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Sleipner Vest

Sleipner Vest is a gas and condensate 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
1.14 million Sm³ o.e.
Aug 2025–Jul 2026 · Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Production Jul 2026
0.16 million Sm³ o.e.
Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Gas, last 12 months
0.88 billion Sm³
Aug 2025–Jul 2026 · Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Share of Norwegian production
0.462%
Estimate · Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
Remaining reserves
9.09 million Sm³ o.e.
as of 31 Dec 2025 · Sodir, reserves · 7 Oct 2026
Licensees
3
Sodir, licensees · 7 Oct 2026
Rigs that have drilled here in the last three years
2
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 operator58.35%Equinor Energy AS · unchanged since 1 Jan 2009
  • ORLEN24.41%ORLEN Upstream Norway AS · unchanged since 18 Jun 2024
  • Vår Energi17.24%Vår Energi ASA · unchanged since 10 Dec 2019
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 fieldSleipner VestProducing · Gas and condensate1.14 million Sm³ o.e. Aug 2025–Jul 2026Supply base: Dusavik
    Facilities and pipelines

    Sleipner B, Sleipner T 3 facilities in service, 1 on the seabed

    Processed at Sleipner Øst

    • Langeled gas · 44″ · onward to Easington
    • Sleipner Kondensatrør condensate · 20″ · onward to Kårstø
    • Zeepipe I gas · 40″ · onward to Draupner S · 3 sections

    Receives from Utgard

    Landfall
    • Easington United Kingdom · gas
    • Kårstø Norway · condensate
    • Zeebrugge Belgium · gas derived
    Market
    • Easington United Kingdom · ENTSOG point
    • Zeebrugge (ZPT) Belgium · ENTSOG point
    • Possible routes for the gas
    • Dunkerque France
    • Emden Germany

    The buyers of the oil are not in the data.

Transport according to Sodir's field description

The well stream is sent to the Sleipner A facility for processing. Sales gas is exported from Sleipner A via Gassled (Area D) to the market. Unstable condensate is transported in a pipeline to the Kårstø terminal.

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

Notes

Rigs

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

RigResponsible company (Sodir)Latest wellOperatorSpuddedWellbores, 3 yrs
COSLPromoterCOSL15/9-E-2 AHEquinor22 Jun 20261
Shelf Drilling BarskShelf Drilling15/9-B-23Equinor28 Sep 20253

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. “Onward” means 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
GassledJoint ventureGasscoonwardPetoro (SDFI) 100.00%
Gina Krog GasseksportPipelineEquinoronwardEquinor 58.70%, ORLEN 41.30%
LangeledPipelineGasscoonwardPetoro (SDFI) 100.00%
Sleipner KondensatrørPipelineEquinoronwardEquinor 59.60%, ORLEN 25.00%, Vår Energi 15.40%
Zeepipe IPipelineGasscoonwardPetoro (SDFI) 100.00%
Zeepipe TerminalTerminalGasscoonwardnot allocated 51.00%, Petoro (SDFI) 49.00%

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

No rigs or offshore vessels lay at the facilities in the period.

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.

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
5.8 NOK bnestimateAug 2025–Jul 2026
July 2026
971 NOK mestimateBrent USD 83.76/bbl · gas EUR 54.0/MWh
Share of the shelf's value
0.488%estimatelast 12 months
Gas in the value
79%estimatelast 12 months

Oil and condensateGasNGL

02505007501,000August 2024: NOK 749 m · Oil and condensate 117 · Gas 615 · NGL 16September 2024: NOK 129 m · Oil and condensate 19 · Gas 108 · NGL 2.6October 2024: NOK 642 m · Oil and condensate 89 · Gas 540 · NGL 13Oct 24November 2024: NOK 282 m · Oil and condensate 34 · Gas 242 · NGL 5.3December 2024: NOK 283 m · Oil and condensate 25 · Gas 257 · NGL 1.6January 2025: NOK 321 m · Oil and condensate 45 · Gas 273 · NGL 3.1Jan 25February 2025: NOK 201 m · Oil and condensate 31 · Gas 168 · NGL 1.7March 2025: NOK 199 m · Oil and condensate 25 · Gas 173 · NGL 1.8April 2025: NOK 216 m · Oil and condensate 27 · Gas 187 · NGL 2.1Apr 25May 2025: NOK 189 m · Oil and condensate 30 · Gas 156 · NGL 2.6June 2025: NOK 160 m · Oil and condensate 15 · Gas 144 · NGL 1.2July 2025: NOK 203 m · Oil and condensate 28 · Gas 171 · NGL 3.6Jul 25August 2025: NOK 180 m · Oil and condensate 25 · Gas 151 · NGL 2.8September 2025: NOK 45 m · Oil and condensate 5.2 · Gas 39 · NGL 1.1October 2025: NOK 165 m · Oil and condensate 20 · Gas 140 · NGL 4.9Oct 25November 2025: NOK 166 m · Oil and condensate 20 · Gas 142 · NGL 3.9December 2025: NOK 390 m · Oil and condensate 69 · Gas 309 · NGL 12January 2026: NOK 489 m · Oil and condensate 74 · Gas 402 · NGL 13Jan 26February 2026: NOK 464 m · Oil and condensate 83 · Gas 369 · NGL 12March 2026: NOK 612 m · Oil and condensate 69 · Gas 533 · NGL 10April 2026: NOK 675 m · Oil and condensate 148 · Gas 512 · NGL 16Apr 26May 2026: NOK 807 m · Oil and condensate 192 · Gas 589 · NGL 26June 2026: NOK 798 m · Oil and condensate 189 · Gas 593 · NGL 16July 2026: NOK 971 m · Oil and condensate 197 · Gas 757 · NGL 17Jul 26971
Show as table
Estimated sales value per month (NOK m)
MonthOil and condensateGasNGLTotal (NOK m)
Jul 202619775717971
Jun 202618959316798
May 202619258926807
Apr 202614851216675
Mar 20266953310612
Feb 20268336912464
Jan 20267440213489
Dec 20256930912390
Nov 2025201423.9166
Oct 2025201404.9165
Sep 20255.2391.145
Aug 2025251512.8180
Jul 2025281713.6203
Jun 2025151441.2160
May 2025301562.6189
Apr 2025271872.1216
Mar 2025251731.8199
Feb 2025311681.7201
Jan 2025452733.1321
Dec 2024252571.6283
Nov 2024342425.3282
Oct 20248954013642
Sep 2024191082.6129
Aug 202411761516749

The owners, last 12 monthsestimate

OwnerShareValue
Equinor58.35%3.4 NOK bn
ORLEN24.41%1.4 NOK bn
Vår Energi17.24%993 NOK m

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.