Who operates the Nova field?

Nova is operated by Harbour Energy Norge AS, in partnership with DNO Norge AS, Pandion Energy AS, OKEA ASA.

How much does Nova produce?

30,263 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.7% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 30 of 94 producing fields.

When did Nova start producing?

First production was reported in 2022, 10 years after discovery well 35/9-7 proved the field in 2012.

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.

Nova field

Nova is producing 30,263 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.7% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 30 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

30,263 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.7%

Operator

Harbour Energy Norge AS

First oil

2022

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 30,263 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil — roughly 79% oil and 14% gas by energy content. Output has moved up 8.2% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is plateau. The field's best year was 2026, averaging 31,747 boe/d.

Since 2022, Nova has produced roughly 33 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 63 million boe, of which about 53% has now been recovered; 32 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

2012
Proven by exploration well 35/9-7
2022
First production reported

Production by year, 2022–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Total boe/d
2022	1,841	0	0	1,841
2023	21,456	0	0	21,456
2024	21,150	2,330	1,896	25,376
2025	18,603	6,461	4,595	29,659
2026	23,232	5,105	3,411	31,747

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 35/9-7 in 2012. The directorate's wellbore register lists 14 wellbores on Nova: 4 exploration and 10 development. The deepest reaches 4,795 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 368 to 369 metres.

Installations on Nova

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

Licence partners

DNO Norge AS45.00%
Harbour Energy Norge AS39.00%
Pandion Energy AS10.00%
OKEA ASA6.00%

The field sits in blocks 35/12, 35/8, 35/9, under production licences PL 378, PL 418, PL 418 B.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Nova field?: Nova is operated by Harbour Energy Norge AS, in partnership with DNO Norge AS, Pandion Energy AS, OKEA ASA.
How much does Nova produce?: 30,263 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.7% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 30 of 94 producing fields.
When did Nova start producing?: First production was reported in 2022, 10 years after discovery well 35/9-7 proved the field in 2012.

See it live

Nova 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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