NORWAY · FIELDS · NPDID 4704482
Skarv
Norwegian Sea · Oil/gas · Producing · Operator Aker BP ASA
Skarv is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea operated by Aker BP ASA, discovered in 1998 by wellbore 6507/5-1. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate lists it as producing.
In the 12 months reported through August 2026 it sold 7.01 million Sm³ of oil equivalents (0.61 million Sm³ of oil, 5.64 billion Sm³ of gas), down 5% on the 12 months before.
Since January 2012 it has reported 96.3 million Sm³ of oil equivalents: 22.6 million Sm³ of oil and 62.2 billion Sm³ of gas.
4 companies hold it; the largest share is Equinor Energy AS with 36.17%.
48 wellbores are on file for the field.
- 7.01
- mill Sm³ o.e., last 12 reported -5%
- 0.61
- mill Sm³ oil, last 12
- 5.64
- bill Sm³ gas, last 12
- 96.3
- mill Sm³ o.e. since Jan 2012
- 48
- 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 610,044 · prior 12 696,107(-12%)
Gas by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ SOLD
Last 12 months 5,643,999,000 · prior 12 5,883,708,000(-4%)
Produced water by month
TEN YEARS · SM³ IN THE FIELD
Last 12 months 146,358 · prior 12 133,203(+10%)
Licensees
SHARES TODAY · UNIT SKARV UNIT
| Company | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Equinor Energy AS | 36.165% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Harbour Energy Norge AS | 28.0825% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Aker BP ASAOPERATOR | 23.835% | Dec 23, 2024 |
| ORLEN Upstream Norway AS | 11.9175% | Dec 23, 2024 |
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 | 24 | 74.9 | 7.49 | 0 | 113.1 |
| Remaining | 1.78 | 16.8 | 1.76 | 0 | 21.9 |
About the field
WRITTEN BY THE NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE DIRECTORATE
- Development
- Skarv is a field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea, 35 kilometres southwest of the Norne field. The water depth is 350-450 metres. Skarv was discovered in 1998, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2007. The plan also included the development of the Idun deposit. The production started in 2013. The field has been developed further with the development of the Ærfugl and Gråsel deposits, which came into production in 2020 and 2021, respectively. The development concept includes five subsea templates tied-back to a production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO).
- Reservoir
- Skarv produces gas and oil from Lower and Middle Jurassic sandstone in the Tilje, Ile and Garn Formations. The Garn Formation has good reservoir quality, while the Tilje Formation has relatively poor quality. The reservoirs are divided into several fault segments and are at depths of 3300-3700 metres. The reservoir in Ærfugl contains gas and condensate in sandstone of Late Cretaceous age in the Lysing Formation. It is at a depth of 2800 metres and has good quality. The Gråsel reservoir contains gas and oil in sandstone of Late Cretaceous age in the Lange Formation.
- Recovery strategy
- The field is produced with pressure support by gas injection and gas lift.
- Transport
- The oil is offloaded to shuttle tankers, while the gas is transported to the Kårstø terminal in an 80-kilometre pipeline connected to the Åsgard Transport System (ÅTS).
- Status
- The oil production from Skarv is declining, and gas injection is important for oil recovery. Gas blowdown has started in 2022 from parts of the reservoir and will continuously be evaluated. Work is ongoing to evaluate the potential of infill wells and prospects in the area.
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 | 0.39 | 3.65 | 0.48 | 0 | 4.52 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 0.71 | 6.23 | 0.85 | 0 | 7.79 | 0.14 |
| 2024 | 0.84 | 6.07 | 0.91 | 0 | 7.82 | 0.22 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 6.53 | 0.97 | 0 | 8.7 | 0.25 |
| 2022 | 1.47 | 6.16 | 0.87 | 0 | 8.5 | 0.41 |
| 2021 | 1.53 | 4.51 | 0.9 | 0 | 6.94 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 1.18 | 3.24 | 0.71 | 0 | 5.13 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 1.28 | 3.37 | 0.74 | 0 | 5.39 | 0.12 |
| 2018 | 1.52 | 3.8 | 0.86 | 0 | 6.19 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 4.05 | 0.86 | 0 | 6.52 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 4.05 | 0.88 | 0 | 7.23 | 0.1 |
| 2015 | 3.07 | 3.98 | 0.89 | 0 | 7.93 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 3.38 | 3.61 | 0.81 | 0 | 7.8 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 2.12 | 2.99 | 0.72 | 0 | 5.83 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wellbores
Production 22 · Appraisal 8 · Observation 5 · Wildcat 5 · Injection 4 · Shallow gas 4
All 48 wellbores in Skarv, searchable → · Discovery wellbore 6507/5-1 →
Operator history
- Aker BP ASANov 30, 2016 to today
- BP Norge ASDec 18, 2007 to Nov 29, 2016
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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