NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 3392471
Vilje
North Sea · Oil · Producing · Operator Aker BP ASA
Vilje is an oil field in the North Sea operated by Aker BP ASA, discovered in 2003 by wellbore 25/4-9 S. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 0.12 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0.12 million Sm³ of oil, 0 billion Sm³ of gas), up 5% on the 12 months before.
Since June 2008 it has reported 14.5 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 14 million Sm³ of oil and 0.5 billion Sm³ of gas.
2 companies hold it; the largest share is Aker BP ASA with 75.76%.
9 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 0.12
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported +5%
- 0.12
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 14.5
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Jun 2008
- 9
- 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 117,126 · prior 12 111,838(+5%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 838,225 · prior 12 778,993(+8%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 036 D
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Aker BP ASAOPERATOR | 75.757% | Dec 29, 2025 |
| ORLEN Upstream Norway AS | 24.243% | Dec 29, 2025 |
Production licence 036 D: 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 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 |
| Remaining | 0.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.92 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Vilje is a field in the central part of the North Sea, 20 kilometres northeast of the Alvheim field. The water depth is 120 metres. Vilje was discovered in 2003, and the plan for development for operation (PDO) was approved in 2005. The field is developed with three horizontal subsea wells tied-back to the Alvheim production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The production started in 2008. The Skogul field is tied-back to the Alvheim FPSO via the Vilje template.
- Reservoir
- Vilje produces oil from turbidite sandstone of Paleocene age in the Heimdal Formation. The reservoir is in a fan system at a depth of 2150 metres and has good quality.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by natural water drive from the regional underlying Heimdal aquifer. The production is assisted by gas lift.
- Transport
- The well stream is routed by pipeline to the Alvheim FPSO, where the oil is offloaded to shuttle tankers. The gas is transported by pipeline from Alvheim to the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) pipeline in the UK sector.
- Status
- The recoverable volume estimates are significantly higher than in the original PDO, but the field is on decline with a high water cut. There is currently only one oil producer with continuous production on Vilje.
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 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.58 |
| 2025 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.78 |
| 2024 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.87 |
| 2023 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.76 |
| 2022 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.96 |
| 2021 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.87 |
| 2020 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.86 |
| 2019 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 2018 | 0.48 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.28 |
| 2017 | 0.65 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0.68 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0.82 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.85 | 0.86 |
| 2015 | 0.79 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.82 | 0.95 |
| 2014 | 1.09 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 0.74 |
| 2013 | 1.32 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | 0.6 |
| 2012 | 1.76 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | 0.24 |
| 2011 | 1.77 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 1.78 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 1.87 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1.56 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 1.63 | 0 |
| 20087 MONTHS | 0.53 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0.54 | 0 |
Wellbores
Observation 4 · Production 4 · Wildcat 1
All 9 wellbores in Vilje, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 25/4-9 S →
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 ASOct 1, 2012 to Oct 15, 2014
- Statoil Petroleum ASNov 1, 2009 to Sep 30, 2012
- StatoilHydro Petroleum ASOct 1, 2007 to Oct 31, 2009
- Norsk Hydro Petroleum ASJan 1, 2007 to Sep 30, 2007
- Norsk Hydro Produksjon ASMar 18, 2005 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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