NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 2053062
Snøhvit
Barents Sea · Gas · Producing · Operator Equinor Energy AS
Snøhvit is a gas field in the Barents Sea operated by Equinor Energy AS, discovered in 1984 by wellbore 7121/4-1. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 7.4 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0 million Sm³ of oil, 6.37 billion Sm³ of gas), up 54% on the 12 months before.
Since August 2007 it has reported 107.4 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 0 million Sm³ of oil and 87.6 billion Sm³ of gas.
5 companies hold it; the largest share is Equinor Energy AS with 36.79%.
41 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 7.4
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported +54%
- 0
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 6.37
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 107.4
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Aug 2007
- 41
- wellbores on file
- 5
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 6,368,085,000 · prior 12 4,069,969,000(+56%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 31,418 · prior 12 20,446(+54%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · UNIT SNØHVIT UNIT
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR | 36.79% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Petoro AS | 30% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| TotalEnergies EP Norge AS | 18.4% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Vår Energi ASA | 12% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Harbour Energy Norge AS | 2.81% | Dec 23, 2024 |
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 | 0 | 227 | 8.96 | 25.7 | 269.7 |
| Remaining | 0 | 142.2 | 5.01 | 13.5 | 165.2 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Snøhvit is a field in the central part of the Hammerfest Basin in the southern part of the Barents Sea. The water depth is 310-340 metres. Snøhvit was discovered in 1984, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2002. Snøhvit was the first field development in the Barents Sea. The field includes the Snøhvit, Albatross and Askeladd structures and has been developed in multiple phases. The development includes several subsea templates. Two well slots are used for CO2 injection. The production started in 2007. A PDO exemption for Snøhvit North was granted in 2015. An amended PDO for onshore gas compression and full electrification was approved in 2023.
- Reservoir
- Snøhvit produces gas with condensate from Lower and Middle Jurassic sandstone in the Nordmela and Stø Formations. The reservoirs are at a depth of 2300 metres and have moderate to good quality.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by pressure depletion.
- Transport
- The well stream, with natural gas, CO2, natural gas liquids (NGL) and condensate, is transported in a 160-kilometre pipeline to the liquid natural gas (LNG) processing facility at Melkøya near Hammerfest. The CO2 is separated and returned to the field by pipeline for injection into the aquifer (Stø reservoir). LNG, liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and condensate are shipped to the market.
- Status
- The production from Snøhvit is in the plateau phase. Since production started, additional production wells have been drilled in different structures. Work is ongoing to prepare for onshore compression and electrification in order to significantly reduce CO2 emissions from the onshore facility at Melkøya.
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 | 4.17 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 4.83 | 0.02 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4.11 | 0.24 | 0.47 | 4.83 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 0 | 6.41 | 0.41 | 0.75 | 7.56 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5.89 | 0.32 | 0.7 | 6.91 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3.69 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 4.41 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 0 | -0.04 | -0 | -0 | -0.04 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3.78 | 0.3 | 0.49 | 4.57 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6.22 | 0.53 | 0.83 | 7.57 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 0 | 6.45 | 0.58 | 0.88 | 7.91 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5.58 | 0.51 | 0.79 | 6.88 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 0 | 6.06 | 0.55 | 0.87 | 7.48 | 0.02 |
| 2015 | 0 | 5.96 | 0.54 | 0.88 | 7.38 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5.22 | 0.48 | 0.81 | 6.51 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4.29 | 0.41 | 0.69 | 5.39 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 4.65 | 0.43 | 0.77 | 5.85 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4.31 | 0.4 | 0.72 | 5.44 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 | 0.47 | 0.84 | 6.31 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3.33 | 0.33 | 0.6 | 4.26 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2.36 | 0.25 | 0.51 | 3.11 | 0 |
| 20075 MONTHS | 0 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0 |
Wellbores
Production 17 · Appraisal 10 · Wildcat 9 · Injection 2 · Observation 2 · Shallow gas 1
All 41 wellbores in Snøhvit, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 7121/4-1 →
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)Mar 7, 2002 to Sep 30, 2007
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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/norway/fields/2053062, documented in the API reference.