Field · the network on the Norwegian shelf
Irpa
Irpa is a gas field in the Norwegian Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. The map shows the owners, the pipelines, where the production comes ashore, the loading onto ships and the possible onward routes.
Show on the globeField pageFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
The network
From owner to market. Links without their own label have their source in the column heading; curated, derived and possible links are labelled at the link.
- The colour shows the content:
- Gas
- Oil
- Condensate
- CO₂
- Oil and condensate
- The line shows the source:
- pipeline in Sodir data
- curated from Sodir's field description
- possible onward route, not measured flow
- planned or not in service
The links show direction, not volume.
- Equinor operator51.00%Equinor Energy AS · unchanged since 28 Jun 2023
- Petoro (SDFI)20.00%Petoro AS · unchanged since 28 Jun 2023
- Harbour Energy19.00%Harbour Energy Norge AS · unchanged since 28 Jun 2023
- Shell10.00%A/S Norske Shell · unchanged since 28 Jun 2023
- The fieldIrpaApproved for production · GasFacilities and pipelines
No facilities in service at Sodir
Processed at Aasta Hansteen curated, Sodir 20 Feb 2026
- Polarled gas · 36″ · onward to Nyhamna curated, Sodir 20 Feb 2026
Landfall- Nyhamna Norway · gas curated, Sodir 20 Feb 2026
- Loaded onto ships oil curated, Sodir 20 Feb 2026
Market- Possible routes for the gas
- Easington United Kingdom
- Zeebrugge Belgium
- Dunkerque France
- Emden Germany
The receivers of the cargoes are not in the data.
Transport according to Sodir's field description
The gas will be exported via Polarled to the terminal at Nyhamna. Light oil will be offloaded from Aasta Hansteen to shuttle tankers.
Quoted from Sodir's field description, updated 20 Feb 2026. Sodir, field description
Notes
- Oil loaded onto ships has no fixed route after the field. The buyers are not known.
- Gas is mixed in the pipeline network. A «possible route» is a pipeline connection onwards from a junction or an onshore plant, not a measure of where the field's gas actually goes.
- The arrows show direction, not volume. The direction is Sodir's from → to for each pipeline; Sodir has no flow per pipeline.
Rigs
Rigs that have drilled on Irpa in the last three yearsSodir, wellbores · 7 Oct 2026; Sodir, mobile facilities · 7 Oct 2026
| Rig | Responsible company (Sodir) | Latest well | Operator | Spudded | Wellbores, 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transocean Norge | Transocean | 6705/10-A-2 H | Equinor | 6 Jul 2026 | 3 |
Pipeline systems and plants
Pipeline systems and plants (TUF) that the field's pipelines belong to or that the production continues into, with the owners. “Onward” means that the production continues into it. The link comes from the pipelines in the map above. Possible onward routes are in a separate table: there is an onward pipeline connection, but the flow is not measured, and the gas is mixed in the network.
Pipeline systems and plantsSodir, pipeline systems and plants · 7 Oct 2026
| Name | Type | Operator | Link | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyhamna Landanlegg | Onshore plant | Gassco | onward | Petoro (SDFI) 81.30%, North Sea Infrastructure 13.70%, Equinor 5.00% |
| Polarled | Pipeline | Gassco | onward | Petoro (SDFI) 90.00%, Equinor 5.00%, M Vest Energy 5.00% |
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Possible onward routesSodir, pipeline systems and plants · 7 Oct 2026
Fleet
Rigs drilling, offshore vessels at the facilities in the AIS picture 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC and the supply vessels from the base in the last 30 days.
Rigs
Norwegian Offshore Directorate, exploration wells being drilled (NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026 · Norwegian Offshore Directorate, wellbores spudded in the last 120 days (NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026 · AIS from Kystverket (Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset real-time picture) (NLOD 1.0), 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC · OESA, rig key Sodir ↔ MMSI ↔ IMO (curated: name match in AIS and SafeSeaNet, checked against the well) (NLOD 1.0 / NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026
- Transocean Norge Transocean
Probably drilling 6705/10-A-2 H on Irpa, spudded 6 Jul 2026 (Sodir has no completion date) · operator Equinor
The well's position; Sodir has no position for the rig
Visits, latest day with data: 1 Oct
Rigs and offshore vessels that lay within 2 km of a facility at under 1 knot for at least 30 minutes, according to the AIS positions for 1 Oct 2026 from the Norwegian Coastal Administration. Kystdatahuset publishes the history about a week late. A visit shows that the vessel was there, not who it worked for. AIS from Kystverket (Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset historical positions) (NLOD 1.0), latest day 1 Oct 2026 · Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset: register type (SafeSeaNet) (NLOD 1.0), 1 Oct 2026 · Norwegian Offshore Directorate, facilities with position (NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026 · OESA, rig key Sodir ↔ MMSI ↔ IMO (curated) (NLOD 1.0 / NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026
- Transocean Norge rig, semi-submersible · Transocean
22.9 hours · 1 visit, last 1 Oct 2026
At Irpa - Troms Castor Platform Supply Ship
5.6 hours · 4 visits, last 1 Oct 2026
At Irpa - Troms Pollux Platform Supply Ship
4.7 hours · 3 visits, last 1 Oct 2026
At Irpa
Method: A visit is a continuous stay within 2 km of a facility at under 1 knot for at least 30 minutes, computed from the AIS positions. Gaps in the data of up to 60 minutes, or 3 hours when the vessel is in the same place before and after, do not count as interruptions. Hours are the sum of the visits. Only rigs and vessels with an offshore register type or registered with the Norwegian Offshore Directorate are included.
Who charters a rig or vessel, and at what rate, is not in open data. A vessel is linked to a field only when AIS shows it within 2 km of one of the field's own facilities or its host facility, at under 1 knot – that says the vessel was there, not who it works for. Facilities on the export route do not count. Tankers loading oil from production ships (FPSOs) and loading buoys are not included. Sodir often records the completion date of development wells late. A rig marked “probably drilling” spudded the well in the last 120 days but may have finished. AIS coverage offshore varies. A vessel without positions for a period may have been there without being recorded. Ship data: Norwegian Coastal Administration. Not for navigation.
Events
Ownership changes, exploration wells and discoveries, rigs that move, production start-up and contracts, with a link to the source.
- Rig
Transocean Norge spudded well 6705/10-A-4 H on Irpa for Equinorderived
Development well · came from Dvalin (Harbour Energy), last well 6507/4-X-1 AH · 2 wellbores there so far · responsible company (Sodir): Transocean
- Rig
Transocean Norge spudded well 6705/10-A-3 H on Irpa for Equinorderived
Development well · came from Dvalin (Harbour Energy), last well 6507/4-X-3 H · responsible company (Sodir): Transocean
Last 12 months (7 Oct 2025–7 Oct 2026). Rigs: derived by OESA from Sodir's wellbores. An event when a moveable rig spuds a development or exploration well for another operator, or more than 3 km from its previous wellbore in another field or licence. Moves between templates on the same field are not included. «Came from» is the rig's previous wellbore at Sodir. The responsible company is the one Sodir lists as responsible for the rig today, not necessarily the owner. Sources: Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir, NLOD 2.0): licence transfers (retrieved 7 Oct 2026), exploration wells and discoveries (7 Oct 2026), wellbores with drilling rig and the company responsible for the rig (7 Oct 2026) and field status (7 Oct 2026).
Sources
All figures and links on the page come from these sources. Curated links are entered by hand by OESA from the source text, and the quote is checked against the source at every build.
- ENTSOG Transparency Platform, entry points for Norwegian gas (the points in OESA's gas panel); position from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate 7 Oct 2026
- OESA, pipeline graph derived from Sodir pipelines and facilities (merging ≤0.8 km, tee ≤4 km, branch ≤1 km) 7 Oct 2026Pipelines are linked on the Sodir facility ids. Pipeline ends without a continuation are linked into the nearest pipeline with the same medium within 4 km.
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, wellbores with drilling facility (spudded in the last three years) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, licensees per field (current shares) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, fields: status, operator and supply base 28 Sep 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, mobile facilities (responsible company and Acknowledgement of Compliance) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, facilities 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, marketable production per field and month 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, reserves per field 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, transport pipelines 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, owners and operators of pipeline systems and plants (TUF) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, field description Aasta Hansteen (Transport), curated by OESA 20 Feb 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, field description Irpa (Transport), curated by OESA 20 Feb 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
Not in the data: Flow in each pipeline, which field's gas ends up in which country, and the buyers of oil and gas. Gas is mixed in the network, so a “possible route” is a pipeline connection, not measured flow.