Field · the network on the Norwegian shelf
Bestla
Bestla is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, operated by OKEA ASA. The map shows the owners, the pipelines, where the production comes ashore 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.
- DNO39.28%DNO Norge AS · unchanged since 17 Dec 2025
- OKEA operator39.28%OKEA ASA · unchanged since 19 Nov 2024
- Lime Petroleum17.00%Lime Petroleum AS · unchanged since 19 Nov 2024
- M Vest Energy4.44%M Vest Energy AS · unchanged since 19 Nov 2024
- The fieldBestlaApproved for production · Oil and gasSupply base: MongstadFacilities and pipelines
No facilities in service at Sodir
Processed at Brage curated, Sodir 20 Feb 2026
- Brage – Brage-T gas · 8.625″ · onward to Brage-T
- Oseberg Oljetransport oil · 28″ · onward to Sture curated, Sodir 20 Feb 2026
- Statpipe gas · 30″ · onward to Kårstø derived
Landfall- Sture Norway · oil curated, Sodir 20 Feb 2026
- Kårstø Norway · gas derived
Market- Possible routes for the gas
- Dornum, Emden Germany
- Dunkerque France
- North Sea Entry Denmark
The buyers of the oil are not in the data.
Transport according to Sodir's field description
The well stream will be routed by pipeline to the Brage facility for processing. The oil will be transported further through the Oseberg Transport System (OTS) pipeline to the Sture terminal. The gas will be exported by pipeline to Statpipe and further to the terminal at Kårstø.
Quoted from Sodir's field description, updated 20 Feb 2026. Sodir, field description
Notes
- 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 Bestla in the last three yearsSodir, wellbores · 7 Oct 2026; Sodir, mobile facilities · 7 Oct 2026
| Rig | Responsible company (Sodir) | Latest well | Operator | Spudded | Wellbores, 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepsea Yantai | Odfjell Drilling | 31/7-B-1 AY2H | OKEA | 30 Oct 2025 | 4 |
| Deepsea Nordkapp | Odfjell Drilling | 31/7-U-1 | OKEA | 12 Dec 2024 | 1 |
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
| Name | Type | Operator | Link | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gassled | Joint venture | Gassco | onward | Petoro (SDFI) 100.00% |
| Oseberg Transportsystem | Pipeline | Equinor | onward | Petoro (SDFI) 48.38%, Equinor 36.23%, TotalEnergies 12.98%, ConocoPhillips 2.40% |
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
- Siem Pride Platform Supply Ship
8.6 hours · 1 visit, last 1 Oct 2026
At Brage
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
- Mongstad 23 offshore vessels, 111 departures
Most departures: Torsborg 13, Troms Arcturus 12, Havila Charisma 11, Havila Foresight 11, Rem Star 11
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).
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 Bestla (Transport), curated by OESA 20 Feb 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, field description Brage (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.