Who operates the Skogul field?

Skogul is operated by Aker BP ASA, in partnership with ORLEN Upstream Norway AS.

How much does Skogul produce?

1,912 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.0% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 83 of 94 producing fields.

When did Skogul start producing?

First production was reported in 2020, 10 years after discovery well 25/1-11 R proved the field in 2010.

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.

Skogul field

Skogul is producing 1,912 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.0% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 83 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

1,912 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.0%

Operator

Aker BP ASA

First oil

2020

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 1,912 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil — almost entirely oil. Output has moved down 26.0% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is declining. The field's best year was 2020, averaging 10,685 boe/d — today it runs at 18% of that.

Since 2020, Skogul has produced roughly 12 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 15 million boe, of which about 78% has now been recovered; 4 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

2010
Proven by exploration well 25/1-11 R
2020
First production reported
2020
Best year to date — 10,685 boe/d

Production by year, 2020–2026

OilGasboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	Total boe/d
2020	9,723	962	10,685
2021	7,282	701	7,983
2022	4,462	330	4,792
2023	2,951	160	3,112
2024	2,972	157	3,129
2025	2,222	114	2,335
2026	1,814	66	1,880

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 25/1-11 R in 2010. The directorate's wellbore register lists 6 wellbores on Skogul: 2 exploration and 4 development. The deepest reaches 4,668 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 110 to 120 metres.

Installations on Skogul

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

Licence partners

Aker BP ASA65.00%
ORLEN Upstream Norway AS35.00%

The field sits in block 25/1, under production licence PL 460.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Skogul field?: Skogul is operated by Aker BP ASA, in partnership with ORLEN Upstream Norway AS.
How much does Skogul produce?: 1,912 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.0% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 83 of 94 producing fields.
When did Skogul start producing?: First production was reported in 2020, 10 years after discovery well 25/1-11 R proved the field in 2010.

See it live

Skogul 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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