Field · North Sea
Visund
Visund is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, discovered in 1986. Status: producing. Operator: Equinor Energy AS.
ProducingOil and gas
- Status
- Producing
- Contains
- Oil and gas
- Sea area
- North Sea
- Operator
- Equinor Energy AS
- Discovered
- 1986
- Approved for production
- 29 Mar 1996
- Production start
- 21 Apr 1999
- Supply base
- Florø
- Sodir ID
- 43745
Show on the globeFact page at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Production
- Last 12 months
- 5.38 million Sm³ o.e. · Sep 2025–Aug 2026
- Share of Norwegian production
- 2.19 %no. 11 of 100 fields with production in the last 12 months
- Per day
- 93,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
- Peak year
- 2021 7.10 million Sm³ o.e.
OilGasNGL2026 covers January–August (lighter bar).
The figures start in 2000; the field started producing in 1999, so production before 2000 is not included.
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Oil | Gas | NGL | Condensate | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0.26 | 3.06 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 3.48 |
| 2025 | 0.44 | 5.10 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 5.84 |
| 2024 | 0.47 | 4.14 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 4.98 |
| 2023 | 0.55 | 5.54 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 6.62 |
| 2022 | 0.77 | 5.76 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 7.02 |
| 2021 | 1.02 | 5.50 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
| 2020 | 1.06 | 4.28 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 5.84 |
| 2019 | 1.51 | 4.92 | 0.53 | 0.00 | 6.95 |
| 2018 | 1.87 | 4.37 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 6.72 |
| 2017 | 1.95 | 3.48 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 5.86 |
| 2016 | 2.54 | 2.39 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 5.24 |
| 2015 | 2.17 | 1.33 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 3.63 |
| 2014 | 1.71 | 0.58 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 2.36 |
| 2013 | 1.04 | 0.65 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 1.77 |
| 2012 | 0.72 | 0.46 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 1.22 |
| 2011 | 0.67 | 0.56 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 1.40 | 1.12 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 2.63 |
| 2009 | 1.56 | 1.14 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 2.83 |
| 2008 | 1.72 | 0.79 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 2.61 |
| 2007 | 2.25 | 1.51 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 3.89 |
| 2006 | 1.21 | 1.04 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 2.38 |
| 2005 | 1.12 | 0.35 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 1.51 |
| 2004 | 1.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.86 |
| 2003 | 2.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.02 |
| 2002 | 2.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.46 |
| 2001 | 2.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.54 |
| 2000 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.25 |
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 | 41.56 | 1.97 | million Sm³ |
| Gas | 73.74 | 19.86 | billion Sm³ |
| NGL | 7.94 | 1.82 | million tonnes |
| Total o.e. | 130.38 | 25.29 | million Sm³ o.e. |
According to the estimate, 81 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.
Licensees
| Company | Share | Valid from |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASEQNROperator | 53.20 % | 16 May 2018 |
| Petoro AS | 30.00 % | 16 May 2018 |
| ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS | 9.10 % | 16 May 2018 |
| Repsol Norge AS | 7.70 % | 16 May 2018 |
Companies on the analysis page link to their own page.
Network
Gas by pipeline to Kollsnes and oil is loaded onto ships at Gullfaks A. Possible onward routes for the gas: United Kingdom, France, Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34/8-A-1 H | Single-well template | In service | 1999 |
| 34/8-A-10 H | Single-well template | In service | 1999 |
| 34/8-A-11 H | Single-well template | Under installation | 1999 |
| 34/8-A-13 H | Single-well template | In service | 1999 |
| 34/8-A-14 H | Single-well template | In service | 1999 |
| 34/8-A-2 H | Single-well template | In service | 1999 |
| 34/8-A-3 H | Single-well template | In service | 1999 |
| 34/8-A-30 H | Single-well template | In service | 1999 |
| 34/8-A-6 H | Single-well template | In service | 1999 |
| Visund | Semi-submersible (steel) | In service | 1999 |
| Visund SDU-1 | Subsea structure | In service | 1999 |
| Visund SDU-2 | Subsea structure | In service | 1999 |
| 34/8-A-26 H | Single-well template | In service | 2000 |
| 34/8-A-4 H/AH | Single-well template | In service | 2000 |
| 34/8-A-5 H | Single-well template | In service | 2000 |
| 34/8-A-23 H | Single-well template | In service | 2001 |
| 34/8-A-25 H/AH | Single-well template | In service | 2002 |
| Visund Nord | Multi-well template | Shut down | 2002 |
| 34/8-A-21 H/AH | Single-well template | In service | 2003 |
| 34/8-A-19 H | Single-well template | In service | 2004 |
| 34/8-A-22 H/AH | Single-well template | In service | 2004 |
| 34/8-A-33 H | Single-well template | In service | 2005 |
| 34/8-A-8 H | Single-well template | In service | 2009 |
| 34/8-A-9 H | Single-well template | In service | 2012 |
| Visund Nord Its | Multi-well template | In service | 2013 |
| Visund Nord Ior | Multi-well template | In service | 2019 |
| 34/8-A-18 AH/H | Single-well template | Under installation | |
| 34/8-A-20 H | Single-well template | Under installation | |
| 34/8-A-24 H | Single-well template | In service |
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