Field · North Sea
Gullfaks
Gullfaks is an oil field in the North Sea, discovered in 1978. Status: producing. Operator: Equinor Energy AS.
ProducingOil
- Status
- Producing
- Contains
- Oil
- Sea area
- North Sea
- Operator
- Equinor Energy AS
- Discovered
- 1978
- Approved for production
- 9 Oct 1981
- Production start
- 22 Dec 1986
- Supply base
- Mongstad
- Sodir ID
- 43686
Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Production
- Last 12 months
- 1.31 million Sm³ o.e. · Sep 2025–Aug 2026
- Share of Norwegian production
- 0.534 %no. 38 of 100 fields with production in the last 12 months
- Per day
- 23,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
- Peak year
- 2000 14.34 million Sm³ o.e.
OilGasNGL2026 covers January–August (lighter bar).
The figures start in 2000; the field started producing in 1986, so production before 2000 is not included.
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Oil | Gas | NGL | Condensate | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.89 |
| 2025 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 |
| 2024 | 1.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.29 |
| 2023 | 1.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.34 |
| 2022 | 1.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.63 |
| 2021 | 1.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.74 |
| 2020 | 2.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.41 |
| 2019 | 2.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.76 |
| 2018 | 2.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.68 |
| 2017 | 2.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.04 |
| 2016 | 2.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.28 |
| 2015 | 2.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.10 |
| 2014 | 2.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.14 |
| 2013 | 2.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 2.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.53 |
| 2011 | 2.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.66 |
| 2010 | 3.96 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 4.08 |
| 2009 | 4.69 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 4.99 |
| 2008 | 5.31 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 5.96 |
| 2007 | 5.56 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 6.06 |
| 2006 | 6.43 | 0.49 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 7.12 |
| 2005 | 8.35 | 0.45 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 9.01 |
| 2004 | 9.71 | 0.58 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 10.53 |
| 2003 | 9.51 | 0.62 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 10.38 |
| 2002 | 9.21 | 0.60 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 9.98 |
| 2001 | 10.53 | 0.83 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 11.56 |
| 2000 | 13.27 | 0.90 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 14.34 |
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 | 391.15 | 10.65 | million Sm³ |
| Gas | 23.08 | 0.00 | billion Sm³ |
| NGL | 2.83 | 0.00 | million tonnes |
| Total o.e. | 419.60 | 10.65 | million Sm³ o.e. |
According to the estimate, 97 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.
Licensees
| Company | Share | Valid from |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASEQNROperator | 51.00 % | 1 Sep 2025 |
| Petoro AS | 30.00 % | 1 Sep 2025 |
| OMV Norge AS | 19.00 % | 1 Sep 2025 |
Companies on the analysis page link to their own page.
Network
Gas by pipeline to Kårstø and oil is loaded onto ships. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34/10-A-1 H | Single-well template | Shut down | 1986 |
| 34/10-A-2 A | Single-well template | Shut down | 1986 |
| 34/10-A-4 H | Single-well template | Shut down | 1986 |
| Gullfaks A | Condeep, 4 shafts | In service | 1986 |
| 34/10-A-3 H | Single-well template | Shut down | 1987 |
| 34/10-A-5 H | Single-well template | Shut down | 1987 |
| 34/10-A-9 H | Single-well template | Shut down | 1988 |
| Gullfaks B | Condeep, 4 shafts | In service | 1988 |
| Gullfaks C | Condeep, 4 shafts | In service | 1989 |
| Gullfaks A SSIV | Subsea structure | In service | 2001 |
| Gullfaks C SSIV | Subsea structure | In service | 2001 |
| Gullfaks Ols-1 | Loading buoy | In service | 2014 |
| Gullfaks Ols-2 | Loading buoy | In service | 2014 |
| 34/7 Hy07 | Offshore wind turbine | In service | 2022 |
| 34/7 Hy05 | Offshore wind turbine | In service | 2023 |
| 34/7 Hy06 | Offshore wind turbine | In service | |
| 34/7 Hy08 | Offshore wind turbine | In service | |
| 34/7 Hy09 | Offshore wind turbine | In service |
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