Who operates the Morvin field?

Morvin is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Vår Energi ASA, ORLEN Upstream Norway AS.

How much does Morvin produce?

386 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.0% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 91 of 94 producing fields.

When did Morvin start producing?

First production was reported in 2010, 9 years after discovery well 6506/11-7 proved the field in 2001.

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.

Morvin field

Morvin is producing 386 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.0% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 91 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

386 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.0%

Operator

Equinor Energy AS

First oil

2010

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 386 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil/gas — roughly 67% oil and 28% gas by energy content. Output has moved down 47.4% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is late life. The field's best year was 2013, averaging 45,509 boe/d — today it runs at 1% of that.

Since 2010, Morvin has produced roughly 101 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 92 million boe; 1 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

2001
Proven by exploration well 6506/11-7
2010
First production reported
2013
Best year to date — 45,509 boe/d

Production by year, 2010–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Total boe/d
2010	7,014	0	0	7,014
2011	26,857	0	0	26,857
2012	29,399	3,565	1,429	34,393
2013	22,434	16,665	6,411	45,509
2014	16,609	13,100	6,116	35,824
2015	11,491	9,124	4,651	25,265
2016	8,828	6,548	3,066	18,442
2017	7,931	4,398	1,944	14,273
2018	8,026	5,101	2,354	15,481
2019	7,334	6,401	2,805	16,540
2020	4,690	5,592	2,078	12,360
2021	3,002	1,422	438	4,860
2022	3,641	1,575	334	5,549
2023	3,506	1,484	311	5,301
2024	2,630	1,378	307	4,315
2025	2,339	1,269	226	3,833
2026	247	111	20	378

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 6506/11-7 in 2001. The directorate's wellbore register lists 7 wellbores on Morvin: 2 exploration and 5 development. The deepest reaches 6,351 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 360 metres.

Installations on Morvin

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

Licence partners

Equinor Energy AS64.00%
Vår Energi ASA30.00%
ORLEN Upstream Norway AS6.00%

The field sits in blocks 6506/11, under production licences PL 134 B, PL 134 C.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Morvin field?: Morvin is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Vår Energi ASA, ORLEN Upstream Norway AS.
How much does Morvin produce?: 386 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.0% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 91 of 94 producing fields.
When did Morvin start producing?: First production was reported in 2010, 9 years after discovery well 6506/11-7 proved the field in 2001.

See it live

Morvin 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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