NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 2762452
Ormen Lange
Norwegian Sea · Gas · Producing · Operator A/S Norske Shell
Ormen Lange is a gas field in the Norwegian Sea operated by A/S Norske Shell, discovered in 1997 by wellbore 6305/5-1. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 8.69 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0 million Sm³ of oil, 8.29 billion Sm³ of gas), up 21% on the 12 months before.
Since August 2007 it has reported 296.6 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 0 million Sm³ of oil and 278.7 billion Sm³ of gas.
5 companies hold it; the largest share is Petoro AS with 36.49%.
41 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 8.69
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported +21%
- 0
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 8.29
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 296.6
- 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 8,289,488,000 · prior 12 6,895,870,000(+20%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · UNIT ORMEN LANGE UNIT
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Petoro AS | 36.485% | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 25.3452% | Sep 25, 2024 |
| A/S Norske ShellOPERATOR | 17.8134% | Sep 25, 2024 |
| ORLEN Upstream Norway AS | 14.0208% | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Vår Energi ASA | 6.3356% | Sep 25, 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 | 331.3 | 0 | 19.6 | 351 |
| Remaining | 0 | 58 | 0 | 1.82 | 59.8 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Ormen Lange is a field in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea, 120 kilometres west-northwest of the Nyhamna processing plant. The water depth varies from 800 to more than 1100 metres. Ormen Lange was discovered in 1997, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2004. Deep water and seabed conditions made the development very challenging and triggered development of new technology. The field has been developed in several phases. The development comprises four 8-slot subsea templates with a total of 24 production wells. The production started in 2007 from two subsea templates in the central part of the field. In 2009 and 2011, two additional templates were installed in the southern and northern parts of the field, respectively. An amended PDO for subsea gas compression was approved in 2022.
- Reservoir
- Ormen Lange produces very dry gas and small amounts of condensate from Paleocene sandstone in the Egga Formation. The reservoir is at a depth of 2700-2900 metres below sea level and has excellent quality.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by pressure depletion.
- Transport
- The well stream is transported in two multiphase pipelines to the Nyhamna terminal for processing. Gas is exported via the Langeled pipeline and Sleipner to Easington in the UK. Condensate is exported by ship from Nyhamna.
- Status
- The production from Ormen Lange is declining, and increased recovery is a key focus. The subsea compression system was installed and started up in 2025 to extend the field’s lifetime and increase recovery.
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 | 5.07 | 0 | 0.22 | 5.29 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.38 | 8.08 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7.61 | 0 | 0.34 | 7.95 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 9.56 | 0 | 0.44 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0.53 | 11.7 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 11.9 | 0 | 0.6 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 12.6 | 0 | 0.66 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 15.7 | 0 | 0.83 | 16.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 0.92 | 17.2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 17.3 | 0 | 1.06 | 18.3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 16.8 | 0 | 1.07 | 17.9 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 20.2 | 0 | 1.36 | 21.6 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 21.5 | 0 | 1.52 | 23 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 22.2 | 0 | 1.73 | 23.9 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 21.7 | 0 | 1.65 | 23.4 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 20.9 | 0 | 1.53 | 22.4 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 20.8 | 0 | 1.65 | 22.4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 11.4 | 0 | 0.97 | 12.4 | 0 |
| 20075 MONTHS | 0 | 1.67 | 0 | 0.13 | 1.8 | 0 |
Wellbores
Production 29 · Appraisal 6 · Observation 5 · Wildcat 1
All 41 wellbores in Ormen Lange, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 6305/5-1 →
Operator history
- A/S Norske ShellDec 1, 2007 to today
- StatoilHydro Petroleum ASOct 1, 2007 to Nov 30, 2007
- Norsk Hydro Petroleum ASJan 1, 2007 to Sep 30, 2007
- Norsk Hydro Produksjon ASApr 2, 2004 to Dec 31, 2006
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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