licence gives one company or a group of companies the right to explore for and produce oil and gas in a specific area for a given period. The area can be horizontal. In the case of a group of companies, one of these is the operator. Norwegian Offshore Directorate licence FactMaps