Who operates the Byrding field?

The operator is not recorded in the directorate's facility register.

How much does Byrding produce?

48 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.0% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 94 of 94 producing fields.

When did Byrding start producing?

First production was reported in 2017, 12 years after discovery well 35/11-13 proved the field in 2005.

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.

Byrding field

Byrding is producing 48 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.0% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 94 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

48 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.0%

Operator

Not recorded

First oil

2017

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 48 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil/gas — almost entirely oil. Output has moved up 5.5% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is mature. The field's best year was 2018, averaging 3,609 boe/d — today it runs at 1% of that.

Since 2017, Byrding has produced roughly 5 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 10 million boe, of which about 55% has now been recovered; 1 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

2005
Proven by exploration well 35/11-13
2017
First production reported
2018
Best year to date — 3,609 boe/d

Production by year, 2017–2026

Oilboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Total boe/d
2017	2,262	2,262
2018	3,609	3,609
2019	3,123	3,123
2020	2,307	2,307
2021	1,934	1,934
2022	921	921
2023	204	204
2024	173	173
2025	166	166
2026	36	36

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 35/11-13 in 2005. The directorate's wellbore register lists 4 wellbores on Byrding: 2 exploration and 2 development. The deepest reaches 7,308 metres measured depth.

Licence partners

Equinor Energy AS70.00%
INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS15.00%
Vår Energi ASA15.00%

The field sits in blocks 35/11, under production licences PL 090 B, PL 090 C, PL 248.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Byrding field?: The operator is not recorded in the directorate's facility register.
How much does Byrding produce?: 48 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.0% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 94 of 94 producing fields.
When did Byrding start producing?: First production was reported in 2017, 12 years after discovery well 35/11-13 proved the field in 2005.

See it live

Byrding 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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