Field · the network on the Norwegian shelf
Alve Nord
Alve Nord is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea, operated by Aker BP ASA. The map shows the owners, the facilities, the pipelines, where the production comes ashore, the loading onto ships and the possible onward routes.
Show on the globeField pageFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
The network
From owner to market. Links without their own label have their source in the column heading; curated, derived and possible links are labelled at the link.
- The colour shows the content:
- Gas
- Oil
- Condensate
- CO₂
- Oil and condensate
- The line shows the source:
- pipeline in Sodir data
- curated from Sodir's field description
- possible onward route, not measured flow
- planned or not in service
The links show direction, not volume.
- Aker BP operator58.08%Aker BP ASA · unchanged since 9 Oct 2025
- Harbour Energy20.00%Harbour Energy Norge AS · unchanged since 28 Jun 2023
- ORLEN11.92%ORLEN Upstream Norway AS · unchanged since 28 Jun 2023
- JAPEX10.00%Japex Norge AS · unchanged since 9 Oct 2025
- The fieldAlve NordProducing · Oil and gasFacilities and pipelines
1 subsea facility in service
Processed at Skarv curated, Sodir 20 Feb 2026
- Åsgard Transport gas · 42″ · onward to Kårstø derived
- Skarv Gassrør gas · 26″ · onward to Åsgard T
Landfall- Kårstø Norway · gas derived
- Loaded onto ships oil curated, Sodir 20 Feb 2026
Market- Possible routes for the gas
- Dornum, Emden Germany
- Dunkerque France
- North Sea Entry Denmark
The receivers of the cargoes are not in the data.
Transport according to Sodir's field description
The gas is exported via the Åsgard Transport System (ÅTS) to the terminal at Kårstø. Oil and condensate is offloaded from the Skarv FPSO to shuttle tankers.
Quoted from Sodir's field description, updated 28 Aug 2026. Sodir, field description
Notes
- Oil loaded onto ships has no fixed route after the field. The buyers are not known.
- Gas is mixed in the pipeline network. A «possible route» is a pipeline connection onwards from a junction or an onshore plant, not a measure of where the field's gas actually goes.
- The arrows show direction, not volume. The direction is Sodir's from → to for each pipeline; Sodir has no flow per pipeline.
Rigs
Rigs that have drilled on Alve Nord in the last three yearsSodir, wellbores · 7 Oct 2026; Sodir, mobile facilities · 7 Oct 2026
Pipeline systems and plants
Pipeline systems and plants (TUF) that the field's pipelines belong to or that the production continues into, with the owners. “Onward” means that the production continues into it. The link comes from the pipelines in the map above.
Pipeline systems and plantsSodir, pipeline systems and plants · 7 Oct 2026
Fleet
Rigs drilling, offshore vessels at the facilities in the AIS picture 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC and the supply vessels from the base in the last 30 days.
Offshore vessels at the facilities
Within 2 km of a facility and under 1 knot. AIS from Kystverket (Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset real-time picture) (NLOD 1.0), 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC · Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset: reported voyages and register type (SafeSeaNet) (NLOD 1.0), 6 Oct 2026
- Viking Lady Platform Supply Ship
At Skarv FPSO (Skarv), 120 m
AIS 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC · 0.5 kn
Visits, latest day with data: 1 Oct
Rigs and offshore vessels that lay within 2 km of a facility at under 1 knot for at least 30 minutes, according to the AIS positions for 1 Oct 2026 from the Norwegian Coastal Administration. Kystdatahuset publishes the history about a week late. A visit shows that the vessel was there, not who it worked for. AIS from Kystverket (Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset historical positions) (NLOD 1.0), latest day 1 Oct 2026 · Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset: register type (SafeSeaNet) (NLOD 1.0), 1 Oct 2026 · Norwegian Offshore Directorate, facilities with position (NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026 · OESA, rig key Sodir ↔ MMSI ↔ IMO (curated) (NLOD 1.0 / NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026
No rigs or offshore vessels lay at the facilities in the period.
Method: A visit is a continuous stay within 2 km of a facility at under 1 knot for at least 30 minutes, computed from the AIS positions. Gaps in the data of up to 60 minutes, or 3 hours when the vessel is in the same place before and after, do not count as interruptions. Hours are the sum of the visits. Only rigs and vessels with an offshore register type or registered with the Norwegian Offshore Directorate are included.
Who charters a rig or vessel, and at what rate, is not in open data. A vessel is linked to a field only when AIS shows it within 2 km of one of the field's own facilities or its host facility, at under 1 knot – that says the vessel was there, not who it works for. Facilities on the export route do not count. Tankers loading oil from production ships (FPSOs) and loading buoys are not included. AIS coverage offshore varies. A vessel without positions for a period may have been there without being recorded. Ship data: Norwegian Coastal Administration. Not for navigation.
Events
Ownership changes, exploration wells and discoveries, rigs that move, production start-up and contracts, with a link to the source.
- Production
Production started on Alve Nord
Owners: Aker BP 58.083%, Harbour Energy 20%, ORLEN 11.918% and JAPEX 10%
- Ownership
JAPEX acquired interests in 3 production licences from Aker BP
Fields: Alve Nord
At Sodir: PL 127 (25%), PL 127 C (10%), PL 127 DS (44.041%)
Last 12 months (7 Oct 2025–7 Oct 2026). Ownership: name changes and moves within a group are left out. The field is named only when the licence owns the field directly at Sodir. Sources: Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir, NLOD 2.0): licence transfers (retrieved 7 Oct 2026), exploration wells and discoveries (7 Oct 2026), wellbores with drilling rig and the company responsible for the rig (7 Oct 2026) and field status (7 Oct 2026).
Sources
All figures and links on the page come from these sources. Curated links are entered by hand by OESA from the source text, and the quote is checked against the source at every build.
- ENTSOG Transparency Platform, entry points for Norwegian gas (the points in OESA's gas panel); position from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate 7 Oct 2026
- OESA, pipeline graph derived from Sodir pipelines and facilities (merging ≤0.8 km, tee ≤4 km, branch ≤1 km) 7 Oct 2026Pipelines are linked on the Sodir facility ids. Pipeline ends without a continuation are linked into the nearest pipeline with the same medium within 4 km.
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, wellbores with drilling facility (spudded in the last three years) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, licensees per field (current shares) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, fields: status, operator and supply base 28 Sep 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, mobile facilities (responsible company and Acknowledgement of Compliance) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, facilities 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, marketable production per field and month 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, reserves per field 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, transport pipelines 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, owners and operators of pipeline systems and plants (TUF) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, field description Alve Nord (Transport), curated by OESA 28 Aug 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, field description Skarv (Transport), curated by OESA 20 Feb 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
Not in the data: Flow in each pipeline, which field's gas ends up in which country, and the buyers of oil and gas. Gas is mixed in the network, so a “possible route” is a pipeline connection, not measured flow.