Oil and gas
FollowDownload sector report (PDF)320 companies ranked against comparable companies in three size tiers. Fiscal year 2025. Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre. Methodology
Ranking by size · 2025
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Biggest moves
- EQUINOR REFINING NORWAY AS+71
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from −49.8% to 76.2% and the equity ratio rose from 15.9% to 62.2%.
- SEA1 OFFSHORE REDERI AS+48
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from 41.2% to 63.5% and the equity ratio rose from 31.1% to 65.3%.
- DOF SUBSEA REDERI III AS+47
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from −16.3% to 38.6% and the equity ratio rose from −56.0% to 21.1%.
- INEOS E&P (NORGE) PETROLEUM DK AS+47
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from −195.7% to 133.7% and the equity ratio rose from −112.0% to 55.3%.
Olje og gass: 320 ranked companies in fiscal year 2025.
Best in the sector: CAPEOMEGA GAS TRANSPORTATION AS (score 85, operating margin 98.5%, equity ratio 98.7%). SEA1 OFFSHORE REDERI AS (score 85, operating margin 63.5%, equity ratio 65.3%). HAVEN RIGCO AS (score 84, operating margin 122.4%, equity ratio 97.3%).
Weakest in the sector: ISLAND DRILLING COMPANY AS (score 2, operating margin −355.1%, equity ratio −48.2%). CLAXTON ENGINEERING SERVICES AS (score 8, operating margin −44.3%, equity ratio −37.8%). SAFETY LEADERS AS (score 9, operating margin −8.0%, equity ratio −37.6%).
Worth a closer look
- The median operating margin fell from 6.8% in 2024 to 5.7% in 2025 (1.1 percentage points).
- The median equity ratio rose from 29.4% in 2024 to 32.6% in 2025 (3.2 percentage points).
- The median revenue growth fell from 8.0% in 2024 to 4.7% in 2025 (3.3 percentage points).
- The share with a loss went from 35% in 2024 to 36% in 2025.
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Top lists in the sector · 2025
The five largest companies account for 74% of the sector's revenue. Combined profit before tax for the 320 ranked companies: 584,200 MNOK.
Highest revenue
- EQUINOR ASA 706,144 MNOK
- EQUINOR ENERGY AS 386,771 MNOK
- AKER BP ASA 113,711 MNOK
- VÅR ENERGI ASA 84,127 MNOK
- TOTALENERGIES EP NORGE AS 61,500 MNOK
Operating revenue.
Highest operating margin
- IK GROUP AS 149.8%
- HAVILA HARMONY AS 138.5%
- INEOS E&P (NORGE) PETROLEUM DK AS 133.7%
- HAVEN RIGCO AS 122.4%
- CAPTROL AS 121.8%
Operating result divided by operating revenue.
Largest profit
- EQUINOR ENERGY AS 260,861 MNOK
- EQUINOR ASA 63,636 MNOK
- AKER BP ASA 47,883 MNOK
- VÅR ENERGI ASA 44,755 MNOK
- TOTALENERGIES EP NORGE AS 40,674 MNOK
Profit before tax.
Largest loss
- SCHLUMBERGER NORGE AS −3,169 MNOK
- REPSOL NORGE AS −1,433 MNOK
- DOLPHIN DRILLING AS −1,101 MNOK
- ISLAND DRILLING COMPANY AS −683 MNOK
- LIME PETROLEUM AS −459 MNOK
Profit before tax, the largest negative.
Most solid
- JARALA AS 99.9%
- FC WELL INVEST AS 99.9%
- CINCLUS IV AS 99.8%
- PRA GROUP EUROPE PORTFOLIO AS 99.8%
- EQUINOR VENTURES AS 99.8%
Equity ratio: equity divided by total assets.
Fastest growth
- SEA1 MARINE CREW AS +366.2%
- TRANSOCEAN BARENTS ASA +298.9%
- INEOS E&P (NORGE) PETROLEUM DK AS +297.9%
- WEST ASSET MANAGEMENT AS +152.0%
- DOF SUBSEA NORWAY AS +142.4%
Revenue growth from the year before, only from at least NOK 10 million in revenue.
Largest revenue decline
- DEEP SEA DRILLING COMPANY I AS −98.2%
- FC WELL INVEST AS −86.4%
- PETROJARL I PRODUCTION AS −83.4%
- EQUINOR ARGENTINA AS −82.0%
- DNO NORGE AS −75.9%
Revenue decline from the year before, only from at least NOK 10 million in revenue.
Biggest climbers
- EQUINOR REFINING NORWAY AS +70.6 points
- SEA1 OFFSHORE REDERI AS +47.6 points
- INEOS E&P (NORGE) PETROLEUM DK AS +47.5 points
- DOF SUBSEA REDERI III AS +46.7 points
- TRANSOCEAN BARENTS ASA +39.3 points
Change in index points from the year before.
Biggest fallers
- TDW OFFSHORE SERVICES AS −33.3 points
- OKEA ASA −32.9 points
- OLYMPIC DELTA AS −32.6 points
- SOLSTAD CONSTRUCTION AS −31.9 points
- NORMAND DRIFT AS −31.4 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 661.3 MNOK
- ORLEN UPSTREAM NORWAY AS 258.7 MNOK
- OMV NORGE AS 204.2 MNOK
- HARBOUR ENERGY NORGE AS 155.8 MNOK
- LIME PETROLEUM AS 93.2 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 · 2025
Bubble size shows relative revenue, not exact figures. Dashed lines show where the 5 companies that moved most stood in 2024 (small ring).
- EQUINOR REFINING NORWAY AS profitability 1 → 86, solidity 37 → 92
- INEOS E&P (NORGE) PETROLEUM DK AS profitability 8 → 76, solidity 0 → 58
- DOF SUBSEA REDERI III AS profitability 9 → 86, solidity 0 → 29
- TDW OFFSHORE SERVICES AS profitability 83 → 15, solidity 65 → 59
- OKEA ASA profitability 71 → 8, solidity 14 → 8
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Summary · fiscal year 2025
The sector's median operating margin is 5.7%. 89 of 595 companies have negative equity. The median equity ratio is 32.6%.
All figures are for fiscal year 2025. Ranked: 320 operating companies. Holding companies, excluded companies and companies without enough data are shown but not ranked. How to read the index
- 35 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 2024 to 2025, for 293 companies ranked in both years.
Climbers
- 311EQUINOR REFINING NORWAY ASfrom rank 316 to 584
- 244SEA1 OFFSHORE REDERI ASfrom rank 246 to 285
- 231DOLPHIN DRILLING ASfrom rank 280 to 4968
- 227INEOS E&P (NORGE) PETROLEUM DK ASfrom rank 315 to 8861
- 219PANDION ENERGY ASfrom rank 263 to 4470
Fallers
- 188TDW OFFSHORE SERVICES ASfrom rank 67 to 25533
- 179OKEA ASAfrom rank 118 to 29722
- 178FOURPHASE ASfrom rank 54 to 23239
- 178MOHN DRILLING ASfrom rank 71 to 24934
- 176NORMAND DRIFT ASfrom rank 39 to 21541
Awards · 2025
Needs attention · 2025
344 companies show at least one warning sign. Showing the 15 most important.
- criticalTRANSOCEAN NORWAY OPERATIONS ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.94) · Loss before tax
- criticalSONGA OFFSHORE RIG 3 ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.74) · Loss before tax
- criticalLIME PETROLEUM ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.83) · Loss before tax
- criticalNORTHERN OCEAN WIND ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.98) · Loss before tax
- criticalHAVILA CHARTERING ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.46) · Loss before tax
- criticalISLAND DRILLING COMPANY ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.10) · Loss before tax
- criticalTASIK TOBA SUBSEA ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.93) · Loss before tax
- criticalMARDAHL INDUSTRI ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.70) · Loss before tax
- criticalAVIUM SUBSEA ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.03) · Loss before tax
- criticalCLAXTON ENGINEERING SERVICES ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.66) · Loss before tax
- criticalTWMA NORGE ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.78) · Loss before tax
- criticalGENESIS ENERGIES NORWAY ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.62) · Loss before tax
- criticalHØYDESIKRING ACCESS ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.66) · Loss before tax
- criticalSAFETY LEADERS ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.54) · Loss before tax
- criticalIOSOLUTIONS ASNegative equity · Current ratio below 1 (0.22) · Loss before tax
Sector map · 2025
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 |