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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
5.46 million Sm³ o.e. · Aug 2025–Jul 2026
Share of Norwegian production
2.22 %no. 11 of 95 fields with production in the last 12 months
Per day
94,000barrels o.e. per day, converted
Peak year
2021 7.10 million Sm³ o.e.
0246 2000: 2.25 million Sm³ o.e.2001: 2.54 million Sm³ o.e.2002: 2.46 million Sm³ o.e.20022003: 2.02 million Sm³ o.e.2004: 1.86 million Sm³ o.e.2005: 1.51 million Sm³ o.e.20052006: 2.38 million Sm³ o.e.2007: 3.89 million Sm³ o.e.2008: 2.61 million Sm³ o.e.20082009: 2.83 million Sm³ o.e.2010: 2.63 million Sm³ o.e.2011: 1.26 million Sm³ o.e.20112012: 1.22 million Sm³ o.e.2013: 1.77 million Sm³ o.e.2014: 2.36 million Sm³ o.e.20142015: 3.63 million Sm³ o.e.2016: 5.24 million Sm³ o.e.2017: 5.86 million Sm³ o.e.20172018: 6.72 million Sm³ o.e.2019: 6.95 million Sm³ o.e.2020: 5.84 million Sm³ o.e.20202021: 7.10 million Sm³ o.e.2022: 7.02 million Sm³ o.e.2023: 6.62 million Sm³ o.e.20232024: 4.98 million Sm³ o.e.2025: 5.84 million Sm³ o.e.2026: 3.03 million Sm³ o.e.2026

OilGasNGL2026 covers January–July (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
Production per year, Visundmillion Sm³ o.e.
YearOilGasNGLCondensateTotal
2026 (Jan–Jul)0.222.670.140.003.03
20250.455.100.290.005.84
20240.474.140.360.004.98
20230.555.540.540.006.62
20220.775.760.490.007.02
20211.025.500.590.007.10
20201.064.280.510.005.84
20191.514.920.530.006.95
20181.874.370.490.006.72
20171.953.480.430.005.86
20162.542.390.310.005.24
20152.171.330.140.003.63
20141.710.580.070.002.36
20131.040.650.070.001.77
20120.720.460.040.001.22
20110.670.560.040.001.26
20101.401.120.110.002.63
20091.561.140.130.002.83
20081.720.790.090.002.61
20072.251.510.130.003.89
20061.211.040.130.002.38
20051.120.350.040.001.51
20041.860.000.000.001.86
20032.020.000.000.002.02
20022.460.000.000.002.46
20012.540.000.000.002.54
20002.250.000.000.002.25

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 July 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.

Reserves in Visund
ProductOriginally recoverableRemainingUnit
Oil41.561.97million Sm³
Gas73.7419.86billion Sm³
NGL7.941.82million tonnes
Total o.e.130.3825.29million Sm³ o.e.

According to the estimate, 81 % of the recoverable reserves have been produced.

Licensees

Licensees in Visund, updated by Sodir 20 Feb 2026
CompanyShareValid from
Equinor Energy ASEQNROperator53.20 %16 May 2018
Petoro AS30.00 %16 May 2018
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS9.10 %16 May 2018
Repsol Norge AS7.70 %16 May 2018

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Facilities

Facilities belonging to Visund
NameTypeStatusIn service since
34/8-A-1 HSingle-well templateIn service1999
34/8-A-10 HSingle-well templateIn service1999
34/8-A-11 HSingle-well templateUnder installation1999
34/8-A-13 HSingle-well templateIn service1999
34/8-A-14 HSingle-well templateIn service1999
34/8-A-2 HSingle-well templateIn service1999
34/8-A-3 HSingle-well templateIn service1999
34/8-A-30 HSingle-well templateIn service1999
34/8-A-6 HSingle-well templateIn service1999
VisundSemi-submersible (steel)In service1999
Visund Sdu-1Subsea structureIn service1999
Visund Sdu-2Subsea structureIn service1999
34/8-A-26 HSingle-well templateIn service2000
34/8-A-4 H/AhSingle-well templateIn service2000
34/8-A-5 HSingle-well templateIn service2000
34/8-A-23 HSingle-well templateIn service2001
34/8-A-25 H/AhSingle-well templateIn service2002
Visund NordMulti-well templateShut down2002
34/8-A-21 H/AhSingle-well templateIn service2003
34/8-A-19 HSingle-well templateIn service2004
34/8-A-22 H/AhSingle-well templateIn service2004
34/8-A-33 HSingle-well templateIn service2005
34/8-A-8 HSingle-well templateIn service2009
34/8-A-9 HSingle-well templateIn service2012
Visund Nord ItsMulti-well templateIn service2013
Visund Nord IorMulti-well templateIn service2019
34/8-A-18 Ah/HSingle-well templateUnder installation
34/8-A-20 HSingle-well templateUnder installation
34/8-A-24 HSingle-well templateIn service

Sources

Sokkeldirektoratet, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (FactMaps and FactPages), Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Field data retrieved 28 Sep 2026, production 27 Sep 2026, licensees and reserves 28 Sep 2026. factpages.sodir.no · NLOD