The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (formerly The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate) has contributed to the opening process, among other things by coordinating work on the impact assessment and preparing a resource assessment.
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has mapped vast areas in the northern Norwegian Sea since 2017 and taken samples and collected data about minerals and metals found on the seabed. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate did this by means of their own expeditions, and also in cooperation with expert communities at the universities in Tromsø and Bergen.
