NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 3420717
Volve
North Sea · Oil · Shut down · Operator Equinor Energy AS
Volve is an oil field in the North Sea operated by Equinor Energy AS, discovered in 1993 by wellbore 15/9-19 SR. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as shut down.
No production has been reported since July 2017.
Since February 2008 it has reported 11.4 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 10.2 million Sm³ of oil and 0.8 billion Sm³ of gas.
2 companies hold it; the largest share is Aker BP ASA with 50%.
27 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 0
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported
- 0
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 11.4
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Feb 2008
- 27
- wellbores on file
- 2
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026 · LAST VOLUME JUL 2017
Oil by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 9,581
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 46,779
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 1282
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Aker BP ASA | 50% | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR | 50% | Mar 20, 2026 |
Production licence 1282: 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 | 10.2 | 0.81 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 11.4 |
| Remaining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Volve is a field in the central part of the North Sea, five kilometres north of the Sleipner Øst field. The water depth is 80 metres. Volve was discovered in 1993, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2005. The field was developed with a jack-up processing and drilling facility. The vessel "Navion Saga" was used for storing stabilised oil. The production started in 2008.
- Reservoir
- Volve produced oil from sandstone of Middle Jurassic age in the Hugin Formation. The reservoir is at a depth of 2700-3100 metres. The western part of the structure is heavily faulted and communication across the faults is uncertain.
- Recovery strategy
- The field was produced with water injection for pressure support.
- Transport
- The oil was exported by tankers and the rich gas was transported to the Sleipner A facility for further export.
- Status
- Volve was shut down in 2016, and the facility was removed in 2018.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20177 MONTHS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.33 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.36 | 1.57 |
| 2015 | 0.88 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.89 | 2.01 |
| 2014 | 0.76 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.78 | 2.72 |
| 2013 | 0.57 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.62 | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 0.59 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.65 | 2.11 |
| 2011 | 0.86 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.97 | 2.19 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 1.93 | 1.89 |
| 2009 | 2.72 | 0.3 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 3.16 | 0.27 |
| 200811 MONTHS | 1.77 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 2.02 | 0.01 |
Wellbores
Production 10 · Observation 9 · Injection 3 · Wildcat 3 · Appraisal 2
All 27 wellbores in Volve, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 15/9-19 SR →
Operator history
- Equinor Energy ASMar 20, 2026 to today
- Aker BP ASAJan 1, 2023 to Mar 19, 2026
- ABP Norway ASJun 30, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
- Lundin Energy Norway ASFeb 19, 2021 to Jun 29, 2022
- Statoil Petroleum ASNov 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2017
- StatoilHydro Petroleum ASJan 1, 2009 to Oct 31, 2009
- StatoilHydro ASAOct 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2008
- Statoil ASA (old)Apr 22, 2005 to Sep 30, 2007
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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