Oil and gas licences

Oil and gas licences worldwide

Rare Context lists 750 oil and gas licences in the world, with 4,085,293 ha of area between them. The largest is Production licence Groningen (297,000 ha).

By country

Largest oil and gas licences

Sorted by area.

Oil and gas licenceLocationHolderArea
Production licence GroningenGroningen, NetherlandsNederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V.297,000 ha
Production licence Drenthe IIbDrenthe, NetherlandsNederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V.188,120 ha
Production licence Noord-FrieslandFriesland, NetherlandsNederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V.159,270 ha
Exploration licence B16b, B17, E03a, E06a, F01 & F02bthe NetherlandsTenaz Energy Netherlands B.V.134,400 ha
Production licence RijswijkSouth Holland, NetherlandsNederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V.109,392 ha
Production licence Middeliethe NetherlandsNederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V.94,590 ha
Production licence Schoonebeekthe NetherlandsNederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V.93,000 ha
Production licence 085NorwayEquinor Energy AS71,100 ha
Production licence GorredijkFriesland, NetherlandsVermilion Energy Netherlands B.V.62,852 ha
Exploration licence HemelumFriesland, NetherlandsVermilion Energy Netherlands B.V.45,040 ha
Production licence K08 & K11athe NetherlandsTenaz Energy Netherlands B.V.43,510 ha
Production licence N04, N05 & N08the NetherlandsONE-Dyas B.V.42,956 ha
Production licence L10a, L10b & L11athe NetherlandsEni Energy Netherlands B.V.42,190 ha
Production licence L13the NetherlandsTenaz Energy Netherlands B.V.41,260 ha
Production licence K15the NetherlandsTenaz Energy Netherlands B.V.41,240 ha
Production licence L09the NetherlandsTenaz Energy Netherlands B.V.40,930 ha
Production licence K07the NetherlandsTenaz Energy Netherlands B.V.40,790 ha
Production licence L02the NetherlandsTenaz Energy Netherlands B.V.40,600 ha
Exploration licence E13the NetherlandsMeridian Resources B.V.40,280 ha
Exploration licence F09the NetherlandsPetrogas E&P Netherlands B.V.40,000 ha
Exploration licence F05the NetherlandsEni Energy Netherlands B.V.39,800 ha
Production licence F17a-diepthe NetherlandsWintershall Noordzee B.V.38,640 ha
Production licence 532NorwayEquinor Energy AS37,800 ha
Production licence Drenthe VIDrenthe, NetherlandsVermilion Energy Netherlands B.V.36,276 ha
Production licence 501NorwayAker BP ASA34,900 ha

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