Exploration & Production Norway (EPN) is the operator of 42 developed fields on the NCS. Statoil's equity and entitlement production on the NCS was 1.45 mmboe per day in 2009, which was about 75% of Statoil's total production. Acting as an operator, EPN is responsible for approximately 75% of all oil and gas production on the NCS. In 2009, our average daily production of oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) was 784 mboe and our average daily gas production was 105.9 mmcm (3.7 bcf).

We have ownership interests in exploration acreage throughout the licensed parts of the NCS, both within and outside our core production areas. We participate in 219 licences on the NCS and are an operator for 162 of them.

As of 31 December 2009, EPN had proved reserves of 1,351 mmbbl of crude oil and 480 bcm (16,9 tcf) of natural gas, an aggregate of 4,369 mmboe.