Company · the network on the Norwegian shelf
KCA Deutag
KCA Deutag is the responsible company for 2 rigs at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate. The rigs have spudded 24 wellbores on 2 fields in the last three years, for one operator.
The network
From the responsible company at Sodir to rig, wells, fields and operators. The responsible company is not necessarily the owner. The figures cover wellbores spudded in the last three years.
- RigAskeladdenJack-up, 3 legs · SingaporeAOC: validWells, last three years
17 wellbores
Latest well: 34/10-D-4 CH (Gullfaks Sør), 17 Sep 2026Fields- Gullfaks Sør 15
- No field (exploration) 2
Operator- Equinor 17
- RigAskepottJack-up, 3 legs · SingaporeAOC: validWells, last three years
7 wellbores
Latest well: 30/4-A-18 (Martin Linge), 4 Apr 2026FieldsOperator- Equinor 7
Fleet
The rigs for which KCA Deutag is the responsible company (Sodir), what they are drilling according to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate and where they were in the AIS picture 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC. The responsible company is not necessarily the owner.
Rigs
Norwegian Offshore Directorate, exploration wells being drilled (NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026 · Norwegian Offshore Directorate, wellbores spudded in the last 120 days (NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026 · AIS from Kystverket (Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset real-time picture) (NLOD 1.0), 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC · OESA, rig key Sodir ↔ MMSI ↔ IMO (curated: name match in AIS and SafeSeaNet, checked against the well) (NLOD 1.0 / NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026
- Askeladden
Probably drilling 34/10-D-4 CH on Gullfaks Sør, spudded 17 Sep 2026 (Sodir has no completion date) · operator Equinor
AIS 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC: at Gullfaks Sør D (110 m) - Askepott
No well in the last 120 days at Sodir
AIS 7 Oct 2026, 14:32 UTC: at 30/4-D-1 AH (340 m)
Who charters a rig or vessel, and at what rate, is not in open data. A vessel is linked to a field only when AIS shows it within 2 km of one of the field's own facilities or its host facility, at under 1 knot – that says the vessel was there, not who it works for. Facilities on the export route do not count. Sodir often records the completion date of development wells late. A rig marked “probably drilling” spudded the well in the last 120 days but may have finished. Ship data: Norwegian Coastal Administration. Not for navigation.
Connected to
Operators the rigs have drilled for
Sodir, wellbores · 7 Oct 2026
- Equinor 24 wellbores
Events
Ownership changes, exploration wells and discoveries, rigs that move, production start-up and contracts, with a link to the source.
- Discovery
Discovery: 33/12-N-3 HH (Granat), oil and gas
Well 33/12-N-3 HH, operator Equinor · PL 037 B
- Well
Wildcat well 33/12-N-3 GH completed: dry
Operator Equinor · PL 037 B · Askeladden
- Well
- Well
Last 12 months (7 Oct 2025–7 Oct 2026). Wells: exploration wells (wildcat and appraisal). Development wells appear under Rigs when a rig moves there. Sources: Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir, NLOD 2.0): licence transfers (retrieved 7 Oct 2026), exploration wells and discoveries (7 Oct 2026), wellbores with drilling rig and the company responsible for the rig (7 Oct 2026) and field status (7 Oct 2026).
Economics
Accounts
Key figures from the annual accounts in the Brønnøysund register for the Norwegian companies behind it, in the currency the company reports in. The figures cover the whole company, not just the Norwegian shelf.
KCA Deutag Drilling Norge AScompany · org. no. 918 357 688
| Year (NOK) | Revenue | Operating profit | Net profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.2 bn | 115 m | 85.3 m |
| 2024 | 2.0 bn | 134 m | 129 m |
| 2023 | 2.0 bn | 65.4 m | 50.3 m |
Sources: Brønnøysund Register Centre, Register of Company Accounts (key figures), NLOD 2.0, 7 Oct 2026. The API is described as a temporary R&D API. The organisation numbers come from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate's company table. Norwegian Offshore Directorate, companies with organisation numbers, NLOD 2.0, 7 Oct 2026. The estimates are calculated by OESA and are not the companies' own figures.
Sources
All figures and links on the page come from these sources. Curated links are entered by hand by OESA from the source text, and the quote is checked against the source at every build.
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, wellbores with drilling facility (spudded in the last three years) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, mobile facilities (responsible company and Acknowledgement of Compliance) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
Not in the data: The rig's own position (Sodir only has the well's), contracts and day rates, and wells older than three years.