Draugen
Norwegian Sea · Oil · Producing · Operator OKEA ASA
Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea operated by OKEA ASA, discovered in 1984 by wellbore 6407/9-1. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 1.09 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0.65 million Sm³ of oil, 0.32 billion Sm³ of gas), down 6% on the 12 months before.
Since October 1993 it has reported 155.2 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 147.3 million Sm³ of oil and 2.5 billion Sm³ of gas.
3 companies hold it; the largest share is Petoro AS with 47.88%.
46 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 1.09
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported -6%
- 0.65
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0.32
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 155.2
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Oct 1993
- 46
- wellbores on file
- 3
- licensees today
SODIR PRODUCTION PROFILES · SALEABLE VOLUMES · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Oil by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 646,480 · prior 12 739,971(-13%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 319,005,000 · prior 12 296,751,000(+7%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 10,613,093 · prior 12 11,186,460(-5%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 093
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Petoro AS | 47.88% | Mar 31, 2022 |
| OKEA ASAOPERATOR | 44.56% | Mar 31, 2022 |
| M Vest Energy AS | 7.56% | Mar 31, 2022 |
Production licence 093: 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 | 154.6 | 3.24 | 3.04 | 0 | 163.6 |
| Remaining | 7.7 | 0.9 | 0.21 | 0 | 9 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Draugen is a field in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. The water depth is 250 metres. Draugen was discovered in 1984, and the plan for development and production (PDO) was approved in 1988. The field has been developed with a concrete fixed facility and integrated topside, and has both platform and subsea wells. Stabilised oil is stored in tanks at the base of the facility. Two pipelines connect the facility to a floating loading-buoy. The production started in 1993. A PDO exemption for the subsea tie-back of the discovery 6407/9-9 (Hasselmus) was granted in 2021. The production from Hasselmus started in 2023.
- Reservoir
- Draugen produces oil from two formations. The main reservoir is in sandstone of Late Jurassic age in the Rogn Formation. The western part of the field also produces from sandstone of Middle Jurassic age in the Garn Formation. The reservoirs are at a depth of 1600 metres. They are relatively homogeneous and have good quality.
- Recovery strategy
- The main production mechanism is natural pressure support from the aquifer, with additional water injection from the south.
- Transport
- The oil is offloaded via a floating loading-buoy and exported by tankers. The gas is transported via the Åsgard Transport System (ÅTS) to the Kårstø terminal.
- Status
- The field lifetime has been prolonged, and the production licence that includes the Draugen field has been extended to 2040. Several initiatives have been launched to enable future profitable production from the Draugen field, such as power from shore, near-field exploration, increased water injection, and new infill wells.
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 | 0.43 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.73 | 7.27 |
| 2025 | 0.69 | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0 | 1.14 | 10.7 |
| 2024 | 0.83 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0 | 1.17 | 12.3 |
| 2023 | 0.78 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.87 | 11.1 |
| 2022 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.88 | 11.4 |
| 2021 | 0.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.92 | 11.6 |
| 2020 | 0.99 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 1.01 | 11.4 |
| 2019 | 1.13 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 1.18 | 11.5 |
| 2018 | 1.16 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0 | 1.22 | 9.86 |
| 2017 | 1.34 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0 | 1.42 | 10.8 |
| 2016 | 1.28 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0 | 1.36 | 9.3 |
| 2015 | 1.72 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 0 | 1.84 | 10.8 |
| 2014 | 1.81 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0 | 1.95 | 9.27 |
| 2013 | 1.47 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0 | 1.58 | 8.15 |
| 2012 | 2.02 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0 | 2.19 | 9.56 |
| 2011 | 2.17 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0 | 2.36 | 8.31 |
| 2010 | 2.41 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0 | 2.6 | 7.53 |
| 2009 | 3.4 | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0 | 3.71 | 8.02 |
| 2008 | 4.04 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0 | 4.41 | 6.9 |
| 2007 | 4.12 | 0.1 | 0.28 | 0 | 4.5 | 6.48 |
| 2006 | 4.55 | 0.12 | 0.33 | 0 | 5 | 5.46 |
| 2005 | 6.02 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 0 | 6.63 | 5.97 |
| 2004 | 7.81 | 0.2 | 0.56 | 0 | 8.56 | 4.76 |
| 2003 | 7.43 | 0.17 | 0.49 | 0 | 8.09 | 2.15 |
| 2002 | 11.1 | 0.24 | 0.64 | 0 | 11.9 | 0.83 |
| 2001 | 11.9 | 0.27 | 0.73 | 0 | 12.9 | 0.25 |
| 2000 | 11.7 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0 | 11.8 | 0.24 |
| 1999 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 0.2 |
| 1998 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 0.18 |
| 1997 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.97 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.89 | 0.06 |
| 19933 MONTHS | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 0 |
Wellbores
Production 20 · Observation 9 · Appraisal 8 · Injection 7 · Wildcat 2
All 46 wellbores in Draugen, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 6407/9-1 →
Operator history
- OKEA ASAMay 16, 2019 to today
- OKEA ASNov 30, 2018 to May 15, 2019
- A/S Norske ShellDec 19, 1988 to Nov 29, 2018
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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