NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 1036101
Kvitebjørn
North Sea · Gas/condensate · Producing · Operator Equinor Energy AS
Kvitebjørn is a gas and condensate field in the North Sea operated by Equinor Energy AS, discovered in 1994 by wellbore 34/11-1. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 2.49 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0.29 million Sm³ of oil, 2.09 billion Sm³ of gas), down 14% on the 12 months before.
Since September 2004 it has reported 145.4 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 31.5 million Sm³ of oil and 102 billion Sm³ of gas.
5 companies hold it; the largest share is Equinor Energy AS with 39.55%.
29 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 2.49
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported -14%
- 0.29
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 2.09
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 145.4
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Sep 2004
- 29
- wellbores on file
- 5
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Oil by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 291,831 · prior 12 355,457(-18%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 2,089,842,000 · prior 12 2,373,588,000(-12%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 178,936 · prior 12 197,345(-9%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 193
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR | 39.55% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Petoro AS | 30% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| DNO Norge AS | 19% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| ORLEN Upstream Norway AS | 6.45% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| TotalEnergies EP Norge AS | 5% | Dec 17, 2025 |
Production licence 193: ownership history and register messages →
Reserves
THE DIRECTORATE'S ESTIMATE · AS OF DEC 31, 2025
These are the Norwegian Offshore Directorate's own year-end estimates, shown as it publishes them. Petrora does not estimate reserves.
| Oil, mill Sm³ | Gas, bill Sm³ | NGL, mill tonnes | Condensate, mill Sm³ | O.e., mill Sm³ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Originally recoverable | 32 | 104.4 | 10.2 | 0 | 155.8 |
| Remaining | 1.25 | 9.15 | 0.52 | 0 | 11.4 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Kvitebjørn is a field in the Tampen area in the northern part of the North Sea, 15 kilometres southeast of the Gullfaks field. The water depth is 190 metres. Kvitebjørn was discovered in 1994, and the plan for development and operations (PDO) was approved in 2000. The field is developed with an integrated accommodation, drilling and processing facility with a steel jacket. The production started in 2004. An amended PDO including several deposits and prospects was approved in 2006.
- Reservoir
- Kvitebjørn produces gas and condensate from Middle Jurassic sandstone in the Brent Group. Secondary reservoirs are in the Lower Jurassic Cook Formation and Upper Triassic Statfjord Group. The reservoirs are at a depth of 4000 metres and initially had high pressure and high temperature (HPHT). The reservoir quality is good.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by pressure depletion. Gas pre-compression started in 2014 and has increased the gas recovery from the field.
- Transport
- Rich gas is transported through the Kvitebjørn Gas Pipeline to the Kollsnes terminal, while condensate is transported in a pipeline tied to the Troll Oil Pipeline II and further to the Mongstad terminal.
- Status
- The production on Kvitebjørn is declining. New producers are being drilled, and further drilling is planned.
Production by year
MONTHLY ROWS ADDED UP · NEWEST FIRST
| Year | Oil, mill Sm³ | Gas, bill Sm³ | NGL, mill Sm³ | Condensate, mill Sm³ | O.e., mill Sm³ | Water, mill Sm³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20268 MONTHS | 0.19 | 1.34 | 0.08 | 0 | 1.61 | 0.11 |
| 2025 | 0.33 | 2.3 | 0.13 | 0 | 2.77 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | 0.42 | 2.69 | 0.23 | 0 | 3.34 | 0.21 |
| 2023 | 0.43 | 2.61 | 0.26 | 0 | 3.31 | 0.14 |
| 2022 | 0.43 | 2.84 | 0.22 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.16 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 3.48 | 0.34 | 0 | 4.41 | 0.18 |
| 2020 | 0.68 | 4.18 | 0.44 | 0 | 5.3 | 0.18 |
| 2019 | 0.79 | 4.52 | 0.44 | 0 | 5.74 | 0.25 |
| 2018 | 1.08 | 5.23 | 0.53 | 0 | 6.83 | 0.21 |
| 2017 | 1.29 | 6.11 | 0.62 | 0 | 8.02 | 0.18 |
| 2016 | 1.77 | 6.89 | 0.71 | 0 | 9.37 | 0.19 |
| 2015 | 1.91 | 6.82 | 0.67 | 0 | 9.41 | 0.21 |
| 2014 | 1.98 | 6.77 | 0.98 | 0 | 9.73 | 0.18 |
| 2013 | 2.1 | 6.87 | 0.99 | 0 | 9.96 | 0.16 |
| 2012 | 2.48 | 6.98 | 0.93 | 0 | 10.4 | 0.14 |
| 2011 | 2.63 | 6.52 | 0.83 | 0 | 9.97 | 0.2 |
| 2010 | 2.71 | 6.11 | 0.77 | 0 | 9.6 | 0.23 |
| 2009 | 2.35 | 5.08 | 0.81 | 0 | 8.24 | 0.17 |
| 2008 | 1.45 | 3 | 0.45 | 0 | 4.9 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 0.55 | 1.08 | 0.14 | 0 | 1.77 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 2.84 | 5.62 | 0.81 | 0 | 9.27 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 2.19 | 4.34 | 0.59 | 0 | 7.12 | 0.07 |
| 20044 MONTHS | 0.28 | 0.56 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.87 | 0.01 |
Wellbores
Production 25 · Appraisal 1 · Injection 1 · Observation 1 · Wildcat 1
All 29 wellbores in Kvitebjørn, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 34/11-1 →
Operator history
- Equinor Energy ASMay 16, 2018 to today
- Statoil Petroleum ASNov 1, 2009 to May 15, 2018
- StatoilHydro Petroleum ASJan 1, 2009 to Oct 31, 2009
- StatoilHydro ASAOct 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2008
- Statoil ASA (old)May 10, 2001 to Sep 30, 2007
- Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sJun 14, 2000 to May 9, 2001
This field on Sodir FactPages →
About this data
Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir) FactPages, mirrored nightly and used under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). Production is saleable volume by month from the Directorate's profiles, cut at the latest month any field has reported; yearly and cumulative figures are those months added up. Shares are the current rows of the field's licensee history. Reserves are the Directorate's estimate.
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