Oil and gas
FollowDownload sector report (PDF)324 companies ranked against comparable companies in three size tiers. Fiscal year 2024. Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre. Methodology
Ranking by size · 2024
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Biggest moves
- TCO GROUP AS−66
From 2023 to 2024: the operating margin fell from 22.0% to −71.7% and went from a profit to a loss before tax.
- TDW OFFSHORE SERVICES AS+59
From 2023 to 2024: the operating margin rose from −8.1% to 21.7% and went from a loss to a profit before tax.
- WEATHERFORD NORGE AS−54
From 2023 to 2024: the operating margin fell from 10.2% to −16.7% and went from a profit to a loss before tax.
- PETROJARL I PRODUCTION AS+53
From 2023 to 2024: the operating margin rose from −29.5% to 11.1% and went from a loss to a profit before tax.
Top lists in the sector · 2024
The five largest companies account for 75% of the sector's revenue. Combined profit before tax for the 324 ranked companies: 730,291 MNOK.
Highest revenue
- EQUINOR ASA 779,351 MNOK
- EQUINOR ENERGY AS 406,924 MNOK
- AKER BP ASA 133,002 MNOK
- VÅR ENERGI ASA 80,038 MNOK
- TOTALENERGIES EP NORGE AS 69,149 MNOK
Operating revenue.
Highest operating margin
- HAVILA SUBCON AS 304.3%
- EQUINOR BTC CASPIAN AS 201.2%
- HAVILA HARMONY AS 138.9%
- EQUINOR APSHERON AS 110.5%
- FC WELL INVEST AS 100.0%
Operating result divided by operating revenue.
Largest profit
- EQUINOR ENERGY AS 300,028 MNOK
- EQUINOR ASA 87,751 MNOK
- AKER BP ASA 86,365 MNOK
- TOTALENERGIES EP NORGE AS 47,401 MNOK
- VÅR ENERGI ASA 35,594 MNOK
Profit before tax.
Largest loss
- BAKER HUGHES NORGE AS −1,247 MNOK
- TRANSOCEAN BARENTS ASA −1,111 MNOK
- EQUINOR ARGENTINA AS −1,087 MNOK
- KISTOS ENERGY (NORWAY) AS −737 MNOK
- DOLPHIN DRILLING AS −574 MNOK
Profit before tax, the largest negative.
Most solid
- EQUINOR VENTURES AS 99.9%
- EQUINOR ANGOLA AS 99.8%
- PRA GROUP EUROPE PORTFOLIO AS 99.8%
- CINCLUS IV AS 99.8%
- FC WELL INVEST AS 99.4%
Equity ratio: equity divided by total assets.
Fastest growth
- SEADRILL OFFSHORE AS +3,937.3%
- NOBLE INTREPID OPERATIONS AS +1,004.7%
- SOLSTAD CONSTRUCTION AS +532.8%
- FC WELL INVEST AS +450.0%
- DEEP SEA DRILLING COMPANY I AS +174.7%
Revenue growth from the year before, only from at least NOK 10 million in revenue.
Largest revenue decline
- AKER SOLUTIONS HOLDING AS −98.2%
- TCO GROUP AS −95.4%
- AKASTOR AS −91.5%
- DOF SUBSEA REDERI III AS −70.4%
- NOBLE DRILLING (NORWAY) AS −67.6%
Revenue decline from the year before, only from at least NOK 10 million in revenue.
Biggest climbers
- TDW OFFSHORE SERVICES AS +59.0 points
- PETROJARL I PRODUCTION AS +53.0 points
- SOLSTAD CONSTRUCTION AS +50.1 points
- NORMAND DRIFT AS +46.4 points
- GINA KROG AS +40.8 points
Change in index points from the year before.
Biggest fallers
- TCO GROUP AS −66.5 points
- WEATHERFORD NORGE AS −54.3 points
- DOLPHIN DRILLING OFFSHORE AS −40.3 points
- BW OFFSHORE NORWAY AS −34.5 points
- VAN OORD NORWAY AS −33.7 points
Change in index points from the year before.
Most employees
- EQUINOR ASA 21,231
- AKER SOLUTIONS AS 8,853
- AKER BP ASA 3,127
- HALLIBURTON AS 2,643
- SCHLUMBERGER NORGE AS 2,490
Employees according to the Central Coordinating Register.
Highest revenue per employee
- TOTALENERGIES EP NORGE AS 743.5 MNOK
- ORLEN UPSTREAM NORWAY AS 284.8 MNOK
- OMV NORGE AS 234.1 MNOK
- HARBOUR ENERGY NORGE AS 163.9 MNOK
- DNO NORGE AS 100.4 MNOK
Only companies with at least 5 employees.
The lists cover ranked companies: operating companies above the minimum revenue, without holding companies and excluded ones. Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre. Amounts in other currencies are converted at Norges Bank's rates.
Positions in the sector · 2024
Bubble size shows relative revenue, not exact figures. Dashed lines show where the 5 companies that moved most stood in 2023 (small ring).
- DOLPHIN DRILLING OFFSHORE AS profitability 99 → 2, solidity 96 → 63
- TDW OFFSHORE SERVICES AS profitability 5 → 83, solidity 6 → 65
- PETROJARL I PRODUCTION AS profitability 1 → 77, solidity 18 → 70
- ISLAND DRILLING COMPANY AS profitability 94 → 3, solidity 0 → 0
- NØSTE ENERGI AS profitability 9 → 83, solidity 0 → 50
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Summary · fiscal year 2024
The sector's median operating margin is 6.8%. 93 of 596 companies have negative equity. The median equity ratio is 29.4%.
All figures are for fiscal year 2024. Ranked: 324 operating companies. Holding companies, excluded companies and companies without enough data are shown but not ranked. How to read the index
- 39 companies report in another currency. Their revenue is converted at the mean rate for the accounting period and makes up 76% of the total.
Climbers and fallers
Change in rank from 2023 to 2024, for 302 companies ranked in both years.
Climbers
- 257PETROJARL I PRODUCTION ASfrom rank 316 to 5967
- 256TDW OFFSHORE SERVICES ASfrom rank 323 to 6766
- 252SOLSTAD CONSTRUCTION ASfrom rank 260 to 881
- 239NORMAND DRIFT ASfrom rank 278 to 3972
- 212GINA KROG ASfrom rank 244 to 3274
Fallers
- 292TCO GROUP ASfrom rank 16 to 30818
- 257WEATHERFORD NORGE ASfrom rank 49 to 30619
- 219DOLPHIN DRILLING OFFSHORE ASfrom rank 32 to 25136
- 189ISLAND DRILLING MANAGEMENT ASfrom rank 60 to 24937
- 180DOLPHIN DRILLING ASfrom rank 100 to 28029
Awards · 2024
Needs attention · 2024
323 companies show at least one warning sign. Showing the 15 most important.
- criticalSONGA OFFSHORE RIG 3 ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.31) · Loss before tax
- criticalEXPRO NORWAY ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.78) · Loss before tax
- criticalISLAND DRILLING COMPANY ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.32) · Loss before tax
- criticalNOBLE DRILLING (NORWAY) ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.72) · Loss before tax
- criticalDOF SUBSEA REDERI III ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.31) · Loss before tax
- criticalCLAXTON ENGINEERING SERVICES ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.80) · Loss before tax
- criticalTRANSOCEAN BARENTS ASANegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.09) · Loss before tax
- criticalAVIUM SUBSEA ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.04) · Loss before tax
- criticalHAVILA SERVICE ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.90) · Loss before tax
- criticalGENESIS ENERGIES NORWAY ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.74) · Loss before tax
- criticalHAVILA HARMONY ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.89) · Loss before tax
- criticalTWMA NORGE ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.87) · Loss before tax
- criticalIOSOLUTIONS ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.37) · Loss before tax
- criticalÅLESUND SUBSEA ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.31) · Loss before tax
- criticalOMEGA WELL INTERVENTION ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.88) · Loss before tax
Sector map · 2024
Profitability against solidity for the ranked companies. Size shows revenue. Coral triangle: negative equity. Click to open the company. Outliers are placed on the edge.
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Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
The sector's weakest year was 2022, with a median operating margin of 1.6%.
Based on the 5 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported.
| Fiscal year | Median operating margin | Median equity ratio |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 · weakest year | 1.6% | 34.9% |
| 2023 | 8.0% | 28.8% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | 29.4% |
| 2025 | 5.7% | 32.6% |
| 2026 | – | – |
In 2022, 6 ranked companies did better than the sector, 1 about the same and 5 weaker.
Held up best in 2022
- 1VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA ASequity ratio 34.2%13.7%
- 2VAN OORD NORWAY ASequity ratio 35.6%11.7%
- 3ALTUS INTERVENTION ASequity ratio 63.3%11.3%
- 4SARENS ASequity ratio 62.7%2.5%
- 5NOBLE INTEGRATOR OPERATIONS ASequity ratio 8.3%2.2%
- 6NOBLE INTREPID OPERATIONS ASequity ratio 46.1%1.8%
Better than the sector: operating margin at or above the sector median and no loss or negative equity. Weaker: operating margin below the median and a loss or negative equity. Otherwise about the same as the sector. Methodology
Drivers in the sector
Interest rates, prices and exchange rates that shape the sector's year, next to the sector's median operating margin. The drivers are context and are not part of the index.
Export price of crude oil (kr per fat)
Export price of crude oil fell 17.6% in 2025; the sector's median operating margin fell 1.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Export price of crude oil, annual average | 609 | 979 | 877 | 859 | 708 | 881 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +61.1% | +60.8% | −10.5% | −2.0% | −17.6% | +24.5% |
| Sector's median operating margin | – | 1.6% | 8.0% | 6.8% | 5.7% | – |
Source: SSB (08799, CC BY 4.0). Source · fetched 30 October 2026
Export price of natural gas (kr per Sm³)
Export price of natural gas rose 5.7% in 2025; the sector's median operating margin fell 1.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Export price of natural gas, annual average | 4.77 | 11.47 | 5.30 | 4.50 | 4.76 | 6.00 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | +361.0% | +140.3% | −53.8% | −15.2% | +5.7% | +26.2% |
| Sector's median operating margin | – | 1.6% | 8.0% | 6.8% | 5.7% | – |
Source: SSB (08799, CC BY 4.0). Source · fetched 30 October 2026
USD/NOK (kr)
USD/NOK fell 3.3% in 2025; the sector's median operating margin fell 1.1 percentage points.
| Measure | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD/NOK, annual average | 8.59 | 9.61 | 10.56 | 10.75 | 10.39 | 9.55 (so far) |
| Change from the year before | −8.8% | +11.9% | +9.9% | +1.7% | −3.3% | −8.2% |
| Sector's median operating margin | – | 1.6% | 8.0% | 6.8% | 5.7% | – |
Source: Norges Bank (EXR, NLOD 2.0). Source · fetched 30 October 2026
When export price of crude oil fell in 2025, 141 of 302 ranked companies kept their operating margin at or above the year before. Among the largest: VÅR ENERGI ASA (50.9% → 51.7%), A/S Norske Shell (79.4% → 81.2%), SCHLUMBERGER NORGE AS (6.9% → 7.9%), SUBSEA 7 NORWAY AS (9.5% → 15.5%), DEEPOCEAN AS (11.1% → 14.8%).
We show the drivers and the margin side by side and claim no cause. Sensitivity per company is not computed until we have at least 10 years of accounts per company: with three years such figures are false precision.
The sector in Norway (SSB)
The whole industry as Statistics Norway counts it: every enterprise, not only the limited companies we rank. Use these figures as background for the ranking above.
Enterprises, employment and turnover · 2024
- Enterprises
- 353
- −9.9% from 2023
- Persons employed · 2023
- 67,328
- Turnover · 2023
- NOK 1,558.0 bn
- Gross operating margin · 2023
- 79.5%
- Gross operating surplus divided by turnover
All enterprises, sole proprietorships included. SSB withholds some figures for confidentiality. The figure then shows the latest year with every value, and the year is given beside it.
Bankruptcies in the industry
2 enterprise bankruptcies in the last four quarters (2025K4–2026K3). Change +100.0% against the four quarters before (1). That is about 5.7 per 1,000 enterprises.
Foreign-controlled enterprises · 2024
- Share of enterprises
- 13.5%
- Share of persons employed
- 47.2%
- Share of turnover
- –
SSB publishes this for groups of industries only. The figures are for the group “Olje- og gassutvinning og bergverksdrift”. A dash means SSB withholds the figure.
Production index · Utvinning og utvinningstjenester
107.0 index, 2021 = 100, seasonally adjusted · 2026M08
−0.4% against 2025M08.
Monthly, 2023M08 to 2026M08.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 12910, table 10790, table 08085, table 07095. CC BY 4.0. Our industry codes (SN2025) are linked to SSB’s (SN2007) with SSB’s correspondence table in Klass.
Latest bankruptcies and liquidations
- DK OFFSHORE AS 934925947 Voluntary liquidation · 27 October 2026 · 1 MNOK (2025)
- OCV RECOVERY AS 984158939 Voluntary liquidation · 10 October 2026
- KARPINSKY OIL & GAS COMPANY AS 979302932 Voluntary liquidation · 21 August 2026 · 6 MNOK (2025)
- FEARNLEY NORGE AS 986548742 Voluntary liquidation · 4 August 2026
- UPSTREAM CONSULTANTS AS 982790239 Voluntary liquidation · 3 June 2026 · 1 MNOK (2025)
- CAPEOMEGA AS 995152142 Voluntary liquidation · 24 April 2026 · 0 MNOK (2025)
- NORTH SEA COMMANDER SHIPPING AS 989594877 Voluntary liquidation · 24 April 2026 · 78 MNOK (2025)
- FRAM ENERGY AS 974346427 Bankruptcy · 27 November 2025
Industry codes (NACE)
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 06.100 | Utvinning av råolje |
| 06.200 | Utvinning av naturgass |
| 09.101 | Boretjenester tilknyttet utvinning av råolje og naturgass |
| 09.109 | Andre tjenester tilknyttet utvinning av råolje og naturgass |
| 19.200 | Produksjon av raffinerte petroleumsprodukter og fossile brenselsprodukter |
| 49.500 | Rørtransport |