Yme
North Sea · Oil · Producing · Operator Repsol Norge AS
Yme is an oil field in the North Sea operated by Repsol Norge AS, discovered in 1987 by wellbore 9/2-1. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 0.63 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0.63 million Sm³ of oil, 0 billion Sm³ of gas), down 27% on the 12 months before.
Since February 1996 it has reported 11.9 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 11.9 million Sm³ of oil and 0 billion Sm³ of gas.
3 companies hold it; the largest share is Repsol Norge AS with 55%.
57 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 0.63
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported -27%
- 0.63
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 0
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 11.9
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Feb 1996
- 57
- 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 625,341 · prior 12 852,741(-27%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 1,245,807 · prior 12 1,441,386(-14%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · LICENCE 316
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Repsol Norge ASOPERATOR | 55% | Nov 29, 2024 |
| Lime Petroleum AS | 25% | Nov 29, 2024 |
| ORLEN Upstream Norway AS | 20% | Nov 29, 2024 |
Production licence 316: 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 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Remaining | 2.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.83 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Yme is a field in the southeastern part of the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, 130 kilometres northeast of the Ula field. The water depth is 100 metres. The field comprises two separate main structures, Gamma and Beta, which are 12 kilometres apart. Yme was discovered in 1987, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 1995. Yme was originally developed with a jack-up drilling and production platform on the Gamma structure and a storage vessel. The Beta structure was developed with a subsea template. The production started in 1996 and ceased in 2001, because operation of the field was no longer regarded as profitable. A PDO for the redevelopment of Yme was approved in 2007. The development concept was a new mobile offshore production unit (MOPU). Due to structural deficiencies and the vast amount of outstanding work to complete the facility, it was decided to remove it from the field in 2013. The removal of the MOPU was completed in 2016. In 2018, an amended PDO for the redevelopment of Yme was approved. The PDO includes a jack-up rig equipped with drilling and production facilities installed on the Gamma structure and a subsea template on the Beta structure, as well as reuse of existing facilities on the field. The production started again in 2021.
- Reservoir
- The reservoir contains oil in two separate main structures, Gamma and Beta. The structures comprise six deposits. The reservoirs are in sandstone of Middle Jurassic age in the Sandnes Formation, at a depth of 3150 metres. They are heterogeneous and have variable properties.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced by pressure support from partial water injection and water alternating gas (WAG) injection. Some of the wells are equipped with gas lift.
- Transport
- The oil is transported with tankers and the gas is reinjected.
- Status
- Yme has had stable production since start-up in 2021 but has now entered the late phase. The focus going forward is to mitigate production decline through planned well interventions and reprocessing of seismic data to identify new infill targets.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.92 |
| 2025 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.73 | 1.27 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1.39 |
| 2023 | 1.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | 1.05 |
| 2022 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.53 | 0.32 |
| 20213 MONTHS | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 20017 MONTHS | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.23 |
| 2000 | 1.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.07 | 0.69 |
| 1999 | 1.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.48 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1.97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.97 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.98 | 0 |
| 199611 MONTHS | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.19 | 0 |
Wellbores
Production 30 · Injection 9 · Soil drilling 8 · Wildcat 7 · Appraisal 2 · Observation 1
All 57 wellbores in Yme, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 9/2-1 →
Operator history
- Repsol Norge ASOct 6, 2015 to today
- Repsol Exploration Norge ASSep 1, 2015 to Oct 5, 2015
- Talisman Energy Norge ASNov 16, 2006 to Aug 31, 2015
- Talisman Resources Norge ASMar 22, 2006 to Nov 15, 2006
- Paladin Resources Norge ASJun 18, 2004 to Mar 21, 2006
- Statoil ASA (old)May 10, 2001 to Dec 31, 2001
- Den norske stats oljeselskap a.sJan 6, 1995 to May 9, 2001
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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/norway/fields/43807, documented in the API reference.