Norne
Norwegian Sea · Oil/gas · Producing · Operator Equinor Energy AS
Norne is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea operated by Equinor Energy AS, discovered in 1992 by wellbore 6608/10-2. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 0.57 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0.25 million Sm³ of oil, 0.29 billion Sm³ of gas), up 111% on the 12 months before.
Since November 1997 it has reported 108.3 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 93.6 million Sm³ of oil and 12.3 billion Sm³ of gas.
3 companies hold it; the largest share is Petoro AS with 54%.
63 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 0.57
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported +111%
- 0.25
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0.29
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 108.3
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Nov 1997
- 63
- 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 248,840 · prior 12 107,516(+131%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 289,165,000 · prior 12 149,244,000(+94%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 2,162,571 · prior 12 1,601,329(+35%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · UNIT NORNE INSIDE
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Petoro AS | 54% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Equinor Energy ASOPERATOR | 39.1% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| DNO Norge AS | 6.9% | Dec 17, 2025 |
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 | 94.1 | 12.3 | 1.34 | 0 | 109 |
| Remaining | 1.08 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0 | 1.23 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Norne is a field in the Norwegian Sea, 80 kilometres north of the Heidrun field. The water depth is 380 metres. Norne was discovered in 1992, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 1995. The field has been developed with a production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), connected to seven subsea templates. The production started in 1997. An amended PDO for several deposits in the area around the Norne and Urd fields was approved in 2008. The Alve, Urd, Skuld, Marulk and Verdande fields are tied-back to the Norne FPSO.
- Reservoir
- Norne produces oil and gas from Jurassic sandstone. Oil is mainly found in the Ile and Tofte Formations, and gas in the Not Formation. The reservoir is at a depth of 2500 metres and has good quality.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by water injection as the drive mechanism. Gas injection ceased in 2005 and all gas is exported.
- Transport
- The oil is loaded to tankers for export. Gas export started in 2001 through a dedicated pipeline to the Åsgard field and via Åsgard Transport System (ÅTS) to the Kårstø terminal.
- Status
- The production from Norne is in the decline phase. Production challenges are related to reservoir souring, increasing water cut, scale and well integrity due to aging facilities. The key activities include identifying new well targets and optimising the water injection strategy.
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 | 0.19 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.42 | 1.58 |
| 2025 | 0.12 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.34 | 1.63 |
| 2024 | 0.18 | 0.31 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.51 | 2.43 |
| 2023 | 0.26 | 0.81 | 0.07 | 0 | 1.14 | 3.22 |
| 2022 | 0.42 | 0.93 | 0.08 | 0 | 1.43 | 4.98 |
| 2021 | 0.59 | 0.83 | 0.11 | 0 | 1.53 | 5.59 |
| 2020 | 0.55 | 0.91 | 0.15 | 0 | 1.6 | 6.5 |
| 2019 | 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.13 | 0 | 1.41 | 6.49 |
| 2018 | 0.61 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.83 | 7.46 |
| 2017 | 0.57 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.23 |
| 2016 | 0.43 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.59 | 5.91 |
| 2015 | 0.63 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.88 | 7.86 |
| 2014 | 0.71 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.87 | 8.09 |
| 2013 | 0.8 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.96 | 5.68 |
| 2012 | 0.74 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.95 | 6.12 |
| 2011 | 1.61 | 0.26 | 0.07 | 0 | 1.94 | 8.11 |
| 2010 | 1.93 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0 | 2.15 | 6.47 |
| 2009 | 2.21 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0 | 2.44 | 6.4 |
| 2008 | 3.48 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 0 | 3.92 | 6.45 |
| 2007 | 4.27 | 0.51 | 0.13 | 0 | 4.92 | 5.85 |
| 2006 | 4.85 | 0.43 | 0.11 | 0 | 5.4 | 5.46 |
| 2005 | 5.27 | 0.95 | 0.21 | 0 | 6.42 | 4.95 |
| 2004 | 7.01 | 0.96 | 0.2 | 0 | 8.17 | 2.47 |
| 2003 | 8.55 | 0.76 | 0.18 | 0 | 9.49 | 1.86 |
| 2002 | 10.3 | 0.79 | 0.15 | 0 | 11.2 | 1.06 |
| 2001 | 11.3 | 1.08 | 0.21 | 0 | 12.6 | 0.3 |
| 2000 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 0.14 |
| 1999 | 8.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.32 | 0 |
| 19972 MONTHS | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.42 | 0 |
Wellbores
Production 39 · Injection 10 · Observation 9 · Appraisal 2 · Wildcat 2 · Unstated 1
All 63 wellbores in Norne, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 6608/10-2 →
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 10, 2001 to Sep 30, 2007
- Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sMar 9, 1995 to May 9, 2001
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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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/norway/fields/43778, documented in the API reference.