NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 4005142
Gimle
North Sea · Oil · Producing · Operator Equinor Energy AS
Gimle is an oil field in the North Sea operated by Equinor Energy AS, discovered in 2004 by wellbore 34/10-48 S. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 0.02 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0.01 million Sm³ of oil, 0.01 billion Sm³ of gas), down 10% on the 12 months before.
Since February 2005 it has reported 4.4 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 3.1 million Sm³ of oil and 0.9 billion Sm³ of gas.
2 companies hold it; the largest share is Equinor Energy AS with 74.66%.
13 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 0.02
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported -10%
- 0.01
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0.01
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 4.43
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Feb 2005
- 13
- 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 5,119 · prior 12 19,256(-73%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 10,274,000 · prior 12 0
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 308 · prior 12 0
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · UNIT BRIME UNIT
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR | 74.66% | Jan 1, 2023 |
| Petoro AS | 25.34% | Jan 1, 2023 |
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 | 3.25 | 1.26 | 0.22 | 0 | 4.94 |
| Remaining | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.54 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Gimle is a field in the northern part of the North Sea, just northeast of the Gullfaks field. The water depth is 220 metres. Gimle was discovered in 2004 and was granted exemption from the plan for development and operation (PDO) requirement in 2006. The field is developed with three production wells and one water injection well drilled from the Gullfaks C facility. The production started in 2006.
- Reservoir
- Gimle produces oil from sandstone of Middle Jurassic age in the Brent Group. The main reservoir is in a downfaulted structure northeast of the Gullfaks field at a depth of 2900 metres. The reservoir quality is generally good. There is also oil in sandstone of Late Triassic and Early Jurassic age.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by partial pressure support from water injection. Injection is temporarily stopped due to production shut down.
- Transport
- The production from Gimle is processed on the Gullfaks C facility and transported together with oil and gas from the Gullfaks field.
- Status
- Gimle was temporarily shut down due to low reservoir pressure. A new production well was drilled in the area between the Gimle and Sindre fields, and there has been test production from the well in 2025.
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 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.22 |
| 2016 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.68 |
| 2015 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.23 | 1.01 |
| 2014 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 1.31 |
| 2013 | 0.1 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.55 | 1.42 |
| 2012 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.61 | 1.32 |
| 2011 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.19 |
| 2010 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.23 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.61 | 0.56 |
| 2007 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.55 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0.27 | 0 |
| 200511 MONTHS | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.01 |
Wellbores
Production 6 · Wildcat 3 · Observation 2 · Appraisal 1 · Injection 1
All 13 wellbores in Gimle, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 34/10-48 S →
Operator history
- Equinor Energy ASMay 16, 2018 to today
- Statoil Petroleum ASNov 1, 2009 to May 15, 2018
- StatoilHydro Petroleum ASJan 1, 2009 to Oct 31, 2009
- StatoilHydro ASAOct 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2008
- Statoil ASA (old)May 18, 2006 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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