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Oseberg Sør

Oseberg Sør is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, discovered in 1984. Status: producing. Operator: Equinor Energy AS.

ProducingOil and gas

Status
Producing
Contains
Oil and gas
Sea area
North Sea
Operator
Equinor Energy AS
Discovered
1984
Approved for production
10 Jun 1997
Production start
5 Feb 2000
Supply base
Mongstad
Sodir ID
43645

Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate

Production

Last 12 months
1.94 million Sm³ o.e. · Aug 2025–Jul 2026
Share of Norwegian production
0.788 %no. 27 of 95 fields with production in the last 12 months
Per day
33,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
Peak year
2003 5.96 million Sm³ o.e.
0246 2000: 1.43 million Sm³ o.e.2001: 4.46 million Sm³ o.e.2002: 4.56 million Sm³ o.e.20022003: 5.96 million Sm³ o.e.2004: 5.54 million Sm³ o.e.2005: 4.90 million Sm³ o.e.20052006: 4.83 million Sm³ o.e.2007: 3.84 million Sm³ o.e.2008: 3.91 million Sm³ o.e.20082009: 3.25 million Sm³ o.e.2010: 2.93 million Sm³ o.e.2011: 2.89 million Sm³ o.e.20112012: 3.22 million Sm³ o.e.2013: 3.57 million Sm³ o.e.2014: 2.75 million Sm³ o.e.20142015: 2.77 million Sm³ o.e.2016: 2.62 million Sm³ o.e.2017: 2.39 million Sm³ o.e.20172018: 1.81 million Sm³ o.e.2019: 2.26 million Sm³ o.e.2020: 1.95 million Sm³ o.e.20202021: 1.86 million Sm³ o.e.2022: 1.85 million Sm³ o.e.2023: 1.73 million Sm³ o.e.20232024: 1.67 million Sm³ o.e.2025: 1.81 million Sm³ o.e.2026: 1.10 million Sm³ o.e.2026

OilGas2026 covers January–July (lighter bar).

Show the figures as a table
Production per year, Oseberg Sørmillion Sm³ o.e.
YearOilGasNGLCondensateTotal
2026 (Jan–Jul)0.600.490.000.001.10
20251.090.720.000.001.81
20241.190.480.000.001.67
20231.240.490.000.001.73
20221.410.440.000.001.85
20211.190.660.000.001.86
20201.260.700.000.001.95
20191.370.890.000.002.26
20181.280.530.000.001.81
20171.760.630.000.002.39
20161.890.730.000.002.62
20151.970.800.000.002.77
20142.120.630.000.002.75
20132.590.980.000.003.57
20122.101.120.000.003.22
20112.080.810.000.002.89
20102.300.630.000.002.93
20092.640.610.000.003.25
20083.300.600.000.003.91
20073.170.670.000.003.84
20064.070.760.000.004.83
20054.180.710.000.004.90
20044.580.950.000.005.54
20035.060.890.000.005.96
20024.360.200.000.004.56
20014.460.000.000.004.46
20001.430.000.000.001.43

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 Sør
ProductOriginally recoverableRemainingUnit
Oil73.339.79million Sm³
Gas27.8212.24billion Sm³
NGL2.720.57million tonnes
Total o.e.106.3223.12million Sm³ o.e.

According to the estimate, 78 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.

Licensees

Licensees in Oseberg Sør, 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 Sør
NameTypeStatusIn service since
Oseberg SørSteel jacket, 6 legsIn service2000
Oseberg Sør KMulti-well templateIn service2000
Oseberg Sør JMulti-well templateIn service2005
StjerneMulti-well templateIn service2013

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