Who operates the Gudrun field?

Gudrun is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Vår Energi ASA, OMV Norge AS, Repsol Norge AS.

How much does Gudrun produce?

28,144 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.7% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 31 of 94 producing fields.

When did Gudrun start producing?

First production was reported in 2014, 39 years after discovery well 15/3-1 S proved the field in 1975.

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?

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Gudrun field

Gudrun is producing 28,144 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.7% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 31 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

28,144 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.7%

Operator

Equinor Energy AS

First oil

2014

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 28,144 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as gas/condensate — roughly 47% oil and 49% gas by energy content. Output has moved down 4.2% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is mature. The field's best year was 2017, averaging 98,038 boe/d — today it runs at 29% of that.

Since 2014, Gudrun has produced roughly 257 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 310 million boe, of which about 83% has now been recovered; 57 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

1975
Proven by exploration well 15/3-1 S
2014
First production reported
2014
Gudrun (jacket 4 legs) enters service
2017
Best year to date — 98,038 boe/d

Production by year, 2014–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Total boe/d
2014	18,623	11,764	3,695	34,082
2015	52,020	26,538	8,141	86,698
2016	58,439	29,685	8,153	96,277
2017	55,018	34,736	8,285	98,038
2018	40,975	28,083	6,098	75,156
2019	34,167	26,328	5,020	65,515
2020	24,601	23,172	4,621	52,395
2021	21,459	20,800	3,778	46,036
2022	24,973	21,027	2,052	48,052
2023	21,800	16,914	2,005	40,717
2024	13,636	12,751	1,252	27,639
2025	10,080	10,406	760	21,247
2026	12,479	13,242	1,201	26,922

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 15/3-1 S in 1975. The directorate's wellbore register lists 30 wellbores on Gudrun: 5 exploration and 19 development, plus 6 others. The deepest reaches 6,648 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 109 metres.

How it reaches market

Gudrun's production leaves the field by pipeline:

Gudrun Oljerøroil → Sleipner A
Gudrun Gassrørgas → Sleipner A

Installations on Gudrun

GudrunJacket 4 Legs2014

The first of them entered service in 2014.

Licence partners

Equinor Energy AS36.00%
Vår Energi ASA25.00%
OMV Norge AS24.00%
Repsol Norge AS15.00%

The field sits in block 15/3, under production licence PL 025.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Gudrun field?: Gudrun is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Vår Energi ASA, OMV Norge AS, Repsol Norge AS.
How much does Gudrun produce?: 28,144 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.7% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 31 of 94 producing fields.
When did Gudrun start producing?: First production was reported in 2014, 39 years after discovery well 15/3-1 S proved the field in 1975.

See it live

Gudrun 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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