Lack of rigs a bottleneck

There are currently 23 rigs on the Norwegian shelf, of which 16 operate for StatoilHydro. Several newcomers to the Norwegian shelf are also searching for new resources, including the Swedish Lundin company and the British company BG. While drilling activities were previously dominated by the major players in Norway, the picture is different today. A lot of exploration is now conducted by the small and medium-sized players.