About ONS
Facts & Figures
ONS takes place every second year in Stavanger Norway. The next event is 26-29 August 2024.
Key figures ONS 2024
Theme: IMAGINE
Total visitors: 72 676 people visited ONS 2024
Exhibition: Over 1100 companies from 35 countries
ONS Conference: Over 2500 delegates attended the Conference.
Centre Court: More than 2500 people attended the sessions over four days
The Net Zero Markets: 4050 people attended over sessions on hydrogen, CCUS, batteries/energy storage, solar energy, offshore wind, nuclear and green shipping.
Technical Sessions: 2400 people attended the sessions over four days.
Scale-ups: 1291 people attended sessions in the Scale-ups venue
Young: 3430 registered students, 472 young professionals, 1956 future students (VGS) and 100 middle school students participated at the ONS Young arena.
Summit: the ONS Summit gathered more than 56 top leaders and 25 observers from governments, corporations and academia from 15 countries
International Markets presented by NORWEP: International Markets were visited by close to 200 international delegates who participated in more than 500 B2B meetings with different Norwegian companies and counting in total some 1300 participants through 12 market sessions and workshops.
ONS+: 10 pavilions, 1500 people participated in the road race ONS+ Global Relay for Life. The highest level of cell phones registered downtown/bay area (Vågen) was over 22 000 before the ONS Concert Wednesday night.
Media: 195 journalists from 15 countries were accredited to cover ONS 2024
Innovation Awards: Evyon and Siemens Gamesa.
Best Stand Awards: Petoro for stands 50 square meters or larger, and DeepOcean winner for stands smaller than 50 square meters.
NOD’s IRA Award: The licenses on the Vallhall and Hod field in the North Sea
Key figures ONS 2022
Theme: TRUST
Total visitors: 61 098 people from 94 countries visited ONS 2022
Exhibition: Over 1000 companies from 82 countries
ONS Conference: Over 900 delegates attended the Conference Opening Monday.
Centre Court: More than 1850 people attended the sessions over four days
The Net Zero Markets: 2400 people attended over sessions on hydrogen, CCUS, batteries/energy storage, solar energy, and offshore wind.
Technical Sessions: 1140 people attended the sessions over four days.
Scale-ups: 1000 people attended sessions in the Scale-ups venue
Young: 2730 registered students, 450 young professionals, 1800 future students (VGS) and 170 middle school students participated at the ONS Young arena.
Summit: the ONS Summit Meeting gathered more than 75 top leaders and 14 observers from governments, corporations and academia from 18 countries
International Markets presented by NORWEP: 196 delegates participating in 17 offshore wind workshops and 12 markets sessions. More than 280 B2B meetings.
ONS+: 7 pavilions, 1500 people participated in the road race “Run for Fun”. The highest level of cell phones registered downtown/bay area (Vågen) was over 28 000 during the ONS Concert Wednesday night.
Media: 230 journalists from 20 countries were accredited to cover ONS 2022
Innovation Awards: Wärtsilä Norway and Ruden AS
Distinguished Service Awards: Dr. Fatih Birol
Best Stand Awards: Wintershall Dea for stands 50 square meters or larger, and Safety Tools winner for stands smaller than 50 square meters.
NPD’s IOR Award: The licenses on the Statfjord field in the North Sea from 94
ONS 2020 Goes Digital
Theme: Together
75 speakers of whom 50% were international.
44 sessions with a gender distribution on 50% including moderators and hosts.
A 60 minutes opening session
5 webinars
21 video interviews
2 lectures
3 discussions with more than two participants
3 discussions with more than two participants
11 reportages
43.145 visitors have seen the content through the ons.no webpage
Innovation Awards: Blue Logic and Northern Lights
Key figures from ONS 2018
Theme: Innoate
Total visitors: 68 174 people from 98 nations
Innovation Awards: Interwell and Typhonix
Special Innovation Award: Lord Cullen
Distinguished Service Awards: Bente Nyland and Philip Lambert
Best Stand Awards: Wintershall for stands 50 square meters or larger, and IGUS winner for stands smaller than 50 square meters.
NPD’s IOR Award: The licensees for the Alvheim field
Exhibition
9 exhibition halls
1 124 companies from 37 countries
20 000 square metres exhibition space
Operators and suppliers from the entire
energy industry
Conference
ONS Conference: 3 635 delegates
Centre Court: More than 6 187 attended the
sessionsTechnical Sessions: 2 296 people attended 27 sessions
Young: 4 700 participated at the young arena
International Markets: 1 161 participants
through 10 sessions – 350 B2B meetingsRenewable Markets: 205 participants
Summit: Gathered more than 90 top leaders of government, corporations and academia
from 23 countries
ONS+
Nine pavilions offered food, drinks and entertainment through the ONS week
2 177 participated in the roadrace Run
for Fun.A large crowd saw AURORA perform at
the ONS Concert
Past Speakers at ONS
ONS themes - Historical
The chosen theme helps set the agenda for ONS.
Here is an overview of the themes over the years
2022: Trust
2020: Together
2018: Innovate
2016: Transition
2014: Changes
2012: Confronting Energy Paradoxes
2010: Energy for more people
2008: Energy for one world
2006: Bridging the energy gap
2004: Shaping our energy future
2002: Energizing a new generation
2000: Shaping the future of the energy industry
1998: Energy needs and environmental demands
1996: Oil and gas beyond 2000 – new frontiers
1994: A changing world – a changing industry
1992: Future energy markets – political and technological perspectives
1990: The petroleum industry adjusting to new realities
1988: Oil and gas in the 1990’s – perspectives, challenges and opportunities
1986: Northern waters: new political, economic and technical opportunities and concerns
1984: Uncertainties and innovation – management of northern offshore resources
1982: Production of oil and gas from deep hostile waters
1980: Uncertainties in the management of the offshore petroleum resources