Who operates the Solveig field?

Solveig is operated by Aker BP ASA, in partnership with OMV Norge AS, Harbour Energy Norge AS.

How much does Solveig produce?

25,804 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.6% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 35 of 94 producing fields.

When did Solveig start producing?

First production was reported in 2021, 8 years after discovery well 16/4-6 S proved the field in 2013.

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.

Solveig field

Solveig is producing 25,804 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.6% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 35 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

25,804 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.6%

Operator

Aker BP ASA

First oil

2021

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 25,804 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil — roughly 77% oil and 13% gas by energy content. Output has moved up 3.6% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is plateau. The field's best year was 2026, averaging 26,463 boe/d.

Since 2021, Solveig has produced roughly 34 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 110 million boe, of which about 31% has now been recovered; 80 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

2013
Proven by exploration well 16/4-6 S
2021
First production reported

Production by year, 2021–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Total boe/d
2021	1,440	271	155	1,866
2022	7,444	1,532	1,223	10,198
2023	16,973	2,693	2,150	21,816
2024	19,149	2,822	2,044	24,016
2025	18,545	3,050	2,145	23,740
2026	20,226	3,457	2,781	26,463

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 16/4-6 S in 2013. The directorate's wellbore register lists 20 wellbores on Solveig: 6 exploration and 12 development, plus 2 others. The deepest reaches 6,312 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 90 to 100 metres.

Installations on Solveig

The field also has 8 subsea structures — wellheads and templates on the seabed — which are drawn individually on the map.

Licence partners

Aker BP ASA65.00%
OMV Norge AS20.00%
Harbour Energy Norge AS15.00%

The field sits in block 16/4, under production licence PL 359.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Solveig field?: Solveig is operated by Aker BP ASA, in partnership with OMV Norge AS, Harbour Energy Norge AS.
How much does Solveig produce?: 25,804 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.6% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 35 of 94 producing fields.
When did Solveig start producing?: First production was reported in 2021, 8 years after discovery well 16/4-6 S proved the field in 2013.

See it live

Solveig 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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