A field is one or several discoveries combined which the licensees have decided to develop, and for which the authorities have approved a plan for development and operation (PDO) or granted a PDO exemption.
Since production started in 1971, oil and gas have been produced from a total of 115 fields on the Norwegian shelf. At the end of 2020, 90 fields were in production: 67 in the North Sea, 21 in the Norwegian Sea and 2 in the Barents Sea. Three new fields started producing in 2020: Skogul, Ærfugl and Dvalin. Tor also started production again after a redevelopment of the field. A further 9 fields were under development at the end of the year.
Many of the producing fields are ageing, but some of them still have substantial remaining reserves. Moreover, the resource base in these fields increases when small discoveries in the area are tied in to existing infrastructure.
Original and remaining reserves are given in million standard cubic metres of oil equivalents (mill. Sm³ o.e.).
Field name | Area | Status | Disc. year | Orig. res. | Rem. res. | Prod. start | Operator |
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AASTA HANSTEEN | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1997 | 54.70 | 47.99 | 16.12.2018 | Equinor Energy AS |
ALBUSKJELL | North Sea | Shut down | 1972 | 24.76 | 0.00 | 26.05.1979 | ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS |
ALVE | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1990 | 14.15 | 2.97 | 19.03.2009 | Equinor Energy AS |
ALVHEIM | North Sea | Producing | 1998 | 61.85 | 13.51 | 08.06.2008 | Aker BP ASA |
ATLA | North Sea | Producing | 2010 | 1.80 | 0.00 | 07.10.2012 | Total E&P Norge AS |
BALDER | North Sea | Producing | 1967 | 110.12 | 37.42 | 02.10.1999 | Vår Energi AS |
BAUGE | Norwegian Sea | Approved for production | 2013 | 11.66 | 11.66 | Equinor Energy AS | |
BLANE | North Sea | Producing | 1989 | 0.90 | 0.08 | 12.09.2007 | Repsol Norge AS |
BRAGE | North Sea | Producing | 1980 | 69.24 | 3.52 | 23.09.1993 | Wintershall Dea Norge AS |
BRYNHILD | North Sea | Shut down | 1992 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 24.12.2014 | Lundin Energy Norway AS |
BYRDING | North Sea | Producing | 2005 | 1.95 | 0.99 | 12.07.2017 | Equinor Energy AS |
BØYLA | North Sea | Producing | 2009 | 2.80 | 0.52 | 19.01.2015 | Aker BP ASA |
COD | North Sea | Shut down | 1968 | 11.15 | 0.00 | 26.12.1977 | ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS |
DRAUGEN | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1984 | 157.87 | 9.45 | 19.10.1993 | OKEA ASA |
DUVA | North Sea | Approved for production | 2016 | 14.05 | 14.05 | Neptune Energy Norge AS | |
DVALIN | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 2010 | 18.81 | 18.81 | 23.11.2020 | Wintershall Dea Norge AS |
EDDA | North Sea | Shut down | 1972 | 7.20 | 0.00 | 02.12.1979 | ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS |
EDVARD GRIEG | North Sea | Producing | 2007 | 48.18 | 25.91 | 28.11.2015 | Lundin Energy Norway AS |
EKOFISK | North Sea | Producing | 1969 | 733.27 | 73.65 | 15.06.1971 | ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS |
ELDFISK | North Sea | Producing | 1970 | 191.39 | 24.59 | 08.08.1979 | ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS |
EMBLA | North Sea | Producing | 1988 | 19.16 | 1.36 | 12.05.1993 | ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS |
ENOCH | North Sea | Producing | 0.38 | 0.03 | 31.05.2007 | ||
FENJA | Norwegian Sea | Approved for production | 2014 | 15.36 | 15.36 | Neptune Energy Norge AS | |
FLYNDRE | North Sea | Producing | 1974 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 26.03.2017 | |
FRAM | North Sea | Producing | 1990 | 63.02 | 17.97 | 02.10.2003 | Equinor Energy AS |
FRAM H-NORD | North Sea | Producing | 2007 | 0.70 | 0.08 | 06.09.2014 | Equinor Energy AS |
FRIGG | North Sea | Shut down | 1971 | 116.63 | 0.00 | 13.09.1977 | Equinor Energy AS |
FRØY | North Sea | Shut down | 1987 | 7.27 | 0.00 | 15.05.1995 | Aker BP ASA |
GAUPE | North Sea | Shut down | 1985 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 31.03.2012 | A/S Norske Shell |
GIMLE | North Sea | Producing | 2004 | 4.19 | 0.00 | 19.05.2006 | Equinor Energy AS |
GINA KROG | North Sea | Producing | 1978 | 33.20 | 25.80 | 30.06.2017 | Equinor Energy AS |
GJØA | North Sea | Producing | 1989 | 75.37 | 16.83 | 07.11.2010 | Neptune Energy Norge AS |
GLITNE | North Sea | Shut down | 1995 | 8.88 | 0.00 | 29.08.2001 | Aker BP ASA |
GOLIAT | Barents Sea | Producing | 2000 | 31.60 | 20.13 | 12.03.2016 | Vår Energi AS |
GRANE | North Sea | Producing | 1991 | 150.41 | 25.83 | 23.09.2003 | Equinor Energy AS |
GUDRUN | North Sea | Producing | 1975 | 44.91 | 18.48 | 07.04.2014 | Equinor Energy AS |
GULLFAKS | North Sea | Producing | 1978 | 415.52 | 16.46 | 22.12.1986 | Equinor Energy AS |
GULLFAKS SØR | North Sea | Producing | 1978 | 180.10 | 46.13 | 10.10.1998 | Equinor Energy AS |
GUNGNE | North Sea | Producing | 1982 | 24.73 | 0.64 | 21.04.1996 | Equinor Energy AS |
GYDA | North Sea | Shut down | 1980 | 45.51 | 0.01 | 21.06.1990 | Repsol Norge AS |
HANZ | North Sea | Approved for production | 1997 | 2.76 | 2.76 | Aker BP ASA | |
HEIDRUN | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1985 | 249.25 | 62.02 | 18.10.1995 | Equinor Energy AS |
HEIMDAL | North Sea | Producing | 1972 | 52.90 | 0.01 | 13.12.1985 | Equinor Energy AS |
HOD | North Sea | Producing | 1974 | 12.81 | 0.58 | 30.09.1990 | Aker BP ASA |
HULDRA | North Sea | Shut down | 1982 | 22.76 | 0.00 | 21.11.2001 | Equinor Energy AS |
HYME | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 2009 | 4.58 | 2.24 | 02.03.2013 | Equinor Energy AS |
ISLAY | North Sea | Producing | 0.10 | 0.00 | 10.04.2012 | ||
IVAR AASEN | North Sea | Producing | 2008 | 29.00 | 18.59 | 24.12.2016 | Aker BP ASA |
JETTE | North Sea | Shut down | 2009 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 20.05.2013 | |
JOHAN CASTBERG | Barents Sea | Approved for production | 2011 | 88.90 | 88.90 | Equinor Energy AS | |
JOHAN SVERDRUP | North Sea | Producing | 2010 | 425.38 | 421.44 | 05.10.2019 | Equinor Energy AS |
JOTUN | North Sea | Shut down | 1994 | 24.02 | 0.00 | 25.10.1999 | Vår Energi AS |
KNARR | North Sea | Producing | 2008 | 11.35 | 1.85 | 16.03.2015 | A/S Norske Shell |
KRISTIN | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1997 | 66.84 | 6.66 | 03.11.2005 | Equinor Energy AS |
KVITEBJØRN | North Sea | Producing | 1994 | 151.12 | 29.32 | 26.09.2004 | Equinor Energy AS |
LILLE-FRIGG | North Sea | Shut down | 1975 | 3.54 | 0.00 | 13.05.1994 | Aker BP ASA |
MARIA | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 2010 | 10.18 | 8.25 | 16.12.2017 | Wintershall Dea Norge AS |
MARTIN LINGE | North Sea | Approved for production | 1978 | 41.68 | 41.68 | Equinor Energy AS | |
MARULK | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1992 | 9.75 | 2.04 | 02.04.2012 | Vår Energi AS |
MIKKEL | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1987 | 56.94 | 11.67 | 01.08.2003 | Equinor Energy AS |
MIME | North Sea | Shut down | 1982 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 01.01.1993 | Aker BP ASA |
MORVIN | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 2001 | 15.41 | 1.65 | 01.08.2010 | Equinor Energy AS |
MURCHISON | North Sea | Shut down | 14.82 | 0.00 | 28.09.1980 | ||
NJORD | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1986 | 66.89 | 25.65 | 30.09.1997 | Equinor Energy AS |
NORDØST FRIGG | North Sea | Shut down | 1974 | 11.64 | 0.00 | 01.12.1983 | Equinor Energy AS |
NORNE | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1992 | 111.16 | 9.95 | 06.11.1997 | Equinor Energy AS |
NOVA | North Sea | Approved for production | 2012 | 12.52 | 12.52 | Wintershall Dea Norge AS | |
ODA | North Sea | Producing | 2011 | 5.19 | 4.62 | 16.03.2019 | Spirit Energy Norway AS |
ODIN | North Sea | Shut down | 1974 | 27.42 | 0.00 | 01.04.1984 | Equinor Energy AS |
ORMEN LANGE | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1997 | 319.62 | 85.55 | 13.09.2007 | A/S Norske Shell |
OSEBERG | North Sea | Producing | 1979 | 545.54 | 85.25 | 01.12.1988 | Equinor Energy AS |
OSEBERG SØR | North Sea | Producing | 1984 | 97.28 | 26.74 | 05.02.2000 | Equinor Energy AS |
OSEBERG ØST | North Sea | Producing | 1981 | 24.33 | 1.65 | 03.05.1999 | Equinor Energy AS |
OSELVAR | North Sea | Shut down | 1991 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 14.04.2012 | DNO Norge AS |
REV | North Sea | Producing | 2001 | 3.56 | 0.02 | 24.01.2009 | Repsol Norge AS |
RINGHORNE ØST | North Sea | Producing | 2003 | 16.72 | 3.66 | 19.03.2006 | Vår Energi AS |
SIGYN | North Sea | Producing | 1982 | 19.50 | 0.31 | 22.12.2002 | Equinor Energy AS |
SINDRE | North Sea | Producing | 2017 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 26.05.2017 | Equinor Energy AS |
SKARV | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1998 | 60.25 | 21.65 | 01.01.2013 | Aker BP ASA |
SKIRNE | North Sea | Producing | 1990 | 13.10 | 0.41 | 03.03.2004 | Total E&P Norge AS |
SKOGUL | North Sea | Producing | 2010 | 1.56 | 1.56 | 11.03.2020 | Aker BP ASA |
SKULD | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 2008 | 6.26 | 1.48 | 19.03.2013 | Equinor Energy AS |
SLEIPNER VEST | North Sea | Producing | 1974 | 202.21 | 10.86 | 29.08.1996 | Equinor Energy AS |
SLEIPNER ØST | North Sea | Producing | 1981 | 120.99 | 0.39 | 24.08.1993 | Equinor Energy AS |
SNORRE | North Sea | Producing | 1979 | 327.08 | 90.06 | 03.08.1992 | Equinor Energy AS |
SNØHVIT | Barents Sea | Producing | 1984 | 256.36 | 180.98 | 21.08.2007 | Equinor Energy AS |
SOLVEIG | North Sea | Approved for production | 2013 | 9.22 | 9.22 | Lundin Energy Norway AS | |
STATFJORD | North Sea | Producing | 1974 | 703.81 | 9.54 | 24.11.1979 | Equinor Energy AS |
STATFJORD NORD | North Sea | Producing | 1977 | 44.43 | 1.94 | 23.01.1995 | Equinor Energy AS |
STATFJORD ØST | North Sea | Producing | 1976 | 45.90 | 0.52 | 24.09.1994 | Equinor Energy AS |
SVALIN | North Sea | Producing | 1992 | 9.63 | 3.77 | 24.03.2014 | Equinor Energy AS |
SYGNA | North Sea | Producing | 1996 | 11.33 | 0.63 | 01.08.2000 | Equinor Energy AS |
TAMBAR | North Sea | Producing | 1983 | 15.96 | 1.68 | 15.07.2001 | Aker BP ASA |
TAMBAR ØST | North Sea | Producing | 2007 | 0.43 | 0.07 | 02.10.2007 | Aker BP ASA |
TOMMELITEN GAMMA | North Sea | Shut down | 1978 | 14.64 | 0.00 | 03.10.1988 | ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS |
TOR | North Sea | Producing | 1970 | 48.40 | 10.83 | 03.12.2020 | ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS |
TORDIS | North Sea | Producing | 1987 | 74.58 | 4.81 | 03.06.1994 | Equinor Energy AS |
TRESTAKK | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1986 | 11.93 | 11.24 | 16.07.2019 | Equinor Energy AS |
TROLL | North Sea | Producing | 1979 | 1768.22 | 787.76 | 19.09.1995 | Equinor Energy AS |
TROLL BRENT B | North Sea | Shut down | 2005 | Equinor Energy AS | |||
TRYM | North Sea | Producing | 1990 | 6.26 | 0.83 | 12.02.2011 | DNO Norge AS |
TUNE | North Sea | Producing | 1995 | 22.54 | 0.22 | 28.11.2002 | Equinor Energy AS |
TYRIHANS | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1983 | 91.76 | 40.25 | 08.07.2009 | Equinor Energy AS |
ULA | North Sea | Producing | 1976 | 91.63 | 6.46 | 06.10.1986 | Aker BP ASA |
URD | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 2000 | 9.27 | 1.70 | 08.11.2005 | Equinor Energy AS |
UTGARD | North Sea | Producing | 1982 | 3.39 | 3.00 | 16.09.2019 | Equinor Energy AS |
VALE | North Sea | Producing | 1991 | 5.26 | 0.85 | 31.05.2002 | Spirit Energy Norway AS |
VALEMON | North Sea | Producing | 1985 | 17.16 | 4.60 | 03.01.2015 | Equinor Energy AS |
VALHALL | North Sea | Producing | 1975 | 200.36 | 50.77 | 02.10.1982 | Aker BP ASA |
VARG | North Sea | Shut down | 1984 | 16.69 | 0.00 | 22.12.1998 | Chrysaor Norge AS |
VEGA | North Sea | Producing | 1981 | 49.95 | 23.01 | 02.12.2010 | Wintershall Dea Norge AS |
VESLEFRIKK | North Sea | Producing | 1981 | 64.48 | 0.95 | 26.12.1989 | Equinor Energy AS |
VEST EKOFISK | North Sea | Shut down | 1970 | 40.84 | 0.00 | 31.05.1977 | ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS |
VIGDIS | North Sea | Producing | 1986 | 78.25 | 10.21 | 28.01.1997 | Equinor Energy AS |
VILJE | North Sea | Producing | 2003 | 15.09 | 2.22 | 01.08.2008 | Aker BP ASA |
VISUND | North Sea | Producing | 1986 | 114.81 | 50.03 | 21.04.1999 | Equinor Energy AS |
VISUND SØR | North Sea | Producing | 2008 | 10.29 | 1.32 | 22.11.2012 | Equinor Energy AS |
VOLUND | North Sea | Producing | 1994 | 13.89 | 1.85 | 10.09.2009 | Aker BP ASA |
VOLVE | North Sea | Shut down | 1993 | 11.50 | 0.00 | 12.02.2008 | |
YME | North Sea | Approved for production | 1987 | 19.44 | 11.53 | 27.02.1996 | Repsol Norge AS |
YTTERGRYTA | Norwegian Sea | Shut down | 2007 | 3.29 | 0.00 | 05.01.2009 | Equinor Energy AS |
ÅSGARD | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 1981 | 423.99 | 50.58 | 19.05.1999 | Equinor Energy AS |
ÆRFUGL | Norwegian Sea | Producing | 2000 | 50.83 | 42.95 | 18.04.2020 | Aker BP ASA |
ØST FRIGG | North Sea | Shut down | 1973 | 9.29 | 0.00 | 01.10.1988 | Aker BP ASA |