Field · North Sea
Embla
Embla is an oil field in the North Sea, discovered in 1988. Status: producing. Operator: ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS.
ProducingOil
- Status
- Producing
- Contains
- Oil
- Sea area
- North Sea
- Operator
- ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS
- Discovered
- 1988
- Approved for production
- 14 Dec 1990
- Production start
- 12 May 1993
- Supply base
- Tananger
- Sodir ID
- 43534
Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Production
- Last 12 months
- 0.17 million Sm³ o.e. · Sep 2025–Aug 2026
- Share of Norwegian production
- 0.070 %no. 77 of 100 fields with production in the last 12 months
- Per day
- 3,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
- Peak year
- 2000 0.93 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) | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.11 |
| 2025 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.25 |
| 2023 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.42 |
| 2022 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.24 |
| 2021 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.27 |
| 2020 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.24 |
| 2019 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.21 |
| 2018 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.28 |
| 2017 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.32 |
| 2016 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.27 |
| 2015 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.23 |
| 2014 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.29 |
| 2013 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.21 |
| 2012 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.23 |
| 2011 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.29 |
| 2010 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.36 |
| 2009 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.40 |
| 2008 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.40 |
| 2007 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.33 |
| 2006 | 0.33 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.53 |
| 2005 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.45 |
| 2004 | 0.40 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.60 |
| 2003 | 0.40 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.55 |
| 2002 | 0.39 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
| 2001 | 0.50 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.62 |
| 2000 | 0.64 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.93 |
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 | 12.54 | 0.19 | million Sm³ |
| Gas | 5.80 | 0.28 | billion Sm³ |
| NGL | 0.66 | 0.03 | million tonnes |
| Total o.e. | 19.60 | 0.51 | million Sm³ o.e. |
According to the estimate, 97 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.
Licensees
| Company | Share | Valid from |
|---|---|---|
| TotalEnergies EP Norge AS | 39.90 % | 17 Dec 2025 |
| ConocoPhillips Skandinavia ASOperator | 35.11 % | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Vår Energi ASAVAR | 12.39 % | 17 Dec 2025 |
| DNO Norge ASDNO | 7.60 % | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Petoro AS | 5.00 % | 17 Dec 2025 |
Companies on the analysis page link to their own page.
Network
Gas by pipeline to Emden and oil by pipeline to Teesside. The production is processed at Eldfisk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embla | Steel jacket, 4 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