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Field · Norwegian Sea

Alve

Alve is a gas and condensate field in the Norwegian Sea, discovered in 1990. Status: producing. Operator: Equinor Energy AS.

ProducingGas and condensate

Status
Producing
Contains
Gas and condensate
Sea area
Norwegian Sea
Operator
Equinor Energy AS
Discovered
1990
Approved for production
16 Mar 2007
Production start
19 Mar 2009
Supply base
Sandnessjøen
Sodir ID
4444332

Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate

Production

Last 12 months
1.22 million Sm³ o.e. · Aug 2025–Jul 2026
Share of Norwegian production
0.497 %no. 42 of 95 fields with production in the last 12 months
Per day
21,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
Peak year
2009 1.47 million Sm³ o.e.
0.00.51.01.5 2009: 1.47 million Sm³ o.e.2010: 1.37 million Sm³ o.e.20102011: 1.34 million Sm³ o.e.2012: 0.94 million Sm³ o.e.20122013: 0.57 million Sm³ o.e.2014: 0.91 million Sm³ o.e.20142015: 0.77 million Sm³ o.e.2016: 0.75 million Sm³ o.e.20162017: 1.19 million Sm³ o.e.2018: 1.00 million Sm³ o.e.20182019: 0.86 million Sm³ o.e.2020: 0.59 million Sm³ o.e.20202021: 0.61 million Sm³ o.e.2022: 0.70 million Sm³ o.e.20222023: 0.80 million Sm³ o.e.2024: 0.66 million Sm³ o.e.20242025: 0.67 million Sm³ o.e.2026: 0.79 million Sm³ o.e.2026

OilGasNGL2026 covers January–July (lighter bar).

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Production per year, Alvemillion Sm³ o.e.
YearOilGasNGLCondensateTotal
2026 (Jan–Jul)0.070.660.070.000.79
20250.050.520.090.000.67
20240.060.480.120.000.66
20230.080.580.130.000.80
20220.060.530.120.000.70
20210.050.440.130.000.61
20200.050.410.140.000.59
20190.090.570.200.000.86
20180.140.640.220.001.00
20170.180.770.250.001.19
20160.150.450.150.000.75
20150.150.460.160.000.77
20140.190.540.180.000.91
20130.140.320.120.000.57
20120.240.500.190.000.94
20110.320.750.270.001.34
20100.240.840.290.001.37
20090.260.900.310.001.47

Marketable production in million standard cubic metres of oil equivalent (Sm³ o.e.), per month from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, summed per year. Gas in billion Sm³ equals million Sm³ o.e. Figures up to and including July 2026. The conversion to barrels per day uses 1 Sm³ ≈ 6.29 barrels.

Reserves

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate's estimate as of 31 Dec 2025. Originally recoverable is everything the field is expected to produce; remaining is what is left.

Reserves in Alve
ProductOriginally recoverableRemainingUnit
Oil2.610.20million Sm³
Gas12.252.21billion Sm³
NGL1.640.27million tonnes
Total o.e.17.982.92million Sm³ o.e.

According to the estimate, 84 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.

Licensees

Licensees in Alve, updated by Sodir 20 Feb 2026
CompanyShareValid from
Equinor Energy ASEQNROperator53.00 %17 Dec 2025
DNO Norge ASDNO32.00 %17 Dec 2025
ORLEN Upstream Norway AS15.00 %17 Dec 2025

Companies on the analysis page link to their own page.

Facilities

Facilities belonging to Alve
NameTypeStatusIn service since
AlveMulti-well templateIn service2009

Sources

Sokkeldirektoratet, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (FactMaps and FactPages), Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Field data retrieved 28 Sep 2026, production 27 Sep 2026, licensees and reserves 28 Sep 2026. factpages.sodir.no · NLOD