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Johan Sverdrup

Johan Sverdrup is an oil field in the North Sea, operated by Equinor Energy AS. The map shows the owners, the facilities, the pipelines, where the production comes ashore and the possible onward routes.

Show on the globeField pageFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate

Marketable production, last 12 months
39.9 million Sm³ o.e.
Aug 2025–Jul 2026 · Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Production Jul 2026
3.07 million Sm³ o.e.
Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Gas, last 12 months
1.25 billion Sm³
Aug 2025–Jul 2026 · Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Share of Norwegian production
16.2%
Estimate · Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Remaining reserves
201 million Sm³ o.e.
as of 31 Dec 2025 · Sodir, reserves · 7 Oct 2026
Licensees
4
Sodir, licensees · 7 Oct 2026
Rigs that have drilled here in the last three years
4
Sodir, wellbores · 7 Oct 2026

Estimate: The field's marketable production over the last 12 months divided by the total for all fields (Sodir).

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.

Licensees
  • Equinor operator42.63%Equinor Energy AS · unchanged since 30 Aug 2019
  • Aker BP31.57%Aker BP ASA · unchanged since 1 Jan 2023
  • Petoro (SDFI)17.36%Petoro AS · unchanged since 11 Aug 2015
  • TotalEnergies8.44%TotalEnergies EP Norge AS · unchanged since 14 May 2018
Sodir, licensees · 7 Oct 2026
The fieldSodir, fields · 28 Sep 2026; Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Facilities and pipelinesSodir, facilities · 7 Oct 2026; Sodir, pipelines · 7 Oct 2026
LandfallSodir, pipelines · 7 Oct 2026; derived: OESA pipeline graph
MarketENTSOG points in the gas panel · 7 Oct 2026; OESA pipeline graph · 7 Oct 2026
  1. The fieldJohan SverdrupProducing · Oil39.9 million Sm³ o.e. Aug 2025–Jul 2026Supply base: Dusavik
    Facilities and pipelines

    Johan Sverdrup DP, LQ, P1, P2, RP 17 facilities in service, 11 on the seabed (1 without a position at Sodir, not shown on the globe)

    • Johan Sverdrup Statpipe PLEM – Hot Tap gas · 12″
    • Johan Sverdrup Gassrør gas · 18″
    • Johan Sverdrup Oljerør oil · 36″
    • Statpipe gas · 30″ · onward to Kårstø derived
    Landfall
    • Mongstad Norway · oil
    • Kårstø Norway · gas derived
    Market
    • Possible routes for the gas
    • Dornum, Emden Germany
    • Dunkerque France
    • North Sea Entry Denmark

    The buyers of the oil are not in the data.

Transport according to Sodir's field description

Stabilised oil is exported from the riser platform through a new oil export pipeline that is connected to existing underground storage caverns at the Mongstad terminal. The gas is exported from the riser platform to the Kårstø terminal through a new pipeline connected to Statpipe.

Quoted from Sodir's field description, updated 20 Feb 2026. Sodir, field description

Notes

Rigs

Rigs that have drilled on Johan Sverdrup in the last three yearsSodir, wellbores · 7 Oct 2026; Sodir, mobile facilities · 7 Oct 2026

RigResponsible company (Sodir)Latest wellOperatorSpuddedWellbores, 3 yrs
Deepsea BergenOdfjell Drilling16/2-H-4 AHEquinor23 May 20264
COSLInnovatorCOSL16/2-24 AEquinor20 Apr 20262
COSLPromoterCOSL16/2-U-8Equinor15 Jan 20262
Deepsea AtlanticOdfjell Drilling16/5-K-1 HEquinor7 Jun 20245

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. “The field's pipelines” means that the field's own pipelines belong to the system and “onward” that the production continues into it. The link comes from the pipelines in the map above.

Pipeline systems and plantsSodir, pipeline systems and plants · 7 Oct 2026

NameTypeOperatorLinkOwners
Johan Sverdrup GassrørPipelineEquinorthe field's pipelinesEquinor 42.63%, Aker BP 31.57%, Petoro (SDFI) 17.36%, TotalEnergies 8.44%
GassledJoint ventureGasscoonwardPetoro (SDFI) 100.00%
Mongstad TerminalTerminalEquinoronward–

Mongstad Terminal: Sodir lists Equinor Energy AS as operator from 16 May 2018, but no owners for Mongstad Terminal. Checked at Sodir on 7 Oct 2026. Sodir, DataService look-up · 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

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

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.

Supply vessels from the base, last 30 days

Reported departures by offshore vessels (register type in SafeSeaNet). Supply base: Norwegian Offshore Directorate (the field's main supply base); the port's position from the World Port Index, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap (NLOD 2.0 / offentlig eiendom / ODbL), 28 Sep 2026 · Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset: reported voyages and register type (SafeSeaNet) (NLOD 1.0), 6 Oct 2026

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. Supply vessels per base are based on reported departures (SafeSeaNet). The destination is usually just the sea area (“Offshoreinst. Nordsjøen”, “… Barentshavet”), so the field the vessel supplies is not stated. Peterhead is British and has no departures in Kystdatahuset. 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.

Connected to

Projects

Events

Ownership changes, exploration wells and discoveries, rigs that move, production start-up and contracts, with a link to the source.

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).

Economics

Estimated gross sales value of the field's marketable production, month by month.

Last 12 months
193.9 NOK bnestimateAug 2025–Jul 2026
July 2026
15.7 NOK bnestimateBrent USD 83.76/bbl · gas EUR 54.0/MWh
Share of the shelf's value
16.4%estimatelast 12 months
Gas in the value
3%estimatelast 12 months

Oil and condensateGasNGL

0102030August 2024: NOK 20.0 bn · Oil and condensate 19.2 · Gas 0.56 · NGL 0.19September 2024: NOK 16.8 bn · Oil and condensate 16.7 · Gas 0.12 · NGL 0.04October 2024: NOK 19.5 bn · Oil and condensate 18.6 · Gas 0.68 · NGL 0.22Oct 24November 2024: NOK 17.4 bn · Oil and condensate 16.4 · Gas 0.69 · NGL 0.22December 2024: NOK 19.9 bn · Oil and condensate 18.9 · Gas 0.77 · NGL 0.23January 2025: NOK 21.1 bn · Oil and condensate 20.1 · Gas 0.79 · NGL 0.22Jan 25February 2025: NOK 16.8 bn · Oil and condensate 15.9 · Gas 0.68 · NGL 0.20March 2025: NOK 18.3 bn · Oil and condensate 17.4 · Gas 0.67 · NGL 0.24April 2025: NOK 16.1 bn · Oil and condensate 15.3 · Gas 0.55 · NGL 0.20Apr 25May 2025: NOK 15.4 bn · Oil and condensate 14.7 · Gas 0.56 · NGL 0.17June 2025: NOK 15.9 bn · Oil and condensate 15.2 · Gas 0.55 · NGL 0.17July 2025: NOK 16.5 bn · Oil and condensate 15.8 · Gas 0.54 · NGL 0.17Jul 25August 2025: NOK 15.5 bn · Oil and condensate 14.8 · Gas 0.51 · NGL 0.16September 2025: NOK 14.6 bn · Oil and condensate 14.0 · Gas 0.49 · NGL 0.15October 2025: NOK 13.1 bn · Oil and condensate 12.5 · Gas 0.44 · NGL 0.15Oct 25November 2025: NOK 13.2 bn · Oil and condensate 12.7 · Gas 0.38 · NGL 0.12December 2025: NOK 13.9 bn · Oil and condensate 13.3 · Gas 0.42 · NGL 0.15January 2026: NOK 14.5 bn · Oil and condensate 13.8 · Gas 0.51 · NGL 0.15Jan 26February 2026: NOK 13.2 bn · Oil and condensate 12.6 · Gas 0.42 · NGL 0.14March 2026: NOK 21.4 bn · Oil and condensate 20.5 · Gas 0.74 · NGL 0.16April 2026: NOK 22.3 bn · Oil and condensate 21.5 · Gas 0.59 · NGL 0.20Apr 26May 2026: NOK 20.6 bn · Oil and condensate 19.8 · Gas 0.62 · NGL 0.24June 2026: NOK 16.0 bn · Oil and condensate 15.4 · Gas 0.50 · NGL 0.16July 2026: NOK 15.7 bn · Oil and condensate 15.2 · Gas 0.43 · NGL 0.09Jul 2615.7
Show as table
Estimated sales value per month (NOK bn)
MonthOil and condensateGasNGLTotal (NOK bn)
Jul 202615.20.430.0915.7
Jun 202615.40.500.1616.0
May 202619.80.620.2420.6
Apr 202621.50.590.2022.3
Mar 202620.50.740.1621.4
Feb 202612.60.420.1413.2
Jan 202613.80.510.1514.5
Dec 202513.30.420.1513.9
Nov 202512.70.380.1213.2
Oct 202512.50.440.1513.1
Sep 202514.00.490.1514.6
Aug 202514.80.510.1615.5
Jul 202515.80.540.1716.5
Jun 202515.20.550.1715.9
May 202514.70.560.1715.4
Apr 202515.30.550.2016.1
Mar 202517.40.670.2418.3
Feb 202515.90.680.2016.8
Jan 202520.10.790.2221.1
Dec 202418.90.770.2319.9
Nov 202416.40.690.2217.4
Oct 202418.60.680.2219.5
Sep 202416.70.120.0416.8
Aug 202419.20.560.1920.0

The owners, last 12 monthsestimate

OwnerShareValue
Equinor42.63%82.7 NOK bn
Aker BP31.57%61.2 NOK bn
Petoro (SDFI)17.36%33.7 NOK bn
TotalEnergies8.44%16.4 NOK bn

Share: the equity share today. Value: estimated sales value of the share over the last 12 months, with the share in force each month.

Check against Statistics Norway

For the whole shelf the method gives NOK 1,180.9 bn for Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Statistics Norway's export value for crude oil, condensate, pipeline gas, LNG, propane and butane was NOK 1,107.3 bn, −6.2% against the estimate. Month by month the difference ranged from −10.5% (June 2026) to −1.0% (January 2026); Statistics Norway was below the estimate in all 12 months. Crude oil and condensate in the trade statistics (commodity numbers 2709.0009 and 2709.0001) were 93% of oil and condensate production, and pipeline gas (2711.2100) was 94% of gas production in the same months. On top of this, 4.35 million tonnes of LNG (2711.1100) were exported. Statistics Norway reports LNG only in tonnes, so it is not included in the gas percentage. The prices in Statistics Norway's export statistics differed on average by −0.8% from Brent and −0.7% from the gas price, but by up to −10.7% for oil in a single month (June 2026). Exports of propane and butane averaged 58% of NGL production converted to tonnes, so the NGL price only covers part of the products.

How the estimate is calculated

Estimated gross sales value, calculated by OESA: for each field and month, (oil + condensate) × 6.2898 bbl/Sm³ × Brent (USD/bbl) × USD/NOK, gas × 0.011111 MWh/Sm³ (40 MJ) × European gas price (EUR/MWh) × EUR/NOK and NGL ÷ 1.9 Sm³ o.e. per tonne × NGL price (NOK/tonne) are added up. A company's figure is the field value times the equity share in force on the 15th of each month, summed over the fields and the group's legal entities. These are not the companies' own figures. Prices in July 2026: Brent USD 83.76/bbl, gas in Europe USD 18.06/mmbtu (EUR 53.97/MWh), NGL NOK 5,142/tonne, USD/NOK 9.7064 and EUR/NOK 11.0822. Sources of error: Brent and TTF are benchmark prices. Actual sales prices depend on crude quality, timing of sales, contracts and hub (NBP, THE, PEG, ZTP). The production month is not the sales month: cargoes are lifted and sold at other times (over/underlift, storage). The energy content of gas is set to 40 MJ/Sm³ for all fields, and NGL to 1.9 Sm³ o.e. per tonne. Both vary between fields. NGL is priced with Statistics Norway's export price for propane and butane; ethane and other NGL products may have other prices. Transport tariffs (Gassled), tax (78%), costs and hedging are not deducted. The figure is market sales value, not netback at the field or profit. LNG from Melkøya is priced as pipeline gas.

Sources: Norwegian Offshore Directorate, marketable production per field and month, NLOD 2.0, 7 Oct 2026. U.S. Energy Information Administration, Europe Brent Spot Price FOB (RBRTE), via FRED (DCOILBRENTEU), Public Domain: Citation Requested (FRED), 7 Oct 2026. EIA lists «Refinitiv, an LSEG business» as the source of the spot prices. World Bank, Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), monthly prices, «Natural gas, Europe», CC BY 4.0, 2 Oct 2026. From April 2015 the series is TTF (Netherlands), according to the World Bank's description in the file. Norges Bank, exchange rates (EXR), monthly average, NLOD 2.0, 7 Oct 2026. The licence is stated on the dataset «API for åpne data» at data.norge.no. Norges Bank's own open-data page states no licence. Statistics Norway, table 08799: External trade in goods by commodity number, imports/exports, country and month (exports, all countries), CC BY 4.0, 15 Sep 2026. Value ÷ quantity for exported propane (2711.1200) and butane (2711.1300). Statistics Norway notes that 0 may also mean the figure is confidential. The estimates are calculated by OESA and are not the companies' own figures.

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.

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.