Project · LNG
Snøhvit and Hammerfest LNG
The well stream from Snøhvit is piped to the LNG plant at Melkøya near Hammerfest. CO₂ is separated and returned to the field in a separate pipeline for injection. LNG, LPG and condensate are shipped out.
- Marketable production from Snøhvit, last 12 months
- 7.18 million Sm³ o.e.
- Aug 2025–Jul 2026 · Sodir, production · 7 Oct 2026
The chain
From owner to where the CO₂, gas or power ends up. Links without their own label have their source in the column heading.
- Equinor operator36.79%
- Petoro (SDFI)30.00%
- TotalEnergies18.40%
- Vår Energi12.00%
- Harbour Energy2.81%
- The fieldSnøhvit 7.18 million Sm³ o.e. last 12 moGas 6.17 billion Sm³Pipelines
- Snøhvit Gassrør gas · 28″
CO₂ back to the field (not a gas route)
- Melkøya – Snøhvit F CO₂ · 8″ · return from Melkøya
The plantMelkøya LandanleggEquinor 36.79%, Petoro (SDFI) 30.00%, TotalEnergies 18.40%, Vår Energi 12.00%, Harbour Energy 2.81%Out of the plantLNG, LPG and condensate are shipped out.
curated, Sodir 7 Oct 2026The receivers are not in the data.
Planned
- Goliat: planned gas export through the Snøhvit pipeline to Melkøya, according to Sodir's field description. curated, Sodir 7 Oct 2026
From the sources
The CO2 is separated and returned to the field by pipeline for injection into the aquifer (Stø reservoir).
curated, Sodir 7 Oct 2026An amended PDO for onshore gas compression and full electrification was approved in 2023.
curated, Sodir 7 Oct 2026
Events
Ownership changes, exploration wells and discoveries, rigs that move, production start-up and contracts, with a link to the source.
No events in the last 12 months in the data.
Last 12 months (7 Oct 2025–7 Oct 2026). 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 production, month by month.
- Last 12 months
- 34.3 NOK bnestimateAug 2025–Jul 2026
- July 2026
- 4.2 NOK bnestimateBrent USD 83.76/bbl · gas EUR 54.0/MWh
- Share of the shelf's value
- 2.91%estimatelast 12 months
- Gas in the value
- 88%estimatelast 12 months
Oil and condensateGasNGL
Show as table
| Month | Oil and condensate | Gas | NGL | Total (NOK bn) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 0.31 | 3.8 | 0.08 | 4.2 |
| Jun 2026 | 0.27 | 2.4 | 0.08 | 2.8 |
| May 2026 | 0.13 | 2.5 | 0.10 | 2.7 |
| Apr 2026 | 0.43 | 3.0 | 0.12 | 3.6 |
| Mar 2026 | 0.38 | 3.5 | 0.07 | 3.9 |
| Feb 2026 | 0.24 | 2.1 | 0.07 | 2.4 |
| Jan 2026 | 0.26 | 2.5 | 0.07 | 2.8 |
| Dec 2025 | 0.25 | 2.1 | 0.07 | 2.4 |
| Nov 2025 | 0.25 | 2.2 | 0.07 | 2.5 |
| Oct 2025 | 0.24 | 2.3 | 0.07 | 2.6 |
| Sep 2025 | 0.26 | 2.3 | 0.07 | 2.6 |
| Aug 2025 | 0.21 | 1.6 | 0.06 | 1.9 |
| Jul 2025 | 0.00 | −0.04 | 0.00 | −0.04 |
| Jun 2025 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.01 |
| May 2025 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.01 |
| Apr 2025 | 0.19 | 1.7 | 0.07 | 1.9 |
| Mar 2025 | 0.27 | 2.4 | 0.10 | 2.8 |
| Feb 2025 | 0.38 | 3.2 | 0.09 | 3.7 |
| Jan 2025 | 0.07 | 1.5 | 0.05 | 1.7 |
| Dec 2024 | 0.34 | 3.2 | 0.10 | 3.7 |
| Nov 2024 | 0.32 | 3.0 | 0.10 | 3.4 |
| Oct 2024 | 0.34 | 2.9 | 0.11 | 3.4 |
| Sep 2024 | 0.32 | 2.6 | 0.11 | 3.0 |
| Aug 2024 | 0.35 | 2.8 | 0.11 | 3.2 |
The gas from the field goes to the Melkøya LNG plant and is sold as LNG, but is priced here as pipeline gas in Europe (TTF).
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.
Notes
- The CO2 pipeline runs from Melkøya to the field. It is not a gas route.
- The arrows show direction, not volume. The direction is Sodir's from → to for each pipeline; Sodir has no flow per pipeline.
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.
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, licensees per field (current shares) 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, 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
- Sodir, field description Snøhvit 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0 · curated by OESA
- Sodir, field description Snøhvit 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0 · curated by OESA
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, field description Goliat 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0 · curated by OESA