NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 2845712
Alvheim
North Sea · Oil/gas · Producing · Operator Aker BP ASA
Alvheim is an oil and gas field in the North Sea operated by Aker BP ASA, discovered in 1998 by wellbore 24/6-2. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 2.54 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (1.78 million Sm³ of oil, 0.76 billion Sm³ of gas), down 5% on the 12 months before.
Since June 2008 it has reported 66.6 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 56.5 million Sm³ of oil and 10.2 billion Sm³ of gas.
2 companies hold it; the largest share is Aker BP ASA with 80%.
121 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 2.54
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported -5%
- 1.78
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0.76
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 66.6
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Jun 2008
- 121
- wellbores on file
- 2
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Oil by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 1,782,638 · prior 12 2,006,404(-11%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 760,371,000 · prior 12 676,257,000(+12%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 5,793,164 · prior 12 4,503,964(+29%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 203
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Aker BP ASAOPERATOR | 80% | Jan 1, 2023 |
| ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS | 20% | Jan 1, 2023 |
Production licence 203: 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 Sm³ | Gas, bill Sm³ | NGL, mill tonnes | Condensate, mill Sm³ | O.e., mill Sm³ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Originally recoverable | 64.8 | 17.3 | 0.41 | 0 | 82.9 |
| Remaining | 9.41 | 7.62 | 0.41 | 0 | 17.8 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Alvheim is a field in the central part of the North Sea, ten kilometres west of the Heimdal field and near the border to the UK sector. The field includes the six discoveries Kameleon, Boa, Kneler, Viper, Kobra and Gekko. Boa lies partly in the UK sector. The water depth is 120-130 metres. Alvheim was discovered in 1998, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2004. The field is developed with subsea wells tied to a production, storage and offloading vessel, Alvheim FPSO. The production started in 2008. The Vilje, Volund, Bøyla, Skogul and Tyrving fields are tied-back to the Alvheim FPSO. In 2022, a PDO for the development of the accumulations Kobra East and Gekko was approved.
- Reservoir
- Alvheim produces oil and gas from Paleocene sandstone in the Hermod and Heimdal Formations. The reservoirs are located in submarine fan deposits and injectites, mostly at depths of 2100-2200 metres. The reservoir quality is good.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by natural water drive from an underlying aquifer.
- Transport
- The oil is stabilised and stored on the Alvheim FPSO before it is exported by tankers. Processed rich gas is transported by pipeline from Alvheim to the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) pipeline on the UK continental shelf.
- Status
- Due to greater in-place volumes and longer infill wells, Alvheim has had a significant increase in the estimated recoverable volumes of oil and gas since the PDO. Other accumulations, such as Kobra East and Gekko which were put into production in 2023, have also contributed to increased production.
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 | 1.14 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | 3.98 |
| 2025 | 1.98 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | 2.71 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2.33 | 0.72 | 0 | 0 | 3.05 | 4.18 |
| 2023 | 1.48 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.98 | 4.66 |
| 2022 | 2.22 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | 2.88 | 5.89 |
| 2021 | 2.44 | 0.58 | 0 | 0 | 3.03 | 6.01 |
| 2020 | 2.39 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | 2.99 | 6.21 |
| 2019 | 2.87 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 3.48 | 5.71 |
| 2018 | 3.13 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 3.64 | 5.58 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | 4.77 | 5.51 |
| 2016 | 3.32 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 3.82 | 4.44 |
| 2015 | 2.57 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 2.96 | 4.66 |
| 2014 | 3.16 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | 3.73 | 3.86 |
| 2013 | 3.49 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 2.77 |
| 2012 | 4.02 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 | 4.65 | 2.11 |
| 2011 | 3.86 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 0.94 |
| 2010 | 4.6 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 5.04 | 0.34 |
| 2009 | 4.99 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 5.42 | 0.38 |
| 20087 MONTHS | 2.27 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 2.39 | 0 |
Wellbores
Production 68 · Observation 38 · Appraisal 7 · Wildcat 6 · Injection 2
All 121 wellbores in Alvheim, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 24/6-2 →
Operator history
- Aker BP ASASep 30, 2016 to today
- Det norske oljeselskap ASAOct 31, 2014 to Sep 29, 2016
- Det norske oljeselskap AS(old)Oct 16, 2014 to Oct 30, 2014
- Marathon Oil Norge ASJul 4, 2011 to Oct 15, 2014
- Marathon Petroleum Norge ASOct 6, 2004 to Jul 3, 2011
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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