Who operates the Bøyla field?

Bøyla is operated by Aker BP ASA, in partnership with Concedo AS.

How much does Bøyla produce?

6,046 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 66 of 94 producing fields.

When did Bøyla start producing?

First production was reported in 2015, 6 years after discovery well 24/9-9 S proved the field in 2009.

What is the Norwegian Continental Shelf?

The Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) is the seabed area where Norway holds sovereign rights over petroleum resources, covering the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. It holds roughly 90 producing fields, and its output is the largest single source of Norway's export income.

What does NCS Live show?

Every in-service surface installation and subsea structure on the shelf, the offshore pipeline network, field outlines and seabed relief, with live vessel traffic and offshore helicopter flights on top of them. Optional layers add seismic survey activity, cold-water coral, wind and wave forecasts, and a counter for the value each field is producing today.

Where does the data come from?

Infrastructure, fields and production come from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sokkeldirektoratet) FactPages under the NLOD licence. Vessel positions are AIS from BarentsWatch and Kystverket. Helicopter movements are derived from Avinor flight data. Coral observations come from the Institute of Marine Research and MAREANO, and export prices from Statistics Norway (SSB).

Is the vessel traffic real time?

Yes. Tankers and offshore support vessels are drawn from live AIS positions and refreshed continuously, with speed, course and self-reported destination. Helicopter positions are dead-reckoned estimates between known departures and arrivals, not surveillance.

Are the pipeline flows measured?

No. Pipeline thickness and the travelling flow animation are estimates, derived by accumulating monthly field production through the pipeline network. They are not metered throughput, and thickness is not pipe diameter.

Can I see how the shelf was built out?

Yes. The time machine replays the shelf from 1971, the year Ekofisk started producing, to today. Installations and pipelines appear in the year they entered service, with total production and the number of producing fields for each year.

Is NCS Live free to use?

Yes, free and with no account. It is a public visualisation of open data, built and designed by Smpl and Melvær&Co in Norway.

Bøyla field

Bøyla is producing 6,046 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.1% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 66 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

6,046 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.1%

Operator

Aker BP ASA

First oil

2015

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 6,046 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil — almost entirely oil. Output has moved up 5.3% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is mature. The field's best year was 2015, averaging 14,351 boe/d — today it runs at 42% of that.

Since 2015, Bøyla has produced roughly 29 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 40 million boe, of which about 72% has now been recovered; 12 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

2009
Proven by exploration well 24/9-9 S
2015
First production reported
2015
Best year to date — 14,351 boe/d

Production by year, 2015–2026

OilGasboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	Total boe/d
2015	13,121	1,230	14,351
2016	10,734	994	11,727
2017	6,305	668	6,973
2018	4,056	504	4,560
2019	5,748	458	6,206
2020	8,276	482	8,759
2021	2,603	202	2,805
2022	2,269	312	2,581
2023	6,605	382	6,987
2024	5,742	419	6,161
2025	4,344	525	4,869
2026	5,766	551	6,316

Average daily rates per calendar year, from Sokkeldirektoratet's monthly production figures. The final year is the average through May 2026.

Discovery and drilling

The field was proven by exploration well 24/9-9 S in 2009. The directorate's wellbore register lists 21 wellbores on Bøyla: 6 exploration and 15 development. The deepest reaches 5,306 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 119 to 120 metres.

Installations on Bøyla

The field also has 4 subsea structures — wellheads and templates on the seabed — which are drawn individually on the map.

Licence partners

Aker BP ASA80.00%
Concedo AS20.00%

The field sits in blocks 24/9, under production licences PL 340, PL 340 BS, PL 869 B.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Bøyla field?: Bøyla is operated by Aker BP ASA, in partnership with Concedo AS.
How much does Bøyla produce?: 6,046 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 66 of 94 producing fields.
When did Bøyla start producing?: First production was reported in 2015, 6 years after discovery well 24/9-9 S proved the field in 2009.

See it live

Bøyla is drawn on the NCS Live map with its outline, its pipelines and the vessels working it in real time — and på norsk. The directorate's own record is on the SODIR FactPages.

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