Who operates the Breidablikk field?

Breidablikk is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Vår Energi ASA, Petoro AS, ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS.

How much does Breidablikk produce?

45,593 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 1.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 21 of 94 producing fields.

When did Breidablikk start producing?

First production was reported in 2021, 29 years after discovery well 25/8-4 proved the field in 1992.

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.

Breidablikk field

Breidablikk is producing 45,593 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 1.1% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 21 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

45,593 boe/d

Share of NCS

1.1%

Operator

Equinor Energy AS

First oil

2021

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 45,593 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil — almost entirely oil. Output has moved down 0.4% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is stable. The field's best year was 2025, averaging 76,656 boe/d — today it runs at 59% of that.

Since 2021, Breidablikk has produced roughly 59 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 210 million boe, of which about 28% has now been recovered; 159 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

1992
Proven by exploration well 25/8-4
2021
First production reported
2025
Best year to date — 76,656 boe/d

Production by year, 2021–2026

Oilboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Total boe/d
2021	0	0
2022	0	0
2023	1,592	1,592
2024	58,776	58,776
2025	76,656	76,656
2026	55,732	55,732

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 25/8-4 in 1992. The directorate's wellbore register lists 66 wellbores on Breidablikk: 3 exploration and 62 development, plus 1 others. The deepest reaches 4,730 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 127 to 130 metres.

Installations on Breidablikk

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

Licence partners

Equinor Energy AS39.00%
Vår Energi ASA34.40%
Petoro AS22.20%
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS4.40%

The field sits in blocks 25/11, 25/8, under production licences PL 001 DS, PL 169, PL 169 B2, PL 027 FS.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Breidablikk field?: Breidablikk is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Vår Energi ASA, Petoro AS, ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS.
How much does Breidablikk produce?: 45,593 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 1.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 21 of 94 producing fields.
When did Breidablikk start producing?: First production was reported in 2021, 29 years after discovery well 25/8-4 proved the field in 1992.

See it live

Breidablikk 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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