Who operates the Embla field?

Embla is operated by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, in partnership with TotalEnergies EP Norge AS, Vår Energi ASA, DNO Norge AS and others.

How much does Embla produce?

2,211 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 78 of 94 producing fields.

When did Embla start producing?

First production was reported in 1993, 5 years after discovery well 2/7-20 proved the field in 1988.

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.

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Embla field

Embla is producing 2,211 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.1% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 78 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

2,211 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.1%

Operator

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS

First oil

1993

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 2,211 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil — roughly 31% oil and 61% gas by energy content. Output has moved down 26.2% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is late life. The field's best year was 1994, averaging 33,436 boe/d — today it runs at 7% of that.

Since 1993, Embla has produced roughly 117 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 123 million boe, of which about 95% has now been recovered; 3 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

1988
Proven by exploration well 2/7-20
1993
First production reported
1993
Embla (jacket 4 legs) enters service
1994
Best year to date — 33,436 boe/d

Production by year, 1993–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Total boe/d
1993	11,858	3,627	786	16,271
1994	24,400	7,377	1,659	33,436
1995	21,931	6,708	1,477	30,115
1996	17,161	6,105	1,234	24,501
1997	12,685	5,108	1,061	18,853
1998	8,356	3,204	679	12,239
1999	12,079	4,326	1,074	17,479
2000	10,945	3,872	1,052	15,869
2001	8,532	1,416	745	10,692
2002	6,670	1,366	620	8,655
2003	6,949	1,874	580	9,403
2004	6,881	2,728	688	10,297
2005	4,854	2,334	511	7,699
2006	5,686	2,738	666	9,089
2007	3,394	1,904	433	5,731
2008	3,763	2,482	540	6,786
2009	3,868	2,504	543	6,915
2010	2,966	2,679	550	6,195
2011	2,550	2,021	391	4,962
2012	2,071	1,574	318	3,962
2013	2,157	1,184	245	3,585
2014	3,309	1,301	306	4,916
2015	2,227	1,442	288	3,957
2016	2,653	1,754	344	4,751
2017	3,187	1,881	375	5,443
2018	2,529	1,823	380	4,731
2019	1,501	1,772	374	3,647
2020	1,385	2,059	685	4,128
2021	1,218	2,793	635	4,645
2022	1,238	2,390	575	4,203
2023	2,898	3,596	780	7,274
2024	2,046	1,852	367	4,266
2025	1,223	1,797	277	3,296
2026	875	1,582	232	2,689

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 2/7-20 in 1988. The directorate's wellbore register lists 18 wellbores on Embla: 9 exploration and 7 development, plus 2 others. The deepest reaches 5,982 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 70.2 metres.

Installations on Embla

EmblaJacket 4 Legs1993

The first of them entered service in 1993.

Licence partners

TotalEnergies EP Norge AS39.90%
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS35.11%
Vår Energi ASA12.39%
DNO Norge AS7.60%
Petoro AS5.00%

The field sits in block 2/7, under production licence PL 018.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Embla field?: Embla is operated by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, in partnership with TotalEnergies EP Norge AS, Vår Energi ASA, DNO Norge AS and others.
How much does Embla produce?: 2,211 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 78 of 94 producing fields.
When did Embla start producing?: First production was reported in 1993, 5 years after discovery well 2/7-20 proved the field in 1988.

See it live

Embla 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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