Who operates the Symra field?

Symra is operated by Aker BP ASA, in partnership with Equinor Energy AS, DNO Norge AS.

How much does Symra produce?

6,339 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 63 of 94 producing fields.

When did Symra start producing?

First production was reported in 2026, 8 years after discovery well 16/1-29 S proved the field in 2018.

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.

Symra field

Symra is producing 6,339 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.1% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 63 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

6,339 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.1%

Operator

Aker BP ASA

First oil

2026

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 6,339 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as oil/gas — almost entirely oil. The field's best year was 2026, averaging 3,778 boe/d.

Timeline

2018
Proven by exploration well 16/1-29 S
2026
First production reported

Discovery and drilling

The field was proven by exploration well 16/1-29 S in 2018. The directorate's wellbore register lists 11 wellbores on Symra: 4 exploration and 6 development, plus 1 others. The deepest reaches 5,094 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 106 metres.

Installations on Symra

The field also has 1 subsea structures — wellheads and templates on the seabed — which are drawn individually on the map.

Licence partners

Aker BP ASA50.00%
Equinor Energy AS30.00%
DNO Norge AS20.00%

The field sits in block 16/1, under production licence PL 167.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Symra field?: Symra is operated by Aker BP ASA, in partnership with Equinor Energy AS, DNO Norge AS.
How much does Symra produce?: 6,339 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 63 of 94 producing fields.
When did Symra start producing?: First production was reported in 2026, 8 years after discovery well 16/1-29 S proved the field in 2018.

See it live

Symra 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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