Field · North Sea
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
- 8.50 million Sm³ o.e. · Sep 2025–Aug 2026
- Share of Norwegian production
- 3.46 %no. 5 of 100 fields with production in the last 12 months
- Per day
- 146,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
- Peak year
- 2000 17.44 million Sm³ o.e.
OilGasNGL2026 covers January–August (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
| Year | Oil | Gas | NGL | Condensate | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0.76 | 4.32 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 5.38 |
| 2025 | 1.55 | 7.63 | 0.68 | 0.00 | 9.87 |
| 2024 | 1.68 | 8.37 | 0.74 | 0.00 | 10.78 |
| 2023 | 2.03 | 5.95 | 0.76 | 0.00 | 8.74 |
| 2022 | 2.64 | 6.52 | 0.76 | 0.00 | 9.92 |
| 2021 | 3.31 | 8.16 | 0.99 | 0.00 | 12.45 |
| 2020 | 3.71 | 3.47 | 0.96 | 0.00 | 8.14 |
| 2019 | 3.32 | 3.12 | 1.08 | 0.00 | 7.52 |
| 2018 | 2.57 | 2.70 | 1.05 | 0.00 | 6.32 |
| 2017 | 3.49 | 3.46 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 8.13 |
| 2016 | 3.49 | 1.42 | 1.16 | 0.00 | 6.07 |
| 2015 | 3.04 | 2.70 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 6.85 |
| 2014 | 2.73 | 1.95 | 1.10 | 0.00 | 5.78 |
| 2013 | 3.00 | 3.69 | 1.20 | 0.00 | 7.89 |
| 2012 | 3.31 | 4.57 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 9.06 |
| 2011 | 3.91 | 1.53 | 1.20 | 0.00 | 6.64 |
| 2010 | 4.31 | 3.10 | 0.96 | 0.00 | 8.37 |
| 2009 | 5.12 | 2.38 | 1.08 | 0.00 | 8.58 |
| 2008 | 5.29 | 3.82 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 10.29 |
| 2007 | 5.16 | 1.55 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 8.01 |
| 2006 | 6.26 | 3.37 | 1.26 | 0.00 | 10.89 |
| 2005 | 7.47 | 2.82 | 1.17 | 0.00 | 11.45 |
| 2004 | 8.72 | 2.43 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 12.32 |
| 2003 | 9.18 | 1.24 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 11.44 |
| 2002 | 10.11 | 2.80 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 13.93 |
| 2001 | 10.97 | 3.80 | 0.95 | 0.00 | 15.72 |
| 2000 | 15.41 | 1.40 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 17.44 |
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 August 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.
| Product | Originally recoverable | Remaining | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | 406.26 | 7.23 | million Sm³ |
| Gas | 139.29 | 44.61 | billion Sm³ |
| NGL | 16.20 | 1.90 | million tonnes |
| Total o.e. | 576.33 | 55.44 | million Sm³ o.e. |
According to the estimate, 90 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.
Licensees
| Company | Share | Valid from |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASEQNROperator | 49.30 % | 18 Jun 2021 |
| Petoro AS | 33.60 % | 18 Jun 2021 |
| TotalEnergies EP Norge AS | 14.70 % | 18 Jun 2021 |
| ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS | 2.40 % | 18 Jun 2021 |
Companies on the analysis page link to their own page.
Network
Oil by pipeline to Sture. Possible onward routes for the gas: United Kingdom, France and Germany (pipeline connections, not measured flow).
Source: Norwegian Offshore Directorate, pipelines, facilities and field descriptions, 11 Nov 2026. The network page has a source and date for every link.
Facilities
| Name | Type | Status | In service since |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30/9-B-49 H | Single-well template | Shut down | 1988 |
| 30/9-B-50 H Oseberg B-50 | Single-well template | In service | 1988 |
| Oseberg A | Condeep, 4 shafts | In service | 1988 |
| Oseberg B | Steel jacket, 8 legs | In service | 1988 |
| 30/6-C-27 H | Single-well template | Shut down | 1991 |
| Oseberg C | Steel jacket, 8 legs | In service | 1991 |
| Oseberg-Y | Subsea structure | In service | 1991 |
| MTS SSIV | Subsea structure | In service | 1992 |
| 30/6-B-51 H Oseberg B-51 | Single-well template | Shut down | 1996 |
| Oseberg D | Steel jacket, 4 legs | In service | 2000 |
| Oseberg Vestflanke | Multi-well template | In service | 2006 |
| Oseberg Delta | Multi-well template | In service | 2008 |
| Oseberg Delta O | Multi-well template | In service | 2015 |
| Oseberg Delta P | Multi-well template | In service | 2015 |
| Oseberg H | Steel jacket, 4 legs | In service | 2018 |
Sources
Sokkeldirektoratet, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (FactMaps and FactPages), Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Field data retrieved 4 Nov 2026, production 28 Oct 2026, licensees and reserves 11 Nov 2026. factpages.sodir.no · NLOD