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Gullfaks Sør

Gullfaks Sør is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, discovered in 1978. Status: producing. Operator: Equinor Energy AS.

ProducingOil and gas

Status
Producing
Contains
Oil and gas
Sea area
North Sea
Operator
Equinor Energy AS
Discovered
1978
Approved for production
29 Mar 1996
Production start
10 Oct 1998
Supply base
Mongstad
Sodir ID
43699

Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate

Production

Last 12 months
7.25 million Sm³ o.e. · Aug 2025–Jul 2026
Share of Norwegian production
2.94 %no. 7 of 95 fields with production in the last 12 months
Per day
125,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
Peak year
2017 9.00 million Sm³ o.e.
02468 2000: 3.60 million Sm³ o.e.2001: 4.59 million Sm³ o.e.2002: 6.07 million Sm³ o.e.20022003: 6.50 million Sm³ o.e.2004: 8.13 million Sm³ o.e.2005: 8.52 million Sm³ o.e.20052006: 7.54 million Sm³ o.e.2007: 8.34 million Sm³ o.e.2008: 7.72 million Sm³ o.e.20082009: 6.47 million Sm³ o.e.2010: 5.16 million Sm³ o.e.2011: 3.48 million Sm³ o.e.20112012: 4.98 million Sm³ o.e.2013: 5.91 million Sm³ o.e.2014: 6.61 million Sm³ o.e.20142015: 5.97 million Sm³ o.e.2016: 7.29 million Sm³ o.e.2017: 9.00 million Sm³ o.e.20172018: 8.76 million Sm³ o.e.2019: 7.47 million Sm³ o.e.2020: 7.34 million Sm³ o.e.20202021: 8.27 million Sm³ o.e.2022: 7.70 million Sm³ o.e.2023: 7.22 million Sm³ o.e.20232024: 6.64 million Sm³ o.e.2025: 7.84 million Sm³ o.e.2026: 4.17 million Sm³ o.e.2026

OilGasNGLCondensate2026 covers January–July (lighter bar).

The figures start in 2000; the field started producing in 1998, so production before 2000 is not included.

Show the figures as a table
Production per year, Gullfaks Sørmillion Sm³ o.e.
YearOilGasNGLCondensateTotal
2026 (Jan–Jul)0.643.070.460.004.17
20251.225.720.900.007.84
20241.254.610.780.006.64
20231.395.030.800.007.22
20221.305.570.830.007.70
20211.325.741.200.008.27
20201.234.881.230.007.34
20191.464.911.100.007.47
20181.206.021.530.008.76
20171.495.911.590.009.00
20161.704.331.270.007.29
20151.843.170.940.035.97
20142.233.380.980.026.61
20132.382.750.770.015.91
20121.882.440.670.004.98
20111.591.610.280.003.48
20102.092.340.740.005.16
20093.012.640.820.006.47
20083.113.740.880.007.72
20073.284.051.020.008.34
20062.933.640.970.007.54
20053.893.800.820.008.52
20044.173.210.740.008.13
20033.382.540.580.006.50
20023.731.890.460.006.07
20013.840.600.150.004.59
20003.000.500.110.003.60

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 July 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.

Reserves in Gullfaks Sør
ProductOriginally recoverableRemainingUnit
Oil67.455.50million Sm³
Gas111.8416.48billion Sm³
NGL13.772.31million tonnes
Total o.e.205.4426.37million Sm³ o.e.

According to the estimate, 87 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.

Licensees

Licensees in Gullfaks Sør, updated by Sodir 23 Sep 2026
CompanyShareValid from
Equinor Energy ASEQNROperator51.00 %1 Sep 2025
Petoro AS30.00 %1 Sep 2025
OMV Norge AS19.00 %1 Sep 2025

Companies on the analysis page link to their own page.

Facilities

Facilities belonging to Gullfaks Sør
NameTypeStatusIn service since
Gullfaks Sør DMulti-well templateIn service1998
Gullfaks Sør EMulti-well templateIn service1998
Gullfaks Sør FMulti-well templateIn service1998
Gullfaks Sør GMulti-well templateIn service1998
Gullfaks Sør HMulti-well templateIn service1998
Gullfaks Sør IMulti-well templateIn service1998
Gullfaks Sør JMulti-well templateIn service1998
Gullfaks Sør KMulti-well templateIn service1998
Gullfaks Sør LMulti-well templateIn service2001
Gullfaks Sør MMulti-well templateIn service2001
33/12-N-5Single-well templateIn service2007
Skinfaks NMulti-well templateIn service2007
Gullfaks ScSubsea structureIn service2015
Gullfaks Sør OMulti-well templateIn service2015
Gullfaks Sør PMulti-well templateIn service2015
Gullfaks Sør QMulti-well templateIn service2016

Sources

Sokkeldirektoratet, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (FactMaps and FactPages), Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Field data retrieved 28 Sep 2026, production 27 Sep 2026, licensees and reserves 28 Sep 2026. factpages.sodir.no · NLOD