Who operates the Fenja field?

Fenja is operated by Vår Energi ASA, in partnership with DNO Norge AS.

How much does Fenja produce?

8,761 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.2% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 60 of 94 producing fields.

When did Fenja start producing?

First production was reported in 2022, 8 years after discovery well 6406/12-3 S proved the field in 2014.

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.

Fenja field

Fenja is producing 8,761 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.2% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 60 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

8,761 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.2%

Operator

Vår Energi ASA

First oil

2022

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 8,761 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil/gas — roughly 82% oil and 14% gas by energy content. Output has moved down 42.4% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is declining. The field's best year was 2024, averaging 19,936 boe/d — today it runs at 44% of that.

Since 2022, Fenja has produced roughly 18 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 54 million boe, of which about 34% has now been recovered; 37 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

2014
Proven by exploration well 6406/12-3 S
2022
First production reported
2024
Best year to date — 19,936 boe/d

Production by year, 2022–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Total boe/d
2022	0	0	0	0
2023	14,149	559	204	14,912
2024	18,820	873	244	19,936
2025	11,210	588	151	11,949
2026	7,687	789	237	8,714

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 6406/12-3 S in 2014. The directorate's wellbore register lists 12 wellbores on Fenja: 3 exploration and 8 development, plus 1 others. The deepest reaches 5,235 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 325 metres.

Installations on Fenja

The field also has 2 subsea structures — wellheads and templates on the seabed — which are drawn individually on the map.

Licence partners

Vår Energi ASA75.00%
DNO Norge AS25.00%

The field sits in block 6406/12, under production licence PL 586.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Fenja field?: Fenja is operated by Vår Energi ASA, in partnership with DNO Norge AS.
How much does Fenja produce?: 8,761 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.2% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 60 of 94 producing fields.
When did Fenja start producing?: First production was reported in 2022, 8 years after discovery well 6406/12-3 S proved the field in 2014.

See it live

Fenja 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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