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Offshore Norge

Offshore Norge

Offshore Norge is a Norwegian industry organization for oil, gas, and offshore energy companies.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament) and Fornybar Norge (Renewables Norway)

4 Nov 2025 · Breakfast Discussion on Offshore Wind

Offshore Norge Urges EU to Secure Long-Term Gas Framework

13 Oct 2025
Topic — Revision of the European Union energy security framework to address new geopolitical contexts.
Message — The association calls for a predictable regulatory environment and a long-term gas framework. They propose removing trade barriers and conducting joint exercises to protect energy supplies.12
Why — Guaranteed demand would justify further investment in Norwegian oil and gas exploration.34
Impact — Russian influence over European energy markets would decline through stronger Norwegian partnerships.56
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Meeting with Felix Leinemann (Head of Unit Maritime Affairs and Fisheries)

19 Jun 2025 · Maritime Spatial Planning & the European Ocean Pact

Meeting with Niels Flemming Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Jun 2025 · Norwegian offshore industry

Meeting with Mohammed Chahim (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jun 2025 · Energy Supply

Meeting with Andi Cristea (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jun 2025 · Security of energy supply

Meeting with Olivia Gippner (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

22 May 2025 · Norwegian offshore industry’s role in providing the technical solutions to realise the green transition – hydrogen, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and offshore wind.

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

22 May 2025 · Technical Brefing on CCS with Offshore Norway

Meeting with Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

8 Apr 2025 · Upcoming Chemicals Industry Package

Offshore Norge urges EU to adopt Norwegian ocean management model

17 Feb 2025
Topic — The European Oceans Pact creates a holistic framework for EU maritime and environmental policies.
Message — Offshore Norge recommends using flexible, cross-sectoral management plans like the Norwegian model. They warn that rigid legal spatial plans could reduce political control and hinder value creation.12
Why — Maintaining sector-specific control provides the predictability necessary for long-term offshore energy investments.3
Impact — Conservation initiatives lose ground as the focus shifts toward prioritizing industrial value creation.4
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Meeting with Ondřej Krutílek (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Feb 2025 · Energy security of EU

Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Feb 2025 · Energy supply

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Feb 2025 · challenges facing the energy sector and energy-intensive industries, with regards to competitiveness, decarbonisation, and geopolitical instability

Meeting with Paulius Saudargas (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Feb 2025 · Challenges of the energy sector and energy-intensive industries

Meeting with João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Feb 2025 · Energy

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

5 Feb 2025 · Offshore wind and electricity grids

Meeting with Stine Bosse (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2024 · European carbon capture policy

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2024 · CCSU

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2024 · Carbon Capture and Storage

Meeting with Yvan Verougstraete (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

15 Oct 2024 · Prise d'informations

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and ChargeUp Europe and

15 Oct 2024 · EU Energy and Industry Policy

Meeting with Stine Bosse (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · European policy on carbon capture technologies

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · The future of hydrogen, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and offshore wind

Meeting with Karin Karlsbro (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Sept 2024 · Grön industri och omställning

Response to Monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from offshore ships and zero-rating of sustainable fuels

4 Sept 2024

Offshore Norge appreciates the opportunity to provide input on the Commissions proposal for the Delegated Regulation amending Annexes I and II of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 concerning the monitoring, reporting, and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and the zero-rating of sustainable fuels. Offshore Norway, representing over 100 companies within the oil and gas sector, supports amendments to existing regulations aimed at governing the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions from offshore ships. However, we are concerned that the current proposal introduces unintended practical and administrative challenges. We recommend adjustments to the Commissions proposal to better support the green transition of the European offshore fleet. Offshore Norway looks forward to further dialogue in order to improve the legislation and explore practical solutions to our sector-specific challenges. We are available for further discussion and collaboration. Yours sincerely, Benedicte Solaas Director, Climate and Environment.
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Offshore Norge urges flexible designs for renewable energy auctions

29 Feb 2024
Topic — Commission recommendation and guidance on design elements of renewable energy auctions.
Message — The group urges the Commission to support diverse auction models that account for project maturity and consenting stages. They advocate for two-step processes to reduce uncertainty before final funding bids.123
Why — This approach would lower developer risks and decrease the need for significant government subsidies.45
Impact — Non-flexible, price-only auctions could stall the deployment of emerging floating wind technologies.6
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Offshore Norge urges EU to include Norwegian carbon storage

16 Jun 2023
Topic — The consultation addresses carbon storage capacity requirements within the Net Zero Industry Act.
Message — The organization recommends allowing EU entities to fulfill storage obligations using capacity available in Norway. They call for a value chain approach and flexibility on the 2030 timeline.12
Why — Accessing existing Norwegian sites helps companies meet mandates and reduces financial risk.3
Impact — European energy producers and consumers face higher prices due to distorted competition.4
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Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act

25 Nov 2022

Offshore Norway welcomes the EU Commissions proposal to establish a Critical Raw Materials Act and its aim to increase and diversify the EU's supply of critical raw materials. In this regard, when identifying strategic projects in the EU that have the potential to help secure the EUs diversified access to raw materials and have strong environmental and social performance, Offshore Norway would like to draw the Commissions attention to the potential of deep-sea mineral extraction on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Refer to the attached file for further details.
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Response to Proposal for a legislative act on methane leakage in the energy sector

8 Apr 2022

The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOROG) has over the last months carefully reviewed the EU Commission proposal together with representatives from the Norwegian oil and gas sector. In the process we have also consulted the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE), the Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA), the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA). NOROG supports the development of harmonized regulations on methane emissions from the European energy sector and agree with the European Commission’s objectives to improve the quality of methane emissions data and reduce methane emissions. However, to meet these objectives, NOROG believes the draft regulation needs to be significantly improved and clarified in several areas. Our main objections and proposed solutions are: • The definition of inactive wells of the regulation (ref. article 18 (2) and article 2 (24)) must be more precise on the exclusion of subsea offshore wells • The regulation’s requirements for leak detection and repair (LDAR) in article 14 are too prescriptive, and a more risk-based approach must be taken. It is not feasible nor expedient to carry out LDAR surveys for tens of thousands of components at offshore installations and onshore gas processing facilities every third month • Article 12 of the regulation on monitoring/measuring, reporting and verification must be made clearer. Site-level measurements should be used to complement and improve the source-based quantification methods, in line with the OGMP2.0 framework • Article 15 of the regulation on flaring and venting must be harmonized with definitions in the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR). Our more detailed observations and comments on the proposed regulation are set out in the attachment.
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Offshore Norge Urges Technology Neutrality and Long-Term Gas Role

8 Apr 2022
Topic — Revision of EU rules to facilitate market entry for renewable gases.
Message — The association calls for technology neutrality to include all low-carbon gases. They suggest allowing operators to repurpose infrastructure for hydrogen without changing ownership. Furthermore, they argue against setting an end date for natural gas supply.1234
Why — This approach preserves the value of their existing gas assets and infrastructure.5
Impact — Consumers of traditional natural gas may face higher costs due to subsidies.6
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Response to Revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001

4 Nov 2021

The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOROG) organises companies which produce oil and gas on the Norwegian continental shelf, supply the operations there, or work at sea with renewable energy or mineral production. We support the goals of the Paris Agreement and the EU’s ambition to reach climate neutrality by 2050. We recognise that there are many challenges on the road to meet this objective as the energy transition will require significant investments, new technologies, effective policies, and behavioural changes. NOROG welcomes the Commission’s intention to establish a comprehensive terminology for all renewable and low-carbon fuels and a European system of certification of such fuels, based on full life-cycle greenhouse gas emission savings and sustainability criteria. We emphasize the importance of science and location-based criteria, not market based. We note with concern that the scope of the revised RED will remain limited to renewable fuels only, excluding other low-carbon fuels such as “blue” hydrogen. We strongly believe that to meet the ambition of climate neutrality by 2050, all technologies must be considered, which means that technology neutrality and competition between technologies that will lead to reduction of climate gas emissions are essential. NOROG would make some recommendations, as shown in the attachment, to ensure that the EU energy and climate policy framework will enable all renewable and low-carbon fuels to play their role
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Response to Updating the EU Emissions Trading System

4 Nov 2021

The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOROG) organises companies which produce oil and gas on the Norwegian continental shelf, supply the operations there, or work at sea with renewable energy or mineral production. We support the goals of the Paris Agreement and the EU’s ambition to reach climate neutrality by 2050. We recognise that there are many challenges on the road to meet this objective as the energy transition will require significant investments, new technologies, effective policies, and behavioural changes. NOROG welcomes a revision of the EU ETS and would like to draw the attention to some issues that we believe are of importance. These are shown in the attachment. We are of the opinion that the EU ETS should continue to be the main climate policy tool in Europe. A strong EU ETS incentivizes substitution of coal by gas, which will contribute to reduce emissions substantially. In the medium and long-term, transforming natural gas into low carbon hydrogen gas produced with CCS, will be a cost-efficient solution that will help fulfil an updated 2030-target. Moreover, a robust and well-functioning EU ETS will incentivize increased investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements which will be decisive to reduce emissions sufficiently.
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Offshore Norge Urges Technology Neutrality For EU Hydrogen Market

8 Mar 2021
Topic — Revision of EU rules to facilitate renewable and low-carbon gas market entry.
Message — The organization requests technology neutrality for all low-carbon gases. They argue against differentiating hydrogen by origin to avoid damaging the internal market.123
Why — This allows the Norwegian industry to market hydrogen produced from its natural gas reserves.45
Impact — Environmental groups and renewable energy producers might see less support for green hydrogen.6
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Response to Updating the EU Emissions Trading System

26 Nov 2020

The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association is of the opinion that the EU EUS should continue to be the main climate policy tool in Europe. A strong ETS incentivizes substitution of coal by gas, which will contribute to reduce emissions substantially. In the medium- and long-term, transforming natural gas into low-carbon hydrogen gas produced with CCS, will be a cost-efficient solution that will help fulfill an updated 2030-target. Moreover, a robust and well-functioning ETS will incentivize increased investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements which will be decisive to reduce emissions sufficiently. The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association is of the opinion that all sectors should contribute to reaching the increased climate target and we support mechanisms that allow for cancellation of surplus allowances in order for the carbon price to remain at a level which supports decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors. In the climate strategy for the Norwegian oil and gas industry, emissions from associated offshore maritime activities is included and will contribute to achieving the goal set by the Norwegian government of 50 percent cut in emissions from domestic maritime transport and fishing. It is also very important that the number of allowances and the annual auction volumes should be at a level that provide a carbon price signal across the Single Market which help ensure that the climate targets are met. This could be done by a one-off reduction of the cap or strengthening the linear reduction factor, but it remains crucial that the market stability reserve is fit to meet structural imbalances such as future demand shocks and thus can handle a possible surplus of allowances. The oil and gas industry in Norway in January 2020 published a climate roadmap which included an aim to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40 percent in 2030 compared to 2005, and further reduce the emissions to near zero in 2050 . The Norwegian Parliament has recently raised its expectations from the petroleum sector and increased the target to 50 percent greenhouse gas reduction by 2030. Discussions are currently taking place how to achieve this. In addition to cutting emissions from our own operations and associated offshore maritime activities, the Norwegian oil and gas industry is in the process of gradually creating a new and forward-looking energy industry which can provide solutions that will help the decarbonization of Europe. This includes offshore wind power, clean hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage, project-developments which will facilitate large emission reductions in Norway and in Europe. In addition to reducing emissions from the production of oil and gas, the Norwegian petroleum industry has the following ambitions: • Demonstrate hydrogen as a fuel in offshore shipping by 2025. • That European industry use clean hydrogen produced from Norwegian natural gas with CCS in industrial production by 2030. • Demonstrate hydrogen as a fuel, produced from Norwegian natural gas with CCS, in gas-fired power plants in Europe. • Realize by 2024 the CO2 cross-border transport connection and storage project Northern Lights in Norway aiming for CO2 from several European industrial companies being transported for storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf by 2030. • Further develop renewable energy from offshore wind power. Please see more in the attached file. Best regards The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association Hildegunn T. Blindheim Director climate and the environment
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Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

17 Feb 2016 · current issues of the Oil and Gas association Norway

Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and Equinor ASA and Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

16 Feb 2016 · Package supply security and in particular the LNG strategy, EU-Norway relations in the field of energy