Who operates the Martin Linge field?

Martin Linge is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Petoro AS, DNO Norge AS.

How much does Martin Linge produce?

47,630 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 1.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 20 of 94 producing fields.

When did Martin Linge start producing?

First production was reported in 2021, 46 years after discovery well 30/7-2 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.

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Martin Linge field

Martin Linge is producing 47,630 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 1.1% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 20 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

47,630 boe/d

Share of NCS

1.1%

Operator

Equinor Energy AS

First oil

2021

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 47,630 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil/gas — roughly 39% oil and 56% gas by energy content. Output has moved up 5.3% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is stable. The field's best year was 2022, averaging 85,028 boe/d — today it runs at 56% of that.

Since 2021, Martin Linge has produced roughly 103 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 206 million boe, of which about 50% has now been recovered; 108 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

1975
Proven by exploration well 30/7-2
2018
Power from shore, fed from Kollsnes
2021
First production reported
2021
Martin Linge A (jacket 8 legs) enters service
2021
Martin Linge B (fsu) enters service
2022
Best year to date — 85,028 boe/d

Production by year, 2021–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Total boe/d
2021	15,267	15,736	1,413	32,416
2022	34,982	45,290	4,756	85,028
2023	20,932	31,338	3,629	55,899
2024	15,839	28,241	3,287	47,367
2025	13,751	25,215	2,822	41,789
2026	18,859	26,004	2,643	47,505

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 30/7-2 in 1975. The directorate's wellbore register lists 35 wellbores on Martin Linge: 8 exploration and 26 development, plus 1 others. The deepest reaches 5,276 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 114 to 119 metres.

How it reaches market

Martin Linge's production leaves the field by pipeline:

Martin Linge Gassrørgas → Frigg Tp1-Y

The field has run on power from shore — fed from Kollsnes since 2018 — rather than on gas turbines offshore.

Installations on Martin Linge

Martin Linge AJacket 8 Legs2021
Martin Linge BFsu2021

The first of them entered service in 2021.

Licence partners

Equinor Energy AS51.00%
Petoro AS30.00%
DNO Norge AS19.00%

The field sits in blocks 29/6, 29/9, 30/4, 30/7, under production licences PL 043, PL 043 BS, PL 040.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Martin Linge field?: Martin Linge is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Petoro AS, DNO Norge AS.
How much does Martin Linge produce?: 47,630 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 1.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 20 of 94 producing fields.
When did Martin Linge start producing?: First production was reported in 2021, 46 years after discovery well 30/7-2 proved the field in 1975.

See it live

Martin Linge 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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