Who operates the Trym field?

Trym is operated by DNO Norge AS.

How much does Trym produce?

4,155 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 70 of 94 producing fields.

When did Trym start producing?

First production was reported in 2011, 21 years after discovery well 3/7-4 proved the field in 1990.

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.

Trym field

Trym is producing 4,155 barrels of oil equivalent a day — 0.1% of everything the Norwegian Continental Shelf produced in May 2026, ranking 70 of the 94 fields in production.

Production

4,155 boe/d

Share of NCS

0.1%

Operator

DNO Norge AS

First oil

2011

What it produces

In May 2026 the field delivered 4,155 barrels of oil equivalent a day, classified by the directorate as gas/condensate — roughly 20% oil and 80% gas by energy content. Output has moved up 155.7% over the past twelve months, and the directorate's profile for the field is growing. The field's best year was 2012, averaging 17,398 boe/d — today it runs at 24% of that.

Since 2011, Trym has produced roughly 36 million barrels of oil equivalent in total. The directorate's estimate of recoverable resources is 37 million boe, of which about 97% has now been recovered; 3 million boe remained as of 31.12.2025.

Timeline

1990
Proven by exploration well 3/7-4
2011
First production reported
2012
Best year to date — 17,398 boe/d

Production by year, 2011–2026

OilGasboe/d

Full table, year by year

Year	Oil	Gas	Total boe/d
2011	5,757	7,940	13,697
2012	6,340	11,058	17,398
2013	3,308	6,359	9,666
2014	3,429	7,689	11,118
2015	3,398	9,162	12,560
2016	2,608	7,737	10,346
2017	2,311	7,012	9,322
2018	1,158	4,564	5,721
2019	534	2,503	3,037
2020	0	0	0
2024	83	352	435
2025	874	3,463	4,338
2026	816	3,204	4,020

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 3/7-4 in 1990. The directorate's wellbore register lists 4 wellbores on Trym: 1 exploration and 3 development. The deepest reaches 5,121 metres measured depth. Water depth at the field's installations is 65 metres.

Installations on Trym

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

Licence partners

DNO Norge AS100.00%

The field sits in block 3/7, under production licence PL 147.

Questions people ask

Who operates the Trym field?: Trym is operated by DNO Norge AS.
How much does Trym produce?: 4,155 barrels of oil equivalent per day as of May 2026 — 0.1% of Norwegian Continental Shelf output, ranking 70 of 94 producing fields.
When did Trym start producing?: First production was reported in 2011, 21 years after discovery well 3/7-4 proved the field in 1990.

See it live

Trym 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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