Sokkeldirektoratet
Governance index 2024
The agency is in the second-lowest quartile among directorates, inspectorates and agencies (121 agencies). Its development over three years is in the second-highest quartile.
- Financial control: 38 of 100
- Audit: 100 of 100
- Employer: not included (no open figures)
- Procurement: not included (no open figures)
Quartiles within the group, not a ranking. Parts without figures are left out and the weights spread over the rest.
State accounts
| Year | Spending | Operations | Against budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 through 09/2026 | 466 MNOK | 466 MNOK | – |
| 2025 | 654 MNOK | 654 MNOK | −11.6% |
| 2024 | 546 MNOK | 546 MNOK | −5.7% |
| 2023 | 649 MNOK | 649 MNOK | −4.8% |
| 2022 | 509 MNOK | 509 MNOK | −7.3% |
| 2021 | 459 MNOK | 459 MNOK | −7.8% |
The deviation from budget covers the agency's own operating chapters (posts 01–29), where it posts at least 95 % of the amount. The budget is the adopted budget, changes during the year and what was carried over from the year before. Source: DFØ, state accounts.
The annual audit
| Year | The auditor's conclusion |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Not among the 10 of 230 accounts in which the Office of the Auditor General found material errors and omissions. |
| 2023 | Not among the 7 of 235 accounts in which the Office of the Auditor General found material errors and omissions. |
| 2022 | Not among the 5 of 236 accounts in which the Office of the Auditor General found material errors and omissions. |
| 2021 | Not among the 4 of 235 accounts in which the Office of the Auditor General found material errors and omissions. |
Source: the Storting's recommendation on the annual audit (Document 1). «Not among» means the agency is not named there, not that we have read the audit report.
Procurement in Doffin
| Year | Notices | Awards | Single tender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 33% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0% |
The single-tender share is computed from awards where the number of tenders is given. Source: Doffin (DFØ).
The Storting
Questions and cases in the Storting naming the agency in the title.
| Kind | 2025-2026 |
|---|---|
| Written questions | 5 |
| Question time | 0 |
| Interpellations | 0 |
| Cases | 0 |
Latest
- 15 September 2026 · Written questions · to the energiministeren · named in the title
Vil Regjeringen sørge for at den varslede petroleumsmeldingen inneholder beregninger av hvorvidt et fortsatt høyt aktivitetsnivå innen olje og gass er i tråd med Parisavtalen, og hvilke av Sokkeldirektoratets prognoser som er innenfor og utenfor Parisavtalen? - 25 August 2026 · Written questions · to the energiministeren · named in the title
Hvilken CO₂-avgift ligger til grunn i Sokkeldirektoratets ressursrapport 2026? - 5 May 2026 · Written questions · to the energiministeren · named in the title
Vil energiministeren ta ansvar for å stanse at Sokkeldirektoratet og regjeringsapparatet omtaler norsk olje- og gassvirksomhet som «forenlig med Parisavtalen», til tross for at påstanden mangler faglig grunnlag, og vil statsråden ta ansvar for å sikre at Sokkeldirektoratet og regjeringsapparatet unngår å gjenta påstander som mangler faglig dekning? - 18 January 2026 · Written questions · to the energiministeren · named in the title
Hvilket av Sokkeldirektoratets tre mulighetsbilder er statsråden av den oppfatning av at er realistisk med dagens vedtatte olje- og gasspolitikk i Norge, og er det mulig å oppnå et enda høyere mulighetsbilde frem mot 2050 enn de tre som ble presentert av Sokkeldirektoratet? - 4 January 2026 · Written questions · to the energiministeren · named in the title
Hvilket av Sokkeldirektoratets tre mulighetsbilder er statsråden av den oppfatning av at er realistisk med dagens vedtatte olje- og gasspolitikk i Norge, hva er begrunnelsen for vurderingen, er det nødvendig med ytterligere tiltak enn dagens igangsatte tiltak for å øke produksjonen på sokkelen, eventuelt hvilke tiltak, og er det mulig å oppnå et enda høyere mulighetsbilde frem mot 2050 enn de tre
Source: the Storting (data.stortinget.no, NLOD). Not counted in the index: much attention in the Storting is not bad, and little is not good. Questions are linked to the ministry by the minister's title, and to other agencies only when the name is in the title. We do not show who asked or answered.
What we do not measure
We do not assess policy, goal attainment, the quality of services or individual cases. We look only at what can be measured in open data and what the agency itself controls: financial control, audit and procurement. Sick leave per agency is not openly available and is therefore left out.
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The agency in the Central Coordinating Register · How we calculate
Sources: Brønnøysund Register Centre (NLOD), the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ), state accounts (NLOD), the Storting (NLOD) and Doffin.
Indications based on open data. Not an assessment of the agency's public mission.