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NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 1578840

Fram

North Sea · Oil/gas · Producing · Operator Equinor Energy AS

Fram is an oil and gas field in the North Sea operated by Equinor Energy AS, discovered in 1990 by wellbore 35/11-4. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.

In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 1.6 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0.69 million Sm³ of oil, 0.85 billion Sm³ of gas), down 13% on the 12 months before.

Since October 2003 it has reported 60.3 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 44.1 million Sm³ of oil and 14.2 billion Sm³ of gas.

3 companies hold it; the largest share is Equinor Energy AS with 50%.

45 wellbores are on file for the field.

1.6
mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported -13%
0.69
mill Sm³ oil, last 12
0.85
bill Sm³ gas, last 12
60.3
mill Sm³ o.e. since Oct 2003
45
wellbores on file
3
licensees today

SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026

Oil by month

TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD

Last 12 months 685,525 · prior 12 821,220(-17%)

0100K200K2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Gas by month

TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD

Last 12 months 854,811,000 · prior 12 919,426,000(-7%)

050M100M150M2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Produced water by month

TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD

Last 12 months 616,046 · prior 12 748,895(-18%)

050K100K150K2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Licensees

SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 090

CompanyShareSince
Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR50%Oct 30, 2026
Vår Energi ASA35%Oct 30, 2026
INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS15%Oct 30, 2026

Production licence 090: 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 Sm³Gas, bill Sm³NGL, mill tonnesCondensate, mill Sm³O.e., mill Sm³
Originally recoverable59.520.21.69082.9
Remaining16.16.630.48023.6

About the field

WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE

Development
Fram is a field in the northern part of the North Sea, 20 kilometres north of the Troll field. The water depth is 350 metres. Fram was discovered in 1990 and comprises two main structures, Fram Vest and Fram Øst, with several deposits. The plan for development and operation (PDO) for Fram Vest was approved in 2001 and for Fram Øst in 2005. The production started in 2003 and 2006, respectively. Both structures are developed with two subsea templates each, tied-back to the Troll C platform. A PDO exemption for Fram C-Øst was approved in 2016; the development included a long oil producer drilled from the B2-template on Fram Øst. Another PDO exemption was granted in 2018 for two wells in the Fram-Øst Brent reservoir, drilled from one of the existing templates on Fram Øst. A PDO for Fram Sør was approved in 2025. The development comprises four subsea templates with a total of 10 production wells and two water injection wells tied back to the existing infrastructure at Troll C. Both Byrding and Fram H-Nord are producing through the Fram infrastructure.
Reservoir
Fram produces oil and associated gas from sandstone of Middle Jurassic age in the Brent Group, and from Upper Jurassic sandstone in a marine fan system in the Draupne Formation and the shallow marine Sognefjord Formation. The reservoirs have a gas cap and are in several isolated, rotated fault blocks at depths of 2300-2500 metres. The reservoir in Fram Vest is complex. The reservoirs in Fram Øst are generally of good quality.
Recovery strategy
The Brent and Sognefjord reservoirs in Fram Øst are produced by pressure support from natural aquifer drive. Gas lift is used in the wells. The Fram Vest reservoir is produced by pressure depletion. Oil production from Fram is restricted by the gas processing capacity at the Troll C facility.
Transport
The well stream is transported to the Troll C platform for processing. The oil is transported further through the Troll Oil Pipeline II to the Mongstad terminal, and the gas is exported via the Troll A platform to the Kollsnes terminal.
Status
An extra gas module dedicated to Fram on the Troll C platform started operation in 2020. Production from the Fram area is optimised within the available capacities at Troll C. Active exploration is ongoing in the area.

Production by year

MONTHLY ROWS ADDED UP · NEWEST FIRST

YearOil, mill Sm³Gas, bill Sm³NGL, mill Sm³Condensate, mill Sm³O.e., mill Sm³Water, mill Sm³
20268 MONTHS0.430.550.0401.030.39
20250.780.90.0701.750.72
20241.021.110.1302.260.72
20230.870.990.1402.010.6
20221.151.280.1402.570.8
20211.231.070.1702.470.71
20201.561.160.202.920.54
20191.720.730.1202.560.81
20181.530.710.1102.350.83
20171.710.730.1302.570.66
20161.450.620.0902.160.73
20151.470.630.0802.181.12
20142.010.620.1102.741.3
20132.430.610.0903.131.14
20122.440.540.0803.060.82
20112.80.580.0803.450.6
20103.090.570.0803.740.4
20093.380.420.0703.870.3
20083.280.290.0303.590.12
20072.640.07002.710.2
20061.660001.660.07
20051.860001.860.08
20042.940002.940.06
20033 MONTHS0.690000.690

Wellbores

Production 20 · Wildcat 8 · Appraisal 6 · Injection 6 · Observation 5

All 45 wellbores in Fram, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 35/11-4 →

Operator history

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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