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NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 1578893

Vale

North Sea · Gas/condensate · Shut down · Operator Aker BP ASA

Vale is a gas and condensate field in the North Sea operated by Aker BP ASA, discovered in 1991 by wellbore 25/4-6 S. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as shut down.

No production has been reported since August 2026.

Since June 2002 it has reported 5.4 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 2.8 million Sm³ of oil and 2.5 billion Sm³ of gas.

8 wellbores are on file for the field.

0
mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported
0
mill Sm³ oil, last 12
0
bill Sm³ gas, last 12
5.35
mill Sm³ o.e. since Jun 2002
8
wellbores on file
0
licensees today

SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026

Oil by month

TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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Gas by month

TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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Produced water by month

TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD

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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 recoverable2.822.51005.33
Remaining00000

About the field

WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE

Development
Vale is a field in the central part of the North Sea, 16 kilometres north of the Heimdal field. The water depth is 115 metres. Vale was discovered in 1991, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2001. The field was developed with a subsea template including one horizontal production well with a single side track, tied-back to the Heimdal facility. The production started in 2002.
Reservoir
Vale produced gas and condensate from Middle Jurassic sandstone in the Brent Group. The reservoir is at a depth of 3700 metres and has low permeability.
Recovery strategy
The field was produced by pressure depletion.
Transport
The well stream from Vale was routed to Heimdal for processing and export. Gas was exported via Vesterled to St Fergus in the UK. Condensate was transported by pipeline to the Brae field in the UK sector and further to Cruden Bay.
Status
Vale was shut down in 2023. Decommissioning of the subsea template must be completed by the end of 2028.

Production by year

MONTHLY ROWS ADDED UP · NEWEST FIRST

YearOil, mill Sm³Gas, bill Sm³NGL, mill Sm³Condensate, mill Sm³O.e., mill Sm³Water, mill Sm³
20268 MONTHS000000
2025000000
2024000000
20230.10.09000.20.01
20220.150.16000.310.01
20210.160.19000.360.02
20200.160.07000.230.03
20190.040000.040
20180.020.01000.030
20170.080.07000.150
20160.150.14000.290
20150.270.29000.560
20140.20.23000.440
20130.180.18000.360
20120.120.12000.250
20110.020.02000.030
20100.010.01000.020
20090.180.16000.340
20080.20.17000.380
20070.170.14000.310
20060.180.15000.320
20050.080.06000.140
20040.160.13000.290
20030.150.12000.270
20027 MONTHS0.050000.050

Wellbores

Soil drilling 4 · Production 2 · Wildcat 2

All 8 wellbores in Vale, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 25/4-6 S →

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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