NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 42002507
Bestla
North Sea · Oil/gas · Approved for production · Operator OKEA ASA
Bestla is an oil and gas field in the North Sea operated by OKEA ASA, discovered in 2016 by wellbore 31/7-1. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as approved for production.
4 companies hold it; the largest share is DNO Norge AS with 39.28%.
11 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
- 0
- mill Sm³ o.e. since first report
- 11
- wellbores on file
- 4
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 740
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| DNO Norge AS | 39.2788% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| OKEA ASAOPERATOR | 39.2788% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Lime Petroleum AS | 17% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| M Vest Energy AS | 4.4424% | Dec 17, 2025 |
Production licence 740: 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 | 2.62 | 0.85 | 0.16 | 0 | 3.78 |
| Remaining | 2.62 | 0.85 | 0.16 | 0 | 3.78 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Bestla is a field in the northern North Sea, 13 kilometres south of the Brage field. The water depth is 120 metres. Bestla was discovered in 2016, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in November 2024. The development concept includes a subsea template with two wells tied-back to the Brage platform.
- Reservoir
- The reservoir contains oil with a gas cap in sandstone of Late Jurassic age in the Sognefjord Formation. It is at a depth of 2150 metres and has varying reservoir properties.
- Recovery strategy
- The field will be produced by natural aquifer drive combined with the expansion of the gas cap, in addition to gas lift in the wells.
- Transport
- The well stream will be routed by pipeline to the Brage facility for processing. The oil will be transported further through the Oseberg Transport System (OTS) pipeline to the Sture terminal. The gas will be exported by pipeline to Statpipe and further to the terminal at Kårstø.
- Status
- The field is under development, and the production is planned to start in 2027.
Wellbores
Appraisal 5 · Production 3 · Observation 1 · Shallow gas 1 · Wildcat 1
All 11 wellbores in Bestla, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 31/7-1 →
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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