Field · North Sea
Byrding
Byrding is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, discovered in 2005. Status: producing. Operator: Equinor Energy AS.
ProducingOil and gas
- Status
- Producing
- Contains
- Oil and gas
- Sea area
- North Sea
- Operator
- Equinor Energy AS
- Discovered
- 2005
- Approved for production
- 17 Jan 2017
- Production start
- 12 Jul 2017
- Supply base
- Mongstad
- Sodir ID
- 28975067
Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Production
- Last 12 months
- 0.014 million Sm³ o.e. · Sep 2025–Aug 2026
- Share of Norwegian production
- 0.006 %no. 94 of 100 fields with production in the last 12 months
- Per day
- 250barrels o.e. per day, converted
- Peak year
- 2018 0.21 million Sm³ o.e.
Oil2026 covers January–August (lighter bar).
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Oil | Gas | NGL | Condensate | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| 2025 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 |
| 2020 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.18 |
| 2018 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.21 |
| 2017 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 |
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 | 0.94 | 0.05 | million Sm³ |
| Gas | 0.54 | 0.06 | billion Sm³ |
| NGL | 0.04 | 0.00 | million tonnes |
| Total o.e. | 1.56 | 0.11 | million Sm³ o.e. |
According to the estimate, 93 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.
Licensees
| Company | Share | Valid from |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASEQNROperator | 70.00 % | 8 Jun 2024 |
| INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS | 15.00 % | 8 Jun 2024 |
| Vår Energi ASAVAR | 15.00 % | 8 Jun 2024 |
Companies on the analysis page link to their own page.
Network
Gas by pipeline to Kollsnes and oil by pipeline to Mongstad. The production is processed at Troll. Possible onward routes for the gas: United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Germany (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
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has no facilities registered on the field.
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