Field · the network on the Norwegian shelf
Vest Ekofisk
Vest Ekofisk is a gas and condensate field in the North Sea, operated by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS. The map shows the owners, the pipelines and where the production comes ashore.
Show on the globeField pageFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
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.
- Vår Energi52.28%Vår Energi ASA · unchanged since 18 Dec 2025
- ConocoPhillips operator35.11%ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS · unchanged since 5 Mar 2003
- ORLEN7.60%ORLEN Upstream Norway AS · unchanged since 19 Dec 2025
- Petoro (SDFI)5.00%Petoro AS · unchanged since 17 Jun 2001
- The fieldVest EkofiskApproved for production · Gas and condensateFacilities and pipelines
No facilities in service at Sodir
Processed at Ekofisk
- Norpipe Gassledning gas · 36″ · onward to Emden · 4 sections
- Norpipe Oljeledning oil · 34″ · onward to Teesside · 3 sections
Landfall- Emden Germany · gas derived
- Teesside United Kingdom · oil derived
Market- Emden Germany · ENTSOG point
The buyers of the oil are not in the data.
Transport according to Sodir's field description
The well stream will be transported via pipeline to the Ekofisk Complex for further export.
Quoted from Sodir's field description, updated 8 May 2026. Sodir, field description
Notes
- The arrows show direction, not volume. The direction is Sodir's from → to for each pipeline; Sodir has no flow per pipeline.
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; Sodir, facilities · 7 Oct 2026
| Name | Type | Operator | Link | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gassled | Joint venture | Gassco | onward | Petoro (SDFI) 100.00% |
| Norpipe Oljeledning | Pipeline | ConocoPhillips | onward | Norpipe Oil 100.00% |
| Ula Oljerør | Pipeline | Aker BP | onward | Aker BP 100.00% |
| Norpipe Olje-Anlegg | not in Sodir's TUF tables | ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited. for the plant | onward | – |
Norpipe Olje-Anlegg: Sodir does not list owners or an operator for Norpipe Olje-anlegg; the name is not in Sodir's tables of owners and operators of pipeline systems and plants, checked at Sodir on 7 Oct 2026. The link comes from Sodir's facility table, where the plant Teesside belongs to Norpipe Olje-anlegg. Operator of the plant at Sodir: ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited. Sodir, DataService look-up · 7 Oct 2026
Events
Ownership changes, exploration wells and discoveries, rigs that move, production start-up and contracts, with a link to the source.
- Ownership
ORLEN acquired interests in 2 production licences from DNO
Fields: Albuskjell and Vest Ekofisk
At Sodir: PL 018 B (7.604%), PL 018 F (7.604%)
- Ownership
Vår Energi acquired interests in 2 production licences from TotalEnergies
Fields: Albuskjell and Vest Ekofisk
At Sodir: PL 018 B (39.896%), PL 018 F (39.896%)
Last 12 months (7 Oct 2025–7 Oct 2026). Ownership: name changes and moves within a group are left out. The field is named only when the licence owns the field directly at Sodir. 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).
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.
- ENTSOG Transparency Platform, entry points for Norwegian gas (the points in OESA's gas panel); position from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate 7 Oct 2026
- OESA, pipeline graph derived from Sodir pipelines and facilities (merging ≤0.8 km, tee ≤4 km, branch ≤1 km) 7 Oct 2026Pipelines are linked on the Sodir facility ids. Pipeline ends without a continuation are linked into the nearest pipeline with the same medium within 4 km.
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, licensees per field (current shares) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, fields: status, operator and supply base 28 Sep 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, facilities 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, marketable production per field and month 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, reserves per field 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, transport pipelines 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, owners and operators of pipeline systems and plants (TUF) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, owners and operators of pipeline systems and plants (look-up on 7 Oct 2026) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, field description Vest Ekofisk (Transport), curated by OESA 8 May 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
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.