NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 26376286
Johan Sverdrup
North Sea · Oil · Producing · Operator Equinor Energy AS
Johan Sverdrup is an oil field in the North Sea operated by Equinor Energy AS, discovered in 2010 by wellbore 16/2-6. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 39.38 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (37.54 million Sm³ of oil, 1.2 billion Sm³ of gas), down 9% on the 12 months before.
Since August 2019 it has reported 247.8 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 234.7 million Sm³ of oil and 7.9 billion Sm³ of gas.
4 companies hold it; the largest share is Equinor Energy AS with 42.63%.
138 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 39.4
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported -9%
- 37.5
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 1.2
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 247.8
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Aug 2019
- 138
- wellbores on file
- 4
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Oil by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 37,535,489 · prior 12 41,066,184(-9%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 1,197,111,000 · prior 12 1,354,949,000(-12%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 19,136,895 · prior 12 11,355,809(+69%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · UNIT JOHAN SVERDRUP UNIT
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR | 42.6267% | Jan 1, 2023 |
| Aker BP ASA | 31.5733% | Jan 1, 2023 |
| Petoro AS | 17.36% | Jan 1, 2023 |
| TotalEnergies EP Norge AS | 8.44% | Jan 1, 2023 |
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 | 402.4 | 12 | 4.03 | 0 | 422 |
| Remaining | 192.9 | 4.89 | 1.48 | 0 | 200.6 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Johan Sverdrup is a field on the Utsira High in the central part of the North Sea, 65 kilometres northeast of the Sleipner fields. The water depth is 115 metres. Johan Sverdrup was discovered in 2010 and the plan for development and operation (PDO) for Phase I was approved in 2015. The development solution for the first development phase is a field centre with four installations: living quarters, process, drilling and riser facilities. The four platforms are connected by bridges. The drilling platform has 48 well slots and is prepared for simultaneous drilling, well intervention and production. In 2019, the production from Phase I started and the PDO for Phase II was approved. It includes a process platform and five subsea templates, in addition to modifications on the riser platform. The production from Phase II started in 2022. Johan Sverdrup receives power from shore through the area solution for the Utsira High, and is therefore producing with very low CO2 emissions.
- Reservoir
- The main reservoir contains oil in Upper Jurassic intra-Draupne sandstone. The reservoir depth is 1900 metres. The quality of the main reservoir is excellent with very high permeability. The remaining oil resources are in sandstone in the Upper Triassic Statfjord Group and Middle to Upper Jurassic Vestland Group, as well as in spiculites in the Upper Jurassic Viking Group. Oil was also proven in Permian Zechstein carbonates.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by water injection as pressure support, as well as gas lift in the production wells.
- Transport
- Stabilised oil is exported from the riser platform through a new oil export pipeline that is connected to existing underground storage caverns at the Mongstad terminal. The gas is exported from the riser platform to the Kårstø terminal through a new pipeline connected to Statpipe.
- Status
- Johan Sverdrup accounts for about one third of the Norwegian oil production. The field is currently producing with high regularity at plateau, close to the current oil handling capacity. The oil handling capacity was increased after a capacity test in 2023. A third development phase is currently being prepared.
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 | 24.7 | 0.76 | 0.41 | 0 | 25.9 | 13.5 |
| 2025 | 40.1 | 1.39 | 0.77 | 0 | 42.2 | 14.1 |
| 2024 | 41.6 | 1.34 | 0.84 | 0 | 43.7 | 7.8 |
| 2023 | 41.3 | 1.38 | 0.82 | 0 | 43.5 | 3.46 |
| 2022 | 29.2 | 1.04 | 0.6 | 0 | 30.9 | 0.13 |
| 2021 | 29.6 | 1.01 | 0.88 | 0 | 31.5 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 24.5 | 0.84 | 0.8 | 0 | 26.1 | 0.02 |
| 20195 MONTHS | 3.72 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0 | 3.99 | 0 |
Wellbores
Production 62 · Appraisal 36 · Injection 31 · Observation 5 · Shallow gas 3 · Wildcat 1
All 138 wellbores in Johan Sverdrup, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 16/2-6 →
Operator history
- Equinor Energy ASMay 16, 2018 to today
- Statoil Petroleum ASJun 18, 2015 to May 15, 2018
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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