Who operates the Statfjord Nord field?

Statfjord Nord is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Petoro AS, OKEA ASA, Vår Energi ASA.

How much does Statfjord Nord produce?

8,866 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026, 0.2% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 59 of 94 producing fields.

When did Statfjord Nord start producing?

First production was reported in 1995, 18 years after discovery well 33/9-8 proved the field in 1977.

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?

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Statfjord Nord field

Statfjord Nord is producing 8,866 barrels of oil equivalent a day, 0.2% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 59 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

8,866 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.2%

Operator

Equinor Energy AS

First oil

1995

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 8,866 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil, roughly 78% oil and 15% gas by energy content. Output has moved up 4.2% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is mature. The field's best year was 1997, averaging 72,387 boe/d, today it runs at 12% of that.

Since 1995, Statfjord Nord has produced roughly 293 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 307 million boe, of which about 95% has now been recovered; 21 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

1977
Proven by exploration well 33/9-8
1995
First production reported
1997
Best year to date: 72,387 boe/d

Production by year, 1995–2026

OilGasNGL/condensateboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	NGL	Condensate	Total boe/d
1995	43,903	2,056	1,208	0	47,166
1996	56,833	5,657	2,729	0	65,219
1997	67,817	2,979	1,591	0	72,387
1998	52,309	2,855	1,510	0	56,674
1999	58,479	2,707	1,534	0	62,719
2000	68,704	2,088	1,395	0	72,186
2001	48,961	1,964	1,853	0	52,778
2002	39,198	2,376	2,164	0	43,737
2003	48,773	3,178	2,369	0	54,320
2004	37,180	2,628	1,990	0	41,798
2005	32,851	4,587	3,420	0	40,857
2006	22,571	2,759	1,978	0	27,307
2007	19,413	1,531	1,098	0	22,042
2008	12,780	661	462	6	13,910
2009	4,924	277	116	11	5,327
2010	7,042	531	209	21	7,803
2011	4,236	406	135	13	4,789
2012	2,838	170	52	4	3,064
2013	2,818	205	134	13	3,170
2014	4,502	296	241	24	5,063
2015	5,144	328	230	28	5,730
2016	10,464	669	493	0	11,626
2017	10,607	756	593	0	11,956
2018	7,114	514	396	0	8,024
2019	7,007	371	255	0	7,632
2020	8,920	290	250	0	9,461
2021	7,706	250	170	0	8,125
2022	9,342	565	244	0	10,151
2023	6,975	554	211	0	7,740
2024	7,578	461	324	0	8,364
2025	6,500	430	232	0	7,162
2026	6,817	1,112	497	0	8,425

Average daily rates per calendar year, from Sokkeldirektoratet's monthly production figures. The final year is the average through May 2026.

Emissions to air, 2003 to 2024

In 2024 Statfjord Nord released 3,820 tonnes of CO₂ and 47 tonnes of NOx to air, as reported by the operator to the Norwegian Environment Agency. That is 1636% more than in 2019. The peak was 8,420 tonnes in 2022.

Offshore combustion, flaring and process emissions from the field's own installations; onshore terminals report separately. Source: norskeutslipp.no (Miljødirektoratet), 1997 onwards.

Discovery and drilling

The field was proven by exploration well 33/9-8 in 1977. The directorate's wellbore register lists 23 wellbores on Statfjord Nord: 3 exploration and 20 development. The deepest reaches 6,034 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 145 to 285 metres.

Installations on Statfjord Nord

The field also has 4 subsea structures, wellheads and templates on the seabed, which are drawn individually on the map.

Licence partners

Petoro AS30.00%
OKEA ASA28.00%
Vår Energi ASA25.00%
Equinor Energy ASoperator17.00%

The field sits in block 33/9, under production licence PL 037.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Statfjord Nord field?: Statfjord Nord is operated by Equinor Energy AS, in partnership with Petoro AS, OKEA ASA, Vår Energi ASA.
How much does Statfjord Nord produce?: 8,866 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026, 0.2% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 59 of 94 producing fields.
When did Statfjord Nord start producing?: First production was reported in 1995, 18 years after discovery well 33/9-8 proved the field in 1977.

See it live

Statfjord Nord 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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