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Oseberg Øst

Oseberg Øst is an oil field in the North Sea, discovered in 1981. Status: producing. Operator: Equinor Energy AS.

ProducingOil

Status
Producing
Contains
Oil
Sea area
North Sea
Operator
Equinor Energy AS
Discovered
1981
Approved for production
11 Oct 1996
Production start
3 May 1999
Supply base
Mongstad
Sodir ID
43639

Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate

Production

Last 12 months
0.22 million Sm³ o.e. · Aug 2025–Jul 2026
Share of Norwegian production
0.090 %no. 72 of 95 fields with production in the last 12 months
Per day
3,800barrels o.e. per day, converted
Peak year
2001 3.81 million Sm³ o.e.
01234 2000: 2.55 million Sm³ o.e.2001: 3.81 million Sm³ o.e.2002: 3.14 million Sm³ o.e.20022003: 2.27 million Sm³ o.e.2004: 1.86 million Sm³ o.e.2005: 1.10 million Sm³ o.e.20052006: 0.69 million Sm³ o.e.2007: 0.56 million Sm³ o.e.2008: 0.45 million Sm³ o.e.20082009: 0.36 million Sm³ o.e.2010: 0.36 million Sm³ o.e.2011: 0.53 million Sm³ o.e.20112012: 0.47 million Sm³ o.e.2013: 0.39 million Sm³ o.e.2014: 0.38 million Sm³ o.e.20142015: 0.39 million Sm³ o.e.2016: 0.47 million Sm³ o.e.2017: 0.82 million Sm³ o.e.20172018: 0.55 million Sm³ o.e.2019: 0.46 million Sm³ o.e.2020: 0.44 million Sm³ o.e.20202021: 0.33 million Sm³ o.e.2022: 0.25 million Sm³ o.e.2023: 0.34 million Sm³ o.e.20232024: 0.29 million Sm³ o.e.2025: 0.26 million Sm³ o.e.2026: 0.11 million Sm³ o.e.2026

OilGas2026 covers January–July (lighter bar).

The figures start in 2000; the field started producing in 1999, so production before 2000 is not included.

Show the figures as a table
Production per year, Oseberg Østmillion Sm³ o.e.
YearOilGasNGLCondensateTotal
2026 (Jan–Jul)0.100.000.000.000.11
20250.250.000.000.000.26
20240.290.010.000.000.29
20230.340.010.000.000.34
20220.250.000.000.000.25
20210.320.010.000.000.33
20200.430.010.000.000.44
20190.450.010.000.000.46
20180.540.010.000.000.55
20170.800.010.000.000.82
20160.460.010.000.000.47
20150.390.010.000.000.39
20140.380.010.000.000.38
20130.380.010.000.000.39
20120.450.010.000.000.47
20110.520.010.000.000.53
20100.350.010.000.000.36
20090.350.010.000.000.36
20080.440.010.000.000.45
20070.540.020.000.000.56
20060.660.030.000.000.69
20051.060.040.000.001.10
20041.800.070.000.001.86
20032.190.080.000.002.27
20023.110.030.000.003.14
20013.810.000.000.003.81
20002.550.000.000.002.55

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 Oseberg Øst
ProductOriginally recoverableRemainingUnit
Oil24.380.20million Sm³
Gas0.330.00billion Sm³
NGL0.110.00million tonnes
Total o.e.24.920.21million Sm³ o.e.

According to the estimate, 99 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.

Licensees

Licensees in Oseberg Øst, updated by Sodir 20 Feb 2026
CompanyShareValid from
Equinor Energy ASEQNROperator49.30 %18 Jun 2021
Petoro AS33.60 %18 Jun 2021
TotalEnergies EP Norge AS14.70 %18 Jun 2021
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS2.40 %18 Jun 2021

Companies on the analysis page link to their own page.

Facilities

Facilities belonging to Oseberg Øst
NameTypeStatusIn service since
Oseberg ØstSteel jacket, 4 legsIn service1999

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