Field · North Sea
Valhall
Valhall is an oil field in the North Sea, discovered in 1975. Status: producing. Operator: Aker BP ASA.
ProducingOil
- Status
- Producing
- Contains
- Oil
- Sea area
- North Sea
- Operator
- Aker BP ASA
- Discovered
- 1975
- Approved for production
- 2 Jun 1977
- Production start
- 1 Oct 1982
- Supply base
- Tananger
- Sodir ID
- 43548
Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Production
- Last 12 months
- 2.08 million Sm³ o.e. · Sep 2025–Aug 2026
- Share of Norwegian production
- 0.845 %no. 26 of 100 fields with production in the last 12 months
- Per day
- 36,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
- Peak year
- 2005 6.02 million Sm³ o.e.
OilGasNGL2026 covers January–August (lighter bar).
The figures start in 2000; the field started producing in 1982, so production before 2000 is not included.
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Oil | Gas | NGL | Condensate | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 1.02 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 1.28 |
| 2025 | 1.78 | 0.35 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 2.24 |
| 2024 | 2.03 | 0.35 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 2.51 |
| 2023 | 2.01 | 0.34 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 2.47 |
| 2022 | 2.04 | 0.35 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 2.52 |
| 2021 | 2.40 | 0.41 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 2.96 |
| 2020 | 2.64 | 0.42 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 3.23 |
| 2019 | 2.05 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 2.47 |
| 2018 | 1.86 | 0.31 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 2.26 |
| 2017 | 1.77 | 0.30 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 2.16 |
| 2016 | 2.00 | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 2.47 |
| 2015 | 2.40 | 0.43 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 2.96 |
| 2014 | 2.23 | 0.38 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 2.72 |
| 2013 | 1.77 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 2.08 |
| 2012 | 0.96 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 1.14 |
| 2011 | 1.64 | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 1.97 |
| 2010 | 2.09 | 0.34 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 2.53 |
| 2009 | 2.26 | 0.35 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 2.73 |
| 2008 | 2.81 | 0.48 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 3.44 |
| 2007 | 3.41 | 0.61 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 4.19 |
| 2006 | 4.04 | 0.77 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 5.02 |
| 2005 | 4.83 | 0.96 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 6.02 |
| 2004 | 4.77 | 0.97 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 5.97 |
| 2003 | 4.16 | 0.63 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 4.98 |
| 2002 | 4.18 | 0.87 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 5.26 |
| 2001 | 4.36 | 0.88 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 5.46 |
| 2000 | 4.58 | 0.89 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 5.69 |
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 | 156.43 | 25.88 | million Sm³ |
| Gas | 30.08 | 4.98 | billion Sm³ |
| NGL | 6.30 | 1.01 | million tonnes |
| Total o.e. | 198.48 | 32.76 | million Sm³ o.e. |
According to the estimate, 83 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.
Licensees
| Company | Share | Valid from |
|---|---|---|
| Aker BP ASAAKRBPOperator | 90.00 % | 1 Jan 2025 |
| INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS | 10.00 % | 1 Jan 2025 |
Companies on the analysis page link to their own page.
Network
Gas by pipeline to Emden and oil by pipeline to Teesside. The production is processed at Ekofisk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valhall DP | Steel jacket, 8 legs | Partly removed | 1981 |
| Valhall WP | Steel jacket, 4 legs | In service | 1996 |
| Valhall BVS | Subsea structure | In service | 1998 |
| Valhall SSPR | Subsea structure | In service | 1998 |
| Valhall VTS | Subsea structure | In service | 1998 |
| Valhall Flanke Sør | Steel jacket, 4 legs | In service | 2003 |
| Valhall Flanke Nord | Steel jacket, 4 legs | In service | 2004 |
| Valhall IP | Steel jacket, 4 legs | In service | 2004 |
| Valhall PH | Steel jacket, 4 legs | In service | 2013 |
| Valhall Flanke Vest | Steel jacket, 4 legs | In service | 2019 |
| Valhall PWP | Steel jacket, 8 legs | Under installation |
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