Jotun
North Sea · Oil · Shut down · Operator Vår Energi ASA
Jotun is an oil field in the North Sea operated by Vår Energi ASA, discovered in 1994 by wellbore 25/8-5 S. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as shut down.
No production has been reported since August 2026.
Since October 1999 it has reported 24 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 23.1 million Sm³ of oil and 0.9 billion Sm³ of gas.
4 companies hold it; the largest share is Equinor Energy AS with 30%.
43 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
- 24
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Oct 1999
- 43
- 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 0 · prior 12 0
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 0 · prior 12 0
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 1203
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy AS | 30% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Vår Energi ASAOPERATOR | 30% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| DNO Norge AS | 20% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Petoro AS | 20% | Dec 17, 2025 |
Production licence 1203: 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 | 23.1 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Remaining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Jotun is a field in the central part of the North Sea, 25 kilometres north of the Balder field. The water depth is 125 metres. Jotun was discovered in 1994, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 1997. The field was developed with Jotun A, a combined production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), and Jotun B, a wellhead facility. Jotun is integrated with the Balder field. The production started in 1999.
- Reservoir
- Jotun produced oil from sandstone of Paleocene age in the Heimdal Formation. The reservoir is at a depth of 2000 metres in a marine fan system and comprises three structures.
- Recovery strategy
- The field was produced by pressure support from the aquifer and with gas lift. Produced water was injected into the Utsira Formation.
- Transport
- The Jotun FPSO is an integrated part of the Balder and Ringhorne facilities and is still in operation. It receives oil and gas from Ringhorne, and excess gas from Balder. Jotun processes and exports rich gas via Statpipe to Kårstø. The oil is exported via the production vessel at Jotun to tankers on the field.
- Status
- Jotun was shut down in 2016, and Jotun B was removed in 2020. The Jotun FPSO is upgraded and relocated to the Balder and Ringhorne Øst fields to continue operation.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20258 MONTHS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20208 MONTHS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 2.28 |
| 2015 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 2.69 |
| 2014 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 3.8 |
| 2013 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 | 4.48 |
| 2012 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 4.83 |
| 2011 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 | 5.14 |
| 2010 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0.26 | 5.37 |
| 2009 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 5.53 |
| 2008 | 0.38 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0.41 | 6.08 |
| 2007 | 0.51 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0.56 | 6.69 |
| 2006 | 0.67 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0.72 | 7.58 |
| 2005 | 0.76 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0.81 | 8.1 |
| 2004 | 1.1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 1.14 | 7.91 |
| 2003 | 2.23 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 2.28 | 7.4 |
| 2002 | 2.59 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 2.66 | 6.84 |
| 2001 | 5.48 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 5.69 | 4.51 |
| 2000 | 7.17 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 7.48 | 0.82 |
| 19993 MONTHS | 0.86 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0.88 | 0 |
Wellbores
Production 20 · Observation 9 · Injection 5 · Wildcat 4 · Appraisal 3 · Unstated 2
All 43 wellbores in Jotun, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 25/8-5 S →
Operator history
- Vår Energi ASAMar 15, 2024 to today
- Vår Energi ASAJan 28, 2022 to Feb 13, 2023
- Vår Energi ASDec 10, 2018 to Jan 27, 2022
- Point Resources ASNov 1, 2017 to Dec 9, 2018
- ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway ASOct 1, 2004 to Oct 31, 2017
- Esso Exploration and Production Norway A/SJun 10, 1997 to Sep 30, 2004
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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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