Who operates the Hanz field?

Hanz is operated by Aker BP ASA, in partnership with Equinor Energy AS, DNO Norge AS.

How much does Hanz produce?

2,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 76 of 94 producing fields.

When did Hanz start producing?

First production was reported in 2021, 24 years after discovery well 25/10-8 proved the field in 1997.

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.

Hanz field

Hanz is producing 2,700 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.1% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 76 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

2,700 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.1%

Operator

Aker BP ASA

First oil

2021

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 2,700 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil/gas — almost entirely oil. Output has moved down 74.3% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is declining. The field's best year was 2025, averaging 7,177 boe/d — today it runs at 38% of that.

Since 2021, Hanz has produced roughly 5 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 5 million boe; 0 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

1997
Proven by exploration well 25/10-8
2021
First production reported
2025
Best year to date — 7,177 boe/d

Production by year, 2021–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Total boe/d
2021	0	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0	0
2024	4,496	1,605	507	6,608
2025	2,375	3,705	1,098	7,177
2026	1,283	342	305	1,929

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 25/10-8 in 1997. The directorate's wellbore register lists 10 wellbores on Hanz: 5 exploration and 5 development. The deepest reaches 5,200 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 106 metres.

Installations on Hanz

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

Licence partners

Equinor Energy AS50.00%
Aker BP ASA35.00%
DNO Norge AS15.00%

The field sits in block 25/10, under production licence PL 028 B.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Hanz field?: Hanz is operated by Aker BP ASA, in partnership with Equinor Energy AS, DNO Norge AS.
How much does Hanz produce?: 2,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 76 of 94 producing fields.
When did Hanz start producing?: First production was reported in 2021, 24 years after discovery well 25/10-8 proved the field in 1997.

See it live

Hanz 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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