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Oseberg

Oseberg is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, discovered in 1979. Status: producing. Operator: Equinor Energy AS.

ProducingOil and gas

Status
Producing
Contains
Oil and gas
Sea area
North Sea
Operator
Equinor Energy AS
Discovered
1979
Approved for production
5 Jun 1984
Production start
1 Dec 1988
Supply base
Mongstad
Sodir ID
43625

Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate

Production

Last 12 months
8.56 million Sm³ o.e. · Aug 2025–Jul 2026
Share of Norwegian production
3.48 %no. 5 of 95 fields with production in the last 12 months
Per day
147,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
Peak year
2000 17.44 million Sm³ o.e.
051015 2000: 17.44 million Sm³ o.e.2001: 15.72 million Sm³ o.e.2002: 13.93 million Sm³ o.e.20022003: 11.44 million Sm³ o.e.2004: 12.32 million Sm³ o.e.2005: 11.45 million Sm³ o.e.20052006: 10.89 million Sm³ o.e.2007: 8.01 million Sm³ o.e.2008: 10.29 million Sm³ o.e.20082009: 8.58 million Sm³ o.e.2010: 8.37 million Sm³ o.e.2011: 6.64 million Sm³ o.e.20112012: 9.06 million Sm³ o.e.2013: 7.89 million Sm³ o.e.2014: 5.78 million Sm³ o.e.20142015: 6.85 million Sm³ o.e.2016: 6.07 million Sm³ o.e.2017: 8.13 million Sm³ o.e.20172018: 6.32 million Sm³ o.e.2019: 7.52 million Sm³ o.e.2020: 8.14 million Sm³ o.e.20202021: 12.45 million Sm³ o.e.2022: 9.92 million Sm³ o.e.2023: 8.74 million Sm³ o.e.20232024: 10.78 million Sm³ o.e.2025: 9.87 million Sm³ o.e.2026: 4.56 million Sm³ o.e.2026

OilGasNGL2026 covers January–July (lighter bar).

The figures start in 2000; the field started producing in 1988, so production before 2000 is not included.

Show the figures as a table
Production per year, Osebergmillion Sm³ o.e.
YearOilGasNGLCondensateTotal
2026 (Jan–Jul)0.653.650.270.004.56
20251.557.640.680.009.87
20241.688.370.740.0010.78
20232.035.950.760.008.74
20222.646.520.760.009.92
20213.318.160.990.0012.45
20203.713.470.960.008.14
20193.323.121.080.007.52
20182.572.701.050.006.32
20173.493.461.180.008.13
20163.491.421.160.006.07
20153.042.701.120.006.85
20142.731.951.100.005.78
20133.003.691.200.007.89
20123.314.571.180.009.06
20113.911.531.200.006.64
20104.313.100.960.008.37
20095.122.381.080.008.58
20085.293.821.180.0010.29
20075.161.551.300.008.01
20066.263.371.260.0010.89
20057.472.821.170.0011.45
20048.722.431.180.0012.32
20039.181.241.020.0011.44
200210.112.801.020.0013.93
200110.973.800.950.0015.72
200015.411.400.630.0017.44

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
ProductOriginally recoverableRemainingUnit
Oil406.267.23million Sm³
Gas139.2944.61billion Sm³
NGL16.201.90million tonnes
Total o.e.576.3355.44million Sm³ o.e.

According to the estimate, 90 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.

Licensees

Licensees in Oseberg, 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
NameTypeStatusIn service since
30/9-B-49 HSingle-well templateShut down1988
30/9-B-50 H Oseberg B-50Single-well templateIn service1988
Oseberg ACondeep, 4 shaftsIn service1988
Oseberg BSteel jacket, 8 legsIn service1988
30/6-C-27 HSingle-well templateShut down1991
Oseberg CSteel jacket, 8 legsIn service1991
Oseberg-YSubsea structureIn service1991
Mts SsivSubsea structureIn service1992
30/6-B-51 H Oseberg B-51Single-well templateShut down1996
Oseberg DSteel jacket, 4 legsIn service2000
Oseberg VestflankeMulti-well templateIn service2006
Oseberg DeltaMulti-well templateIn service2008
Oseberg Delta OMulti-well templateIn service2015
Oseberg Delta PMulti-well templateIn service2015
Oseberg HSteel jacket, 4 legsIn service2018

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