Who operates the Dvalin field?

Dvalin is operated by Harbour Energy Norge AS, in partnership with Petoro AS, DNO Norge AS.

How much does Dvalin produce?

30,664 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.7% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 29 of 94 producing fields.

When did Dvalin start producing?

First production was reported in 2020, 10 years after discovery well 6507/7-14 S proved the field in 2010.

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.

Dvalin field

Dvalin is producing 30,664 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.7% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 29 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

30,664 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.7%

Operator

Harbour Energy Norge AS

First oil

2020

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 30,664 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as gas — almost entirely gas. Output has moved down 29.4% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is declining. The field's best year was 2024, averaging 47,191 boe/d — today it runs at 65% of that.

Since 2020, Dvalin has produced roughly 41 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 154 million boe, of which about 27% has now been recovered; 119 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

2010
Proven by exploration well 6507/7-14 S
2020
First production reported
2024
Best year to date — 47,191 boe/d

Production by year, 2020–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	Condensate	Total boe/d
2020	1	21	0	22
2021	2	45	1	48
2022	0	0	0	0
2023	499	14,017	186	14,702
2024	1,191	45,455	545	47,191
2025	779	35,786	481	37,046
2026	675	30,118	331	31,123

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 6507/7-14 S in 2010. The directorate's wellbore register lists 12 wellbores on Dvalin: 3 exploration and 8 development, plus 1 others. The deepest reaches 5,902 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 345 to 412 metres.

Installations on Dvalin

The field also has 5 subsea structures — wellheads and templates on the seabed — which are drawn individually on the map.

Licence partners

Harbour Energy Norge AS55.00%
Petoro AS35.00%
DNO Norge AS10.00%

The field sits in blocks 6507/4, 6507/7, under production licences PL 211, PL 435.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Dvalin field?: Dvalin is operated by Harbour Energy Norge AS, in partnership with Petoro AS, DNO Norge AS.
How much does Dvalin produce?: 30,664 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.7% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 29 of 94 producing fields.
When did Dvalin start producing?: First production was reported in 2020, 10 years after discovery well 6507/7-14 S proved the field in 2010.

See it live

Dvalin 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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