NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 38542241
Ærfugl Nord
Norwegian Sea · Gas/condensate · Producing · Operator Aker BP ASA
Ærfugl Nord is a gas and condensate field in the Norwegian Sea operated by Aker BP ASA, discovered in 2012 by wellbore 6507/3-9 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 (0.01 million Sm³ of oil, 0.1 billion Sm³ of gas), down 11% on the 12 months before.
Since October 2021 it has reported 2.3 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 0.1 million Sm³ of oil and 1.9 billion Sm³ of gas.
4 companies hold it; the largest share is Aker BP ASA with 30%.
3 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 0.12
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported -11%
- 0.01
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0.1
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 2.29
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Oct 2021
- 3
- wellbores on file
- 4
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Oil by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 9,708 · prior 12 11,272(-14%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 101,087,000 · prior 12 116,555,000(-13%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 16,032(-100%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 212 E
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Aker BP ASAOPERATOR | 30% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Equinor Energy AS | 30% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Harbour Energy Norge AS | 28.0825% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| ORLEN Upstream Norway AS | 11.9175% | Dec 23, 2024 |
Production licence 212 E: 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 | 0.21 | 2.2 | 0.17 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Remaining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Ærfugl Nord is a field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea, just west of the Skarv field. The water depth is 350-450 metres. Ærfugl Nord was discovered in 2012, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2018. The Ærfugl Nord development includes one production well tied-back to the Skarv production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The production started in 2021.
- Reservoir
- The reservoir contains gas and condensate in sandstone of Late Cretaceous age in the Lysing Formation. It is at a depth of 2800 metres and has good quality.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by depletion.
- Transport
- The well stream is transported to the Skarv FPSO for processing. The condensate is offloaded to shuttle tankers, while the gas is transported to the Kårstø terminal in an 80-kilometre pipeline connected to the Åsgard Transport System (ÅTS).
- Status
- Water breakthrough in the well in 2023 has resulted in a significant reduction in the estimated recoverable reserves compared to the original PDO.
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 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 0.05 | 0.7 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.83 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 0.06 | 0.67 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 20213 MONTHS | -0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 |
Wellbores
Observation 1 · Production 1 · Wildcat 1
All 3 wellbores in Ærfugl Nord, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 6507/3-9 S →
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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