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Alve

Alve is a gas and condensate field in the Norwegian Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. The map shows the owners, the facilities, the pipelines, where the production comes ashore, the loading onto ships and the possible onward routes.

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Marketable production, last 12 months
1.22 million Sm³ o.e.
Aug 2025–Jul 2026 · Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Production Jul 2026
0.12 million Sm³ o.e.
Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Gas, last 12 months
1.00 billion Sm³
Aug 2025–Jul 2026 · Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Share of Norwegian production
0.497%
Estimate · Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Remaining reserves
2.92 million Sm³ o.e.
as of 31 Dec 2025 · Sodir, reserves · 7 Oct 2026
Licensees
3
Sodir, licensees · 7 Oct 2026
Rigs that have drilled here in the last three years
1
Sodir, wellbores · 7 Oct 2026

Estimate: The field's marketable production over the last 12 months divided by the total for all fields (Sodir).

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.

Licensees
  • Equinor operator53.00%Equinor Energy AS · unchanged since 30 Apr 2019
  • DNO32.00%DNO Norge AS · unchanged since 17 Dec 2025
  • ORLEN15.00%ORLEN Upstream Norway AS · unchanged since 30 Sep 2021
Sodir, licensees · 7 Oct 2026
The fieldSodir, fields · 28 Sep 2026; Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Facilities and pipelinesSodir, facilities · 7 Oct 2026; Sodir, pipelines · 7 Oct 2026
Landfall
MarketENTSOG points in the gas panel · 7 Oct 2026; OESA pipeline graph · 7 Oct 2026
  1. The fieldAlveProducing · Gas and condensate1.22 million Sm³ o.e. Aug 2025–Jul 2026Supply base: Sandnessjøen
    Facilities and pipelines

    1 subsea facility in service

    Processed at Norne curated, Sodir 20 Feb 2026

    Landfall
    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 oil is offloaded from the Norne FPSO and the gas is transported via the Norne pipeline to the Åsgard Transport System (ÅTS) and further to the Kårstø terminal for export.

Quoted from Sodir's field description, updated 20 Feb 2026. Sodir, field description

Notes

Rigs

Rigs that have drilled on Alve in the last three yearsSodir, wellbores · 7 Oct 2026; Sodir, mobile facilities · 7 Oct 2026

RigResponsible company (Sodir)Latest wellOperatorSpuddedWellbores, 3 yrs
Transocean EncourageTransocean6608/10-M-4 CHEquinor17 Jun 20251

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

NameTypeOperatorLinkOwners
GassledJoint ventureGasscoonwardPetoro (SDFI) 100.00%
Norne GasstransportPipelineGasscoonwardPetoro (SDFI) 100.00%

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.

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.

Supply vessels from the base, last 30 days

Reported departures by offshore vessels (register type in SafeSeaNet). Supply base: Norwegian Offshore Directorate (the field's main supply base); the port's position from the World Port Index, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap (NLOD 2.0 / offentlig eiendom / ODbL), 28 Sep 2026 · Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset: reported voyages and register type (SafeSeaNet) (NLOD 1.0), 6 Oct 2026

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. Supply vessels per base are based on reported departures (SafeSeaNet). The destination is usually just the sea area (“Offshoreinst. Nordsjøen”, “… Barentshavet”), so the field the vessel supplies is not stated. Peterhead is British and has no departures in Kystdatahuset. 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.

No events in the last 12 months in the data.

Last 12 months (7 Oct 2025–7 Oct 2026). 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).

Economics

Estimated gross sales value of the field's marketable production, month by month.

Last 12 months
5.8 NOK bnestimateAug 2025–Jul 2026
July 2026
742 NOK mestimateBrent USD 83.76/bbl · gas EUR 54.0/MWh
Share of the shelf's value
0.495%estimatelast 12 months
Gas in the value
86%estimatelast 12 months

Oil and condensateGasNGL

0200400600800August 2024: NOK 277 m · Oil and condensate 27 · Gas 220 · NGL 29September 2024: NOK 0.0 mOctober 2024: NOK 167 m · Oil and condensate 16 · Gas 135 · NGL 16Oct 24November 2024: NOK 310 m · Oil and condensate 27 · Gas 253 · NGL 30December 2024: NOK 244 m · Oil and condensate 20 · Gas 200 · NGL 24January 2025: NOK 338 m · Oil and condensate 29 · Gas 279 · NGL 30Jan 25February 2025: NOK 260 m · Oil and condensate 20 · Gas 216 · NGL 24March 2025: NOK 279 m · Oil and condensate 24 · Gas 224 · NGL 31April 2025: NOK 189 m · Oil and condensate 17 · Gas 152 · NGL 21Apr 25May 2025: NOK 0.0 mJune 2025: NOK 0.0 mJuly 2025: NOK 136 m · Oil and condensate 13 · Gas 111 · NGL 13Jul 25August 2025: NOK 217 m · Oil and condensate 20 · Gas 177 · NGL 21September 2025: NOK 221 m · Oil and condensate 19 · Gas 181 · NGL 21October 2025: NOK 248 m · Oil and condensate 15 · Gas 211 · NGL 22Oct 25November 2025: NOK 478 m · Oil and condensate 19 · Gas 423 · NGL 35December 2025: NOK 463 m · Oil and condensate 59 · Gas 378 · NGL 26January 2026: NOK 460 m · Oil and condensate 26 · Gas 412 · NGL 21Jan 26February 2026: NOK 395 m · Oil and condensate 25 · Gas 351 · NGL 19March 2026: NOK 692 m · Oil and condensate 63 · Gas 607 · NGL 22April 2026: NOK 538 m · Oil and condensate 73 · Gas 440 · NGL 25Apr 26May 2026: NOK 751 m · Oil and condensate 85 · Gas 624 · NGL 42June 2026: NOK 637 m · Oil and condensate 62 · Gas 534 · NGL 42July 2026: NOK 742 m · Oil and condensate 55 · Gas 658 · NGL 29Jul 26742
Show as table
Estimated sales value per month (NOK m)
MonthOil and condensateGasNGLTotal (NOK m)
Jul 20265565829742
Jun 20266253442637
May 20268562442751
Apr 20267344025538
Mar 20266360722692
Feb 20262535119395
Jan 20262641221460
Dec 20255937826463
Nov 20251942335478
Oct 20251521122248
Sep 20251918121221
Aug 20252017721217
Jul 20251311113136
Jun 20250.00.00.00.0
May 20250.00.00.00.0
Apr 20251715221189
Mar 20252422431279
Feb 20252021624260
Jan 20252927930338
Dec 20242020024244
Nov 20242725330310
Oct 20241613516167
Sep 20240.00.00.00.0
Aug 20242722029277

The owners, last 12 monthsestimate

OwnerShareValue
Equinor53.00%3.1 NOK bn
DNO32.00%1.9 NOK bn
ORLEN15.00%876 NOK m

Share: the equity share today. Value: estimated sales value of the share over the last 12 months, with the share in force each month.

Check against Statistics Norway

For the whole shelf the method gives NOK 1,180.9 bn for Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Statistics Norway's export value for crude oil, condensate, pipeline gas, LNG, propane and butane was NOK 1,107.3 bn, −6.2% against the estimate. Month by month the difference ranged from −10.5% (June 2026) to −1.0% (January 2026); Statistics Norway was below the estimate in all 12 months. Crude oil and condensate in the trade statistics (commodity numbers 2709.0009 and 2709.0001) were 93% of oil and condensate production, and pipeline gas (2711.2100) was 94% of gas production in the same months. On top of this, 4.35 million tonnes of LNG (2711.1100) were exported. Statistics Norway reports LNG only in tonnes, so it is not included in the gas percentage. The prices in Statistics Norway's export statistics differed on average by −0.8% from Brent and −0.7% from the gas price, but by up to −10.7% for oil in a single month (June 2026). Exports of propane and butane averaged 58% of NGL production converted to tonnes, so the NGL price only covers part of the products.

How the estimate is calculated

Estimated gross sales value, calculated by OESA: for each field and month, (oil + condensate) × 6.2898 bbl/Sm³ × Brent (USD/bbl) × USD/NOK, gas × 0.011111 MWh/Sm³ (40 MJ) × European gas price (EUR/MWh) × EUR/NOK and NGL ÷ 1.9 Sm³ o.e. per tonne × NGL price (NOK/tonne) are added up. A company's figure is the field value times the equity share in force on the 15th of each month, summed over the fields and the group's legal entities. These are not the companies' own figures. Prices in July 2026: Brent USD 83.76/bbl, gas in Europe USD 18.06/mmbtu (EUR 53.97/MWh), NGL NOK 5,142/tonne, USD/NOK 9.7064 and EUR/NOK 11.0822. Sources of error: Brent and TTF are benchmark prices. Actual sales prices depend on crude quality, timing of sales, contracts and hub (NBP, THE, PEG, ZTP). The production month is not the sales month: cargoes are lifted and sold at other times (over/underlift, storage). The energy content of gas is set to 40 MJ/Sm³ for all fields, and NGL to 1.9 Sm³ o.e. per tonne. Both vary between fields. NGL is priced with Statistics Norway's export price for propane and butane; ethane and other NGL products may have other prices. Transport tariffs (Gassled), tax (78%), costs and hedging are not deducted. The figure is market sales value, not netback at the field or profit. LNG from Melkøya is priced as pipeline gas.

Sources: Norwegian Offshore Directorate, marketable production per field and month, NLOD 2.0, 7 Oct 2026. U.S. Energy Information Administration, Europe Brent Spot Price FOB (RBRTE), via FRED (DCOILBRENTEU), Public Domain: Citation Requested (FRED), 7 Oct 2026. EIA lists «Refinitiv, an LSEG business» as the source of the spot prices. World Bank, Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), monthly prices, «Natural gas, Europe», CC BY 4.0, 2 Oct 2026. From April 2015 the series is TTF (Netherlands), according to the World Bank's description in the file. Norges Bank, exchange rates (EXR), monthly average, NLOD 2.0, 7 Oct 2026. The licence is stated on the dataset «API for åpne data» at data.norge.no. Norges Bank's own open-data page states no licence. Statistics Norway, table 08799: External trade in goods by commodity number, imports/exports, country and month (exports, all countries), CC BY 4.0, 15 Sep 2026. Value ÷ quantity for exported propane (2711.1200) and butane (2711.1300). Statistics Norway notes that 0 may also mean the figure is confidential. The estimates are calculated by OESA and are not the companies' own figures.

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.

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.