Field · North Sea
Brage
Brage is an oil field in the North Sea, discovered in 1980. Status: producing. Operator: OKEA ASA.
ProducingOil
- Status
- Producing
- Contains
- Oil
- Sea area
- North Sea
- Operator
- OKEA ASA
- Discovered
- 1980
- Approved for production
- 29 Mar 1990
- Production start
- 23 Sep 1993
- Supply base
- Mongstad
- Sodir ID
- 43651
Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Production
- Last 12 months
- 1.17 million Sm³ o.e. · Sep 2025–Aug 2026
- Share of Norwegian production
- 0.474 %no. 45 of 100 fields with production in the last 12 months
- Per day
- 20,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
- Peak year
- 2000 2.90 million Sm³ o.e.
OilGasNGL2026 covers January–August (lighter bar).
The figures start in 2000; the field started producing in 1993, so production before 2000 is not included.
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Oil | Gas | NGL | Condensate | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0.58 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.81 |
| 2025 | 0.81 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 1.08 |
| 2024 | 0.81 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 0.58 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.79 |
| 2022 | 0.35 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.41 |
| 2021 | 0.38 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
| 2020 | 0.45 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.65 |
| 2019 | 0.52 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.63 |
| 2018 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.55 |
| 2017 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.51 |
| 2016 | 0.72 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.94 |
| 2015 | 0.66 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.91 |
| 2014 | 0.52 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.70 |
| 2013 | 0.59 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.70 |
| 2012 | 0.79 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.97 |
| 2011 | 1.13 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 1.35 |
| 2010 | 1.55 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 1.76 |
| 2009 | 1.68 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 1.90 |
| 2008 | 1.60 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 2.03 |
| 2007 | 1.20 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 1.48 |
| 2006 | 1.11 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 1.33 |
| 2005 | 1.48 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 1.69 |
| 2004 | 1.58 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 1.74 |
| 2003 | 1.88 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 2.06 |
| 2002 | 2.14 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 2.37 |
| 2001 | 2.23 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 2.55 |
| 2000 | 2.63 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 2.90 |
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 August 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.
| Product | Originally recoverable | Remaining | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | 64.32 | 1.84 | million Sm³ |
| Gas | 5.39 | 0.63 | billion Sm³ |
| NGL | 1.65 | 0.13 | million tonnes |
| Total o.e. | 72.84 | 2.72 | million Sm³ o.e. |
According to the estimate, 96 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.
Licensees
| Company | Share | Valid from |
|---|---|---|
| OKEA ASAOKEAOperator | 35.20 % | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Lime Petroleum AS | 33.84 % | 17 Dec 2025 |
| DNO Norge ASDNO | 14.26 % | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Petrolia NOCO AS | 12.26 % | 17 Dec 2025 |
| M Vest Energy AS | 4.44 % | 17 Dec 2025 |
Companies on the analysis page link to their own page.
Network
Oil by pipeline to Sture and gas by pipeline to Kårstø. Possible onward routes for the gas: Germany, France and Denmark (pipeline connections, not measured flow).
Source: Norwegian Offshore Directorate, pipelines, facilities and field descriptions, 11 Nov 2026. The network page has a source and date for every link.
Facilities
| Name | Type | Status | In service since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brage | Steel jacket, 8 legs | In service | 1993 |
Sources
Sokkeldirektoratet, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (FactMaps and FactPages), Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Field data retrieved 4 Nov 2026, production 28 Oct 2026, licensees and reserves 11 Nov 2026. factpages.sodir.no · NLOD