Who operates the Mikkel field?

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

How much does Mikkel produce?

18,737 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.4% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 46 of 94 producing fields.

When did Mikkel start producing?

First production was reported in 2003, 16 years after discovery well 6407/6-3 proved the field in 1987.

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.

Mikkel field

Mikkel is producing 18,737 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.4% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 46 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

18,737 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.4%

Operator

Equinor Energy AS

First oil

2003

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 18,737 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as gas/condensate — roughly 10% oil and 68% gas by energy content. Output has moved up 17.6% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is growing. The field's best year was 2007, averaging 61,868 boe/d — today it runs at 30% of that.

Since 2003, Mikkel has produced roughly 344 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 361 million boe, of which about 95% has now been recovered; 21 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

1987
Proven by exploration well 6407/6-3
2003
First production reported
2007
Best year to date — 61,868 boe/d

Production by year, 2003–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Condensate	Total boe/d
2003	0	7,975	3,359	3,946	15,279
2004	0	28,373	14,732	12,572	55,677
2005	0	29,944	15,749	13,102	58,794
2006	2,908	27,789	15,183	9,170	55,050
2007	12,757	31,882	17,230	0	61,868
2008	10,145	25,881	13,628	0	49,654
2009	8,877	30,690	15,964	0	55,531
2010	7,887	29,198	15,576	0	52,661
2011	7,137	28,815	15,565	0	51,517
2012	6,368	27,761	14,912	0	49,039
2013	4,756	22,308	11,578	0	38,642
2014	4,149	20,957	10,912	0	36,018
2015	3,798	19,069	10,005	0	32,872
2016	4,692	23,766	11,922	0	40,380
2017	5,630	28,406	13,325	0	47,362
2018	4,441	24,855	12,338	0	41,634
2019	3,580	21,308	10,545	0	35,433
2020	3,541	22,451	11,242	0	37,234
2021	2,921	20,200	9,431	0	32,551
2022	2,605	20,106	6,502	0	29,213
2023	2,141	15,767	5,289	0	23,197
2024	1,401	10,636	3,887	0	15,923
2025	2,009	13,255	4,244	0	19,508
2026	1,851	12,868	4,163	0	18,880

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 6407/6-3 in 1987. The directorate's wellbore register lists 7 wellbores on Mikkel: 3 exploration and 4 development. The deepest reaches 3,220 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 220 metres.

Installations on Mikkel

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

Licence partners

Vår Energi ASA48.38%
Equinor Energy AS43.97%
Repsol Norge AS7.65%

The field sits in blocks 6407/5, 6407/6, under production licences PL 121, PL 092.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Mikkel field?: Mikkel is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Vår Energi ASA, Repsol Norge AS.
How much does Mikkel produce?: 18,737 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.4% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 46 of 94 producing fields.
When did Mikkel start producing?: First production was reported in 2003, 16 years after discovery well 6407/6-3 proved the field in 1987.

See it live

Mikkel 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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