Who operates the Duva field?

Duva is operated by Vår Energi ASA, in partnership with INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS, ORLEN Upstream Norway AS, DNO Norge AS.

How much does Duva produce?

26,318 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.6% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 33 of 94 producing fields.

When did Duva start producing?

First production was reported in 2021, 5 years after discovery well 36/7-4 proved the field in 2016.

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.

Duva field

Duva is producing 26,318 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.6% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 33 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

26,318 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.6%

Operator

Vår Energi ASA

First oil

2021

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 26,318 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil/gas — roughly 16% oil and 77% gas by energy content. Output has moved up 0.3% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is stable. The field's best year was 2023, averaging 28,775 boe/d — today it runs at 91% of that.

Since 2021, Duva has produced roughly 42 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 62 million boe, of which about 68% has now been recovered; 20 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

2016
Proven by exploration well 36/7-4
2021
First production reported
2023
Best year to date — 28,775 boe/d

Production by year, 2021–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Total boe/d
2021	8,803	0	0	8,803
2022	18,489	5,833	534	24,856
2023	15,838	12,049	889	28,775
2024	9,447	13,060	2,572	25,079
2025	6,769	9,832	1,364	17,964
2026	3,771	18,356	1,891	24,017

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 36/7-4 in 2016. The directorate's wellbore register lists 11 wellbores on Duva: 5 exploration and 6 development. The deepest reaches 5,000 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 359 metres.

Installations on Duva

The field also has 1 subsea structures — wellheads and templates on the seabed — which are drawn individually on the map.

Licence partners

Vår Energi ASA30.00%
INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS30.00%
ORLEN Upstream Norway AS30.00%
DNO Norge AS10.00%

The field sits in blocks 36/7, under production licences PL 636, PL 636 C.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Duva field?: Duva is operated by Vår Energi ASA, in partnership with INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS, ORLEN Upstream Norway AS, DNO Norge AS.
How much does Duva produce?: 26,318 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.6% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 33 of 94 producing fields.
When did Duva start producing?: First production was reported in 2021, 5 years after discovery well 36/7-4 proved the field in 2016.

See it live

Duva 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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