NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 29446221
Bauge
Norwegian Sea · Oil · Producing · Operator Equinor Energy AS
Bauge is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea operated by Equinor Energy AS, discovered in 2013 by wellbore 6407/8-6. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 0.31 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0.22 million Sm³ of oil, 0.05 billion Sm³ of gas), up 28% on the 12 months before.
Since September 2022 it has reported 1.1 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 0.8 million Sm³ of oil and 0.2 billion Sm³ of gas.
3 companies hold it; the largest share is Equinor Energy AS with 42.5%.
4 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 0.31
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported +28%
- 0.22
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0.05
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 1.12
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Sep 2022
- 4
- wellbores on file
- 3
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Oil by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 216,960 · prior 12 178,773(+21%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 48,370,000 · prior 12 34,180,000(+42%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 1,891 · prior 12 1,207(+57%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 348
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR | 42.5% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Vår Energi ASA | 30% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Harbour Energy Norge AS | 27.5% | Dec 23, 2024 |
Production licence 348: 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 | 2.26 | 0.73 | 0.37 | 0 | 3.67 |
| Remaining | 1.61 | 0.59 | 0.31 | 0 | 2.79 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Bauge is a field on the Halten bank in the southern Norwegian Sea, 15 kilometres east of the Njord field. The water depth is 280 metres. Bauge was discovered in 2013, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2017. The field is developed with two production wells tied-back to the Njord A facility and a water injection well drilled from the subsea template on the Hyme field. The production started in 2023.
- Reservoir
- The main reservoirs contain oil in Lower and Middle Jurassic sandstone in the Tilje and Ile Formations, at a depth of 2700 metres. They are segmented and have moderate quality.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by pressure depletion. Pressure maintenance with water injection is planned to start few years after production start-up.
- Transport
- The well stream is transported to the Njord A platform for processing. Produced oil is transported by pipeline to the storage vessel Njord B, and further by tankers to the market. Gas from the field is exported by pipeline via the Åsgard Transport System (ÅTS) and further to the Kårstø terminal.
- Status
- The production is lower than anticipated, partly due to lower reservoir quality and downtime of the process facility. Identifying and maturation of infill targets is ongoing.
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 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.22 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0.24 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.32 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.23 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.35 | 0 |
| 20224 MONTHS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wellbores
Production 2 · Appraisal 1 · Wildcat 1
All 4 wellbores in Bauge, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 6407/8-6 →
Operator history
- Equinor Energy ASMay 16, 2018 to today
- Statoil Petroleum ASJun 20, 2017 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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